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Waves Review Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the 2 major types of waves?

a)

Destructive and Constructive

b)

P waves and R waves

c)

Fetch Waves and Wind Waves

d)

Destruction and Construction

2.

What does a wave need to get bigger?

a)

Bigger fetch

b)

Greater depth

c)

Stronger tidal pull

d)

Stronger wind

3.

Which of the following factors do NOT negatively affect coastlines?

a)

Sea level rise

b)

Human activity

c)

River deposition

d)

Ocean salinity

4.

The offshore zone of the coast can extend up to _______ out to sea.

a)

20 km

b)

120 km

c)

370km

d)

60km

5.

The coast is the transition zone between the land and sea

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What is the true meaning of fetch?

a)

How long the wind blows for

b)

How high the wind is

c)

Where the wind blows

d)

How far the wind blows

7.

What is not a feature of a destructive wave?

a)

High energy

b)

Strong swash

c)

High waves

d)

Low wave frequency

8.

What is a feature of a constructive wave?

a)

High wave frequency

b)

Weak backwash

c)

Strong backwash

d)

High wave height

9.

What does wave frequency mean?

a)

The number of waves per day

b)

The number of waves per hour

c)

The number of waves per minute

d)

The number of waves per second

10.

Constructive waves will build narrow and long beaches

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Stronger winds create

a)

Larger waves

b)

Smaller waves

12.

The water rushing back out to sea is called the

a)

Swash

b)

Backwash

c)

Tide

d)

Wave energy

13.

Which of the following coastal features will most likely be created from low energy waves

a)

Bay

b)

Headland

c)

Spit

d)

Beach

14.

Destructive waves have

a)

Longer wave length

b)

Shorter wave length

15.

The two parts of the coast include

a)

Swash and Backwash

b)

Destruction and Construction

c)

Onshore and Offshore

d)

Wave front and Wind direction