WorksheetsCoastal Environments
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 26mins
Which of the following descriptions correctly describe low energy waves?
High wave height and frequency
Generated far offshore by prevailing winds
Powerful swash helps to build beaches
Spilling breakers due to gently shelving sea floor
Which process involves wave fronts bending around and focusing wave energy on headlands, whilst dissipating it in bays?
Wave backwash
Wave translation
Wave refraction
Wave breaking
Which type of coastal erosion involves pebbles and shingle being thrown against a cliff?
Hydraulic Action
Abrasion
Attrition
Solution
Which of the following processes are sub-aerial?
Mass movement
Cavitation
Chemical weathering
Biological weathering
Which of the following factors result in increased erosion of the coast?
Steep destructive waves breaking at the cliff face
Strong tides and longshore drift that moves material quickly
Well jointed and faulted rocks dipping towards the shore
Offshore bars causing waves to break before reaching the shore
If the cliffs in this coastal zone were protected with a seawall, how would it affect the sediment cell?
The offshore bars and banks would increase in size
Inputs of material would decrease overall, causing erosion
Longshore drift would transport more material across the estuary, creating a bar
The sand dunes would decrease in size
Draw the process of longshore drift, including the swash (S), backwash (B), prevailing wind (PW) and overall direction of longshore drift (LD).
Which of the following terms correctly describes the coastline in this photograph?
Rocky and high energy
Headland made from well jointed sedimentary rock
Depositional features
Advancing coastline
Which are the correct names of the features shown?
A-Wavecut notch B-Stack
C-Stump
D- Wavecut platform
A-Cave
B-Stack
C-Stump
D- Wavecut platform
A-Cave
B-Arch
C-Stack
D- Wavecut platform
A-Cave
B-Arch
C-Stack
D- Stump
Which of these descriptions correctly describes feature A in this photograph?
A wave-cut platform created by the retreat of a headland
Found in the inter-tidal zone
Will rise over time due to deposition
Found on low energy coastlines
Which of the following descriptions correctly describes the coastal zone shown in the photograph?
Main process of erosion
A low energy coastline
A beach and sand dunes have formed
Prevailing winds are offshore
Which of the following factors lead to deposition at the coast?
The energy of waves dissipates as they move into a bay
Waves break early due to the presence of an offshore bar
Storms during winter bring high energy waves
Strong longshore drift and currents move material
Which depositional feature is shown in the photograph?
Beach
Spit
Barrier beach
Tombolo
Which depositional feature is shown in the photograph?
Spit
Cuspate Foreland
Berm
Cusp
Where on a beach are ridges, runnels, cusps and ripples found?
Backshore
Foreshore
Offshore
What are the correct names of the beach features shown in this photograph?
A - Riffles
B - Slack
C - Storm beach
A - Ripples
B - Slack
C - Storm beach
A - Ripples
B - Runnel
C - Storm beach
A - Ripples
B - Runnel
C - Ridge
Which of the following descriptions about the ecosystem in the photograph are correct?
A low-lying area of mangroves
Forms at an estuary due to sedimentation
Develops creeks which are channels that seawater travels up during high tide
Grow in tropical regions of the world
Which of the following coastal features require sea level change for their formation?
Barrier beaches
Atolls
Offshore Bars
Sand dunes
What type of sand dune is shown in the photograph?
Embryo dune
Foredune
Yellow dune
Grey dune
What type of coral reef is shown in the photograph?
Fringing reef
Barrier reef
Atoll
Which of the following conditions are required for the growth of coral reefs?
Sea temperature between 23oc and 25oc
Water no deeper than 50m
Highly saline water with salinity over 32psu
Very low wave energy with almost stagnant water
Which of the following are theories of coral formation?
Darwin
Attenborough
Daly
Murray
Give 1 threat to coral reefs.
What type of coastal defence is being used here?
Revetment
Gabions
Rock armour
Cliff grading
Name one type of soft engineering strategy used to manage coastal areas.
Which types of coastal defence are being used at Pevensey Bay?
Seawall
Groynes
Beach nourishment
Cliff drainage
Which of our coastal management case study settlements is shown in this photograph?
Mappleton, Holderness
Lyme Regis
Easington, Holderness
Pevensey Bay
Which place on Holderness has never required any hard engineering coastal defences?
Flamborough Head
Bridlington
Mappleton
Spurn Head
Which of the following facts about Bridlington are correct?
Hard engineering is used to protect the coast
The cliffs are chalk
It is a village with a population of 2,100
It is located in the north of Holderness Coast
Which of the following facts about Spurn Head, Holderness, are correct?
This is a long sand and shingle spit
It is located in the south of Holderness, at the River Humber mouth
Managed retreat is now used here
The spit is growing by 1m every year
