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Unit-3 Coasts

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why does the water move all the time?

a)

tides

b)

storm

c)

waves

d)

air

e)

currents

2.

How often does the level of the ocean rise?

a)

once each day

b)

twice each day

c)

three times each day

d)

twice each month

3.

When the tide is in, it is called _________.

a)

high tide

b)

low tide

c)

spring tide

d)

ordinary tide

4.

When the tide has gone out, it is called __________.

a)

high tide

b)

low tide

c)

spring tide

d)

ordinary tide

5.

___________ occur twice each month when the Sun and the Moon are both on the same side of the Earth.

a)

high tides

b)

low tides

c)

spring tides

d)

ordinary tides

6.

High tide brings deep water to (a)   and ports so that large ships can sail in and out.

7.

Tides are caused mainly by the pull of the ______.

a)

The sun's gravity

b)

The earth's gravity

c)

The moon's gravity

8.

_______ are big ripples of water caused by the wind.

a)

Hurricanes

b)

Tsunami

c)

Waves

d)

Currents

9.

The highest part of a wave is known as ______.

    

a)

crest

b)

trough

c)

wave

d)

estuary

10.

The lowest part of a wave is known as ______.

    

a)

crest

b)

trough

c)

mouth

d)

estuary

11.

_________ are giant rivers of water moving slowly through the oceans.

a)

waves

b)

currents

c)

wind

d)

oceans

12.

As the earth (a)   on its axis, the part of the ocean facing the Moon bulges.

13.

______ water sink to the bottom of the ocean.

a)

Hot

b)

Cold

c)

Warm

14.

When large waves reach the seashore, they can ____ pebbles and rocks.

a)

deposit

b)

hurl

c)

surf

15.

Cliffs along rocky coasts often have ______ shapes.

a)

similar

b)

usual

c)

strange

d)

terrible

16.

What is the world’s biggest bay?

a)

Oregon bay

b)

Hudson Bay

c)

Amazon Bay

d)

Bay of Bengal

17.

Which river has the world's longest estuary?

a)

River Nile

b)

River Amazon

c)

River Ob

d)

Yellow river

18.

Soft rock such as c (a)   and chalk may erode quickly.

19.

Harder rocks such as g (a)   wear away much more slowly.

20.

A flat area that is left where the cliff once stood is called a w (a)   .

21.

Waves may erode a hole in the roof of the cave called (a)   .

22.

(a)   are the gently sloping areas of sand, pebbles at the edge of an ocean or sea.

23.

The very large rocks called (a)   have fallen from the cliff.

24.

A place where the land meets the oceans and sea

(a)  

25.

the land along the coast

(a)  

26.

Coastlines change by the action of waves and (a)   .

27.

How many types of tide are there?

(a)  

28.

What is this coastal feature?

(a)  

29.

What is this coastal feature?

(a)  

30.

What is this coastal feature?

(a)  

31.

What is this coastal feature?

(a)  

32.

How are the sea structures formed? By (a)  

33.

Where is River Ob located?

(a)