WorksheetsCoasts - Erosion and Landforms
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 18mins
How could a constructive wave be described?
Powerful swash
Powerful backwash
Steep waves
Destroy beaches
The distance the wind blows across water is known as what?
(a)
The process whereby slightly acidic rainwater causes rocks to gradually dissolve is known as what?
Biological weathering
Mechanical weathering
Salt weathering
Chemical weathering
The 'sandpapering' effect of pebbles grinding over surfaces is known as what?
Corrasion
Abrasion
Attrition
Freeze-thaw action
Which of these terms means the 'bouncing' of particles too heavy to be suspended?
Solution
Suspension
Saltation
Traction
The movement of sediment along a beach in a characteristic 'zigzag' pattern is known as what?
Coastal erosion
Longshore Drift
Saltmarsh
Mudflat
True or False - a headland is eroded from less resistant rock?
True
False
A stack is a landform of coastal erosion. What landform is created when a stack is eroded?
Cave
Arch
Stump
Secondary Stack
Which are types of erosion?
Suspension
Solution
Abrasion
Saltation
Headlands and bays are created because of...
layers of different rock types
it's always been like that
tides
destructive waves
Which erosional features can you see in this photo?
Arch
Stack
Stump
Cave
Which type of transportation is when 'large material like boulders are pushed and rolled along'
Suspension
Solution
Saltation
Traction
Headlands are usually...
Softer rock
Low lying
Clay
Harder rock
What name is given to the space at the base of a cliff that has been eroded by waves?
Wave-cut nibble
Erosion hollow
Wave-cut notch
Corrosion cut-out
Which is the correct order of events?
Stump, stack, arch, cave
Cave, stump, arch, stack
Cave, arch, stack, stump
Arch, cave, stump, stack
Why does an arch form?
A stack collapses
Two caves meet back to back
Due to longshore drift
A wave-cut notch occurs
What is the process that carries the material that forms beaches?
Attrition
Corrosion
Longshore drift
Mass movement
Why is building on clifftops a problem?
The cliffs can be too low
Buildings add weight
Longshore drift is stopped
The waves have too much energy
What is physical weathering sometimes called?
Oxidation
Hydrolysis
Mechanical weathering
Mass movement
Which landforms are NOT made by erosion along coastlines?
Caves, Arches
Spit, Beaches
Headlands, Bays
Wave Cut Platforms, Stacks
What types of wave are responsible for beach formation?
Destructive wave
Constructive waves
Which is the best description of constructive waves?
Swash is weaker than backwash
Swash is stronger than backwash
Swash and backwash are the same
There is no swash
