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Longshore drift

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What can move waves?

a)

(1)sand and pebbles

b)

(2)rocks

c)

(3)ships

2.

Where does the prevailing wind blow?

a)

(1)the waves towards the mountains at an angle

b)

(2)the waves towards the shore at an angle

c)

(3)the waves towards the bay at a mountain

3.

What is called that sand and pebbles like a zig-zag pattern along the shore?

a)

(1)longshore drift

b)

(2)bay

c)

(3)mouth of river

4.

What problems are cause by the longshore drift?

a)

(1)have pump sand on the shore to replace the sand/blocked sand and shingle at the harbour

b)

(2)flooding

c)

(3) left big rocks on the shore

5.

If the waves don't have the energy to carry sand and shingle, what will happed on a bay or mouth of a river?

a)

(1)deposit or drop the materials

b)

(2)appeared big rocks

c)

(3)appeared a lot of trees

6.

What is it called that a high pile of sand and shingle from a ridge across part of the bay or river mouth?

a)

(1)deposit

b)

(2)spit

c)

(3)longshore drift

7.

What is a bar?

a)

(1)a spit grows all the way across a bay

b)

(2) a pit grows at the river mouth of river

c)

(3) a spit grow at the coast

8.

What is it called that the shallow pool of water trapped behind the bar?

a)

(1)lagoon

b)

(2)spit

c)

(3)bar

9.

length and width of Lagoa dos Patos lagoon

a)

(1)280km long and width about 7km

b)

(2)280 km long and a maximum width of about 70 km

c)

(3)820km long and witdth of about 70 km

10.

Where is the Farewell spit ?

a)

(1)on south Island, New Zealand

b)

(2)on north Island, New Zealand

c)

(3)in Brazil

11.

Where is the longest bar in Europe?

a)

(1)in France

b)

(2)in Germany

c)

Chesil Beach in Dorset, England

12.

What kind of island, Hatteras Island?

a)

(1) a barrier island

b)

(2)white sand island

c)

(2)rocky island

13.

Where is the longest spit in the world?

a)

(1)in the Arabat Spit in the sea of Azov in Ukraine

b)

(2)in Brazil

c)

(3)in New Zealand