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WorksheetsCoastal Erosion Processes
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 6mins
What is the process called when waves crash along the base of a cliff and force air and water into the cracks?
Hydraulic action
Quarrying
Abrasion
Solution
What happens to the cracks in the cliff when waves exert forces onto them?
They grow and bits fall away
They become smoother and more rounded
They dissolve in seawater
They remain unchanged
What is the process called when pieces of material bang into the base of a cliff and knock into each other, causing tiny fragments to break off?
Hydraulic action
Quarrying
Abrasion
Solution
What is the process called when soluble particles are dissolved by seawater?
Hydraulic action
Quarrying
Abrasion
Solution
What aids the process of solution in dissolving calcium carbonate in chalk rocks?
Air in the seawater
Acids in the seawater
Hydraulic action
Quarrying
Biological weathering will be caused by
Plants
Animals
Waves
Machinery
The fetch can be defined by...
Wave length
Distance the wave has travelled on land
Distance travelled over the sea
Strength of the wind
Wave amplitude is
How high the wave is from top to bottom (trough)
Distance between the waves
How loud the wave is
How steep the wave is
Destructive waves tend to occur in...
The summer
The autumn
The winter
Spring
Constructive waves tend to...
Have a strong swash
Have a strong backwash
Erode the beach
Replenish the beach
Name the formation
Cave
Arch
Stack
Stump
Name the most accurate process
Transportation
Longshore drift
Erosion
Weathering
Longshore drift is caused by (most accurate answer)
Swash
Backwash
Some waves
Prevailing winds
Longshore drift is occurring in a...direction
Northerly
Easterly
Southerly
Westerly
