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WorksheetsCoasts retrieval for EQ 1 & EQ 2
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 14mins
A closed system involves the transfer of
Matter but not energy
Energy but not matter
Both matter and energy
neither matter or energy
Most environmental systems are
Closed
Isolated
Open
None of the above
When a system acts by lessening or reversing the effect of the original change, this is called...
Positive Feedback
An open system
Neutral Feedback
Negative Feedback
Which of the following is an input to a coastal system?
Stack
Wave energy
Mass movement
Beach
Which of the following is an example of a transfer in the coastal system?
Mass movement
Geology
Climate change
Stump
Which of the following is NOT a subaerial factor?
Wind
Temperature
Currents
Frost
The highest point a wave rises to is known as
Wave height
Wave amplitude
Wavelength
Wave crest
The time in seconds between successive crests or troughs is the
Wave frequency
Wave period
Wavelength
Wave height
Waves in open water with long wavelengths and low heights that travel huge distances are called
Swell waves
Destructive waves
Storm Waves
Plunging Waves
As a wave enters shallow water its wavelength
Decreases
Increases
Stays the same
Accelerates
The wave frequency of constructive waves is
10-14 per minute
9-12 per minute
6-8 per minute
3-4 per minute
Destructive waves have a more powerful
Swash
Backwash
Beach profile
Fetch
Eustatic Change is...
sea level itself rises or falls
land rises or falls relative to the sea
expansion of sea water
submerged coast
Isostatic Change is...
sea level itself rises or falls
land rises or falls relative to the sea
expansion of sea water
submerged coast
which is the below is mass movement
freeze thaw
salt weathering
wetting and drying
slumping
What is a sediment Cell
A system of environmental change
A system with sources, transfers and sinks
A system with a sediment budget
A system with fresh and salt water
A system with erosion and deposition
A sediment Cell system attempts to...
create positive feedback
create a sediment budget
create dynamic equilibrium
create negative feedback
In plant succession the first plants are called
invaders
colonisers
creeping species
pioneer species
in order for erosion to take place a beach must be
drift aligned
swash alinged
The geology of Holderness consists mainly of
chalk
boulder clay
alluvium
granite
How many villages have been lost on the Holderness coast
19
24
29
31
When do constructive waves deposit sediment?
During their weak backwash
During their strong swash
During their weak swash
During their strong backwash
(a) waves create offshore bars.
What are fissures?
A pioneer species
Small joints
Faults that have been eroded
Small weaknesses in a rock
Name the 5 stages of psammosere succesion (in order)
(a)
Which of the following rock types are present at Lulworth Cove?
Portland limestone
Purbeck limestone
Carboniferous limestone
Wealden clay
Old Devonian red sandstone
