WorksheetsUnit-3 Coasts Y6 Geography Quiz
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 22mins
The slow movement of pieces of rock along a beach when waves move towards the shore at an angle.
Prevailing wind
waves
longshore drift
shingle movement
Allowing the sea to flood certain parts of the land
floodplain
saltpans
sea nourishment
managed retreat
The fields reclaimed from the sea are called______
flooded fields
polders
flatplain
saltpans
Where can we get the world’s oil and natural gas from?
from the Dead sea
from the sand of the seafloor
under limestones
from the rocks of the seabed
Where is the Farewell Spit?
Indonesia
Australia
New Zealand
The Netherlands
What can bacteria in sewage cause?
cause fatal diseases, such as cholera.
poison plants on the land
poison the shellfish
air pollution
Three different ways of catching fish at sea according to textbook?
purse-seining
jigging
drifting
trolling
trawling
How are lands on the coast used?
road transportation
buildings and fishing
holidays and leisure
fuel and minerals
food and electricity
A fishing boat that pulls a large net behind it.
trolley
trawler
trailer
troller
Sand dune is__________
a hill of wind-blown sand
a hill of sand-blown wind
a hill of blown-sand wind
a blown wind of sand hill
a ridge of sand or shingle joined to the land at one end and projecting out into the sea at the other.
bar
spit
lagoon
sand dune
a shallow lake separated from the sea by a sandbank or sandbar.
bar
spit
lagoon
sand dune
a ridge of sand or shingle across a bay or river mouth.
bar
spit
lagoon
sand dune
the wearing away of land by wind, moving water or ice.
drifting
deposition
erosion
transformation
What is this coastal feature?
sea cave
stump
sea arch
sea stack
What is this coastal feature?
sea cave
stump
sea arch
sea stack
What is this coastal feature?
sea cave
stump
sea arch
sea stack
What is this coastal feature?
sea cave
stump
sea arch
sea stack
What is this sea defence?
(a)
What is this sea defence?
(a)
What is this sea defence?
(a)
What is this coastal feature?
sea cave
stump
sea arch
sea stack
a large hole or hollow in the dunes where sand has been blown away by the wind
blow hole
hollow
cave
blow-out
To stop blowing away, people grow a type of grass on the
_______ sand.
scutch grass
pampas grass
marram grass
silver grass
The world’s famous ______ _____ are built on land that was once sand dunes.
tennis courts
golf courses
football pitches
badminton court
What is the longest expense of dunes in North America?
Oregon dunes
Indian dunes
Arabian dunes
Sahara dunes
Dunwich was a large and prosperous port at the mouth of the River _________.
Rhine
Nile
Thames
Blyth
The Dutch people cut off sections of the delta of the River ___________from the sea.
Rhine
Nile
Thames
Blyth
How many fronds does the palm Jumeirah consist of?
13
15
16
18
In January _________, a storm swept away three of town’s churches and 400 houses.
1323
1326
1362
1236
At very low tides, _______ and pieces of brick can be seen among the pebbles on the shore.
flint rubble
glass
sand stones
What is a small village in Suffolk on the eastern coast of England?
(a)
What kinds of soft rocks are Cliffs made of?
clay
chalk
limestones
sand and glass
The western coasts of the British Isles are made of hard rocks, such as _______, ______, ____
carboniferous limestones
chalk
granite
clay
hard sandstones
Stones, pieces of wood and even shoes are kinds of (a) on the coast.
The (a) coast of England is made of very soft rocks
