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WorksheetsGCSE Coasts 10.1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
How are waves created
By magic
By the fetch and wind speed
By animals swimming
by the moon’s gravitational field
What are the parts of a wave?
Backshore, offshore, dunes, foreshore
Wavelength, crest, trough, wave height
Wavelength, crest, amplitude, wave height
I don’t know
Select all the types of coastal erosion
Hydraulic action
Deposition
Abrasion
Scraping
Deposition occurs when
Wave energy is high
Wave energy is low
All of the above
None of the above
What are the four erosion processes?
Solution
Hydraulic action
Attrition
Saltation
Abrasion
Which of the following are types of weathering?
Chemical
Physical
Biological
Layer
Onion skin
What is this an example of?
Chemical weathering
Erosion
Freeze-thaw weathering
Biological weathering
What is this an example of?
Chemical weathering
Erosion
Freeze-thaw weathering
Biological weathering
Why might this cliff have collapsed?
It is made of soft rock
It has rained a lot and the water is a heavy weight on the top
The sea has eroded the bottom of the cliff
ALL of the reasons above
Select the characteristics of destructive waves.
Strong backwash compared to swash
Weak backwash compared to swash
High in relation to length
Long in relation to height
Frequent - 15 per minute
Constructive waves create...
Steep beaches
Gently sloping beaches
