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Coasts erosion

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Waves are created by wind 
a)
True 
b)
False 
2.
The type of erosion that occurs when pebbles bang together
a)
Abrasion
b)
Attrition
c)
Hydraulic action
d)
Solution
3.
Erosion means 'the wearing away of rock'.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
How many ways can erosion happen?
a)
2
b)
4
c)
6
d)
3
5.
I am the type of erosion where sediment scrapes against the headland. What am I?
a)
Attrition
b)
Hydraulic action
c)
Solution
d)
Abrasion
6.
I happen when the waves don't have enough energy to carry sediment
a)
Deposition
b)
Erosion
c)
Swash
d)
Backwash
7.

Which are types of erosion?

a)

Suspension

b)

Solution

c)

Abrasion

d)

Saltation

8.
What best describe hydraulic action?
a)
Sediment grinds against the cliff
b)
Sediment is thrown at the cliff
c)
Waves smash into the cliff compression air which weakens the cliff
9.

Which process is 'the dropping of material by the sea'?

a)

Erosion

b)

Transportation

c)

Weathering

d)

Deposition

10.

What are the three ways waves shape the coastline?

a)

erode, transport, deposit

b)

transport, solution, deposit

c)

tides, deposit, abrasion

11.

Which of these can coastal erosion cause?

a)

People can become homeless

b)

People can lose their jobs

c)

People can lose businesses

d)

All of the above

12.

What is erosion?

a)

The wearing away of material

b)

The wearing away and removal of material

c)

Material being dropped

d)

The movement of material along a coastline

13.

What geology is responsible for the fast erosion along the Holderness coast?

a)

Chalk

b)

Boulder Clay

c)

Sand

14.

What is hydraulic action/power?

a)

Waves picking up rocks and throwing them at the cliff

b)

Rocks knocking into one another, becoming rounder

c)

Chemicals in the water dissolving rocks

d)

Wave power forcing water and air into cracks in the rock