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WorksheetsCoasts AQA Geography GCSE
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 6mins
How could a constructive wave be described?
Powerful swash
Powerful backwash
Steep waves
Destroy beaches
The distance the wind blows across water is known as what?
(a)
The process whereby slightly acidic rainwater causes rocks to gradually dissolve is known as what?
Biological weathering
Mechanical weathering
Salt weathering
Chemical weathering
The 'sandpapering' effect of pebbles grinding over surfaces is known as what?
Corrasion
Abrasion
Attrition
Freeze-thaw action
Which of these terms means the 'bouncing' of particles too heavy to be suspended?
Solution
Suspension
Saltation
Traction
The movement of sediment along a beach in a characteristic 'zigzag' pattern is known as what?
Coastal erosion
Longshore Drift
Saltmarsh
Mudflat
True or False - a headland is eroded from less resistant rock?
True
False
A stack is a landform of coastal erosion. What landform is created when a stack is eroded?
Cave
Arch
Stump
Secondary Stack
What feature may form in the sheltered water behind a coastal spit?
(a)
Which of the following are examples of hard engineering coastal management?
Sea wall
Groynes
Beach nourishment
Rock armour
