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WorksheetsCoasts erosion
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which are types of erosion?
Suspension
Solution
Abrasion
Saltation
Which process is 'the dropping of material by the sea'?
Erosion
Transportation
Weathering
Deposition
What are the three ways waves shape the coastline?
erode, transport, deposit
transport, solution, deposit
tides, deposit, abrasion
Which of these can coastal erosion cause?
People can become homeless
People can lose their jobs
People can lose businesses
All of the above
What is erosion?
The wearing away of material
The wearing away and removal of material
Material being dropped
The movement of material along a coastline
What geology is responsible for the fast erosion along the Holderness coast?
Chalk
Boulder Clay
Sand
What is hydraulic action/power?
Waves picking up rocks and throwing them at the cliff
Rocks knocking into one another, becoming rounder
Chemicals in the water dissolving rocks
Wave power forcing water and air into cracks in the rock
