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Coasts retrieval for EQ 1 & EQ 2

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A closed system involves the transfer of

a)

Matter but not energy

b)

Energy but not matter

c)

Both matter and energy

d)

neither matter or energy

2.

Most environmental systems are

a)

Closed

b)

Isolated

c)

Open

d)

None of the above

3.

When a system acts by lessening or reversing the effect of the original change, this is called...

a)

Positive Feedback

b)

An open system

c)

Neutral Feedback

d)

Negative Feedback

4.

Which of the following is an input to a coastal system?

a)

Stack

b)

Wave energy

c)

Mass movement

d)

Beach

5.

Which of the following is an example of a transfer in the coastal system?

a)

Mass movement

b)

Geology

c)

Climate change

d)

Stump

6.

Which of the following is NOT a subaerial factor?

a)

Wind

b)

Temperature

c)

Currents

d)

Frost

7.

The highest point a wave rises to is known as

a)

Wave height

b)

Wave amplitude

c)

Wavelength

d)

Wave crest

8.

The time in seconds between successive crests or troughs is the

a)

Wave frequency

b)

Wave period

c)

Wavelength

d)

Wave height

9.

Waves in open water with long wavelengths and low heights that travel huge distances are called

a)

Swell waves

b)

Destructive waves

c)

Storm Waves

d)

Plunging Waves

10.

As a wave enters shallow water its wavelength

a)

Decreases

b)

Increases

c)

Stays the same

d)

Accelerates

11.

The wave frequency of constructive waves is

a)

10-14 per minute

b)

9-12 per minute

c)

6-8 per minute

d)

3-4 per minute

12.

Destructive waves have a more powerful

a)

Swash

b)

Backwash

c)

Beach profile

d)

Fetch

13.

Eustatic Change is...

a)

sea level itself rises or falls

b)

land rises or falls relative to the sea

c)

expansion of sea water

d)

submerged coast

14.

Isostatic Change is...

a)

sea level itself rises or falls

b)

land rises or falls relative to the sea

c)

expansion of sea water

d)

submerged coast

15.

which is the below is mass movement

a)

freeze thaw

b)

salt weathering

c)

wetting and drying

d)

slumping

16.

What is a sediment Cell

a)

A system of environmental change

b)

A system with sources, transfers and sinks

c)

A system with a sediment budget

d)

A system with fresh and salt water

e)

A system with erosion and deposition

17.

A sediment Cell system attempts to...

a)

create positive feedback

b)

create a sediment budget

c)

create dynamic equilibrium

d)

create negative feedback

18.

In plant succession the first plants are called

a)

invaders

b)

colonisers

c)

creeping species

d)

pioneer species

19.

in order for erosion to take place a beach must be

a)

drift aligned

b)

swash alinged

20.

The geology of Holderness consists mainly of

a)

chalk

b)

boulder clay

c)

alluvium

d)

granite

21.

How many villages have been lost on the Holderness coast

a)

19

b)

24

c)

29

d)

31

22.

When do constructive waves deposit sediment?

a)

During their weak backwash

b)

During their strong swash

c)

During their weak swash

d)

During their strong backwash

23.

(a)   waves create offshore bars.

24.

What are fissures?

a)

A pioneer species

b)

Small joints

c)

Faults that have been eroded

d)

Small weaknesses in a rock

25.

Name the 5 stages of psammosere succesion (in order)

(a)  

26.

Which of the following rock types are present at Lulworth Cove?

a)

Portland limestone

b)

Purbeck limestone

c)

Carboniferous limestone

d)

Wealden clay

e)

Old Devonian red sandstone