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Unit-3 Coasts Y6 Geography Quiz

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The slow movement of pieces of rock along a beach when waves move towards the shore at an angle.

a)

Prevailing wind

b)

waves

c)

longshore drift

d)

shingle movement

2.

Allowing the sea to flood certain parts of the land

a)

floodplain

b)

saltpans

c)

sea nourishment

d)

managed retreat

3.

The fields reclaimed from the sea are called______

a)

flooded fields

b)

polders

c)

flatplain

d)

saltpans

4.

Where can we get the world’s oil and natural gas from?

a)

from the Dead sea

b)

from the sand of the seafloor

c)

under limestones

d)

from the rocks of the seabed

5.

Where is the Farewell Spit?

a)

Indonesia

b)

Australia

c)

New Zealand

d)

The Netherlands

6.

What can bacteria in sewage cause?

a)

cause fatal diseases, such as cholera.

b)

poison plants on the land

c)

poison the shellfish

d)

air pollution

7.

Three different ways of catching fish at sea according to textbook?

a)

purse-seining

b)

jigging

c)

drifting

d)

trolling

e)

trawling

8.

How are lands on the coast used?

a)

road transportation

b)

buildings and fishing

c)

holidays and leisure

d)

fuel and minerals

e)

food and electricity

9.

A fishing boat that pulls a large net behind it.

a)

trolley

b)

trawler

c)

trailer

d)

troller

10.

Sand dune is__________

a)

a hill of wind-blown sand

b)

a hill of sand-blown wind

c)

a hill of blown-sand wind

d)

a blown wind of sand hill

11.

a ridge of sand or shingle joined to the land at one end and projecting out into the sea at the other.

a)

bar

b)

spit

c)

lagoon

d)

sand dune

12.

a shallow lake separated from the sea by a sandbank or sandbar.

a)

bar

b)

spit

c)

lagoon

d)

sand dune

13.

a ridge of sand or shingle across a bay or river mouth.

a)

bar

b)

spit

c)

lagoon

d)

sand dune

14.

the wearing away of land by wind, moving water or ice.

a)

drifting

b)

deposition

c)

erosion

d)

transformation

15.

What is this coastal feature?

a)

sea cave

b)

stump

c)

sea arch

d)

sea stack

16.

What is this coastal feature?

a)

sea cave

b)

stump

c)

sea arch

d)

sea stack

17.

What is this coastal feature?

a)

sea cave

b)

stump

c)

sea arch

d)

sea stack

18.

What is this coastal feature?

a)

sea cave

b)

stump

c)

sea arch

d)

sea stack

19.

What is this sea defence?

(a)  

20.

What is this sea defence?

(a)  

21.

What is this sea defence?

(a)  

22.

What is this coastal feature?

a)

sea cave

b)

stump

c)

sea arch

d)

sea stack

23.

a large hole or hollow in the dunes where sand has been blown away by the wind

a)

blow hole

b)

hollow

c)

cave

d)

blow-out

24.

To stop blowing away, people grow a type of grass on the

       _______ sand. 

a)

scutch grass

b)

pampas grass

c)

marram grass

d)

silver grass

25.

The world’s famous ______ _____ are built on land that was once sand dunes.

a)

tennis courts

b)

golf courses

c)

football pitches

d)

badminton court

26.

What is the longest expense of dunes in North America?

a)

Oregon dunes

b)

Indian dunes

c)

Arabian dunes

d)

Sahara dunes

27.

Dunwich was a large and prosperous port at the mouth of the River _________.

a)

Rhine

b)

Nile

c)

Thames

d)

Blyth

28.

The Dutch people cut off sections of the delta of the River ___________from the sea.

a)

Rhine

b)

Nile

c)

Thames

d)

Blyth

29.

How many fronds does the palm Jumeirah consist of?

a)

13

b)

15

c)

16

d)

18

30.

In January _________, a storm swept away three of town’s churches and 400 houses.

a)

1323

b)

1326

c)

1362

d)

1236

31.

At very low tides, _______ and pieces of brick can be seen among the pebbles on the shore.

a)

flint rubble

b)

glass

c)

sand stones

32.

What is a small village in Suffolk on the eastern coast of England?

(a)  

33.

What kinds of soft rocks are Cliffs made of?

a)

clay

b)

chalk

c)

limestones

d)

sand and glass

34.

The western coasts of the British Isles are made of hard rocks, such as _______, ______, ____

a)

carboniferous limestones

b)

chalk

c)

granite

d)

clay

e)

hard sandstones

35.

Stones, pieces of wood and even shoes are kinds of (a)   on the coast.

36.

 

The (a)   coast of England is made of very soft rocks