When waves lose energy and leave sediments / sand along a coast.
The wearing away of land, removal of beach rocks/sand by water or wind.
An area of land that smells different to other places.
An area that has a lot of wind.
3. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
Which of these coastal landforms are created by deposition?
Cave
Stack
Beach
Wave cut platform
4. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
What is the erosional process in which rocks are pushed by waves up against the headland, eroding the cliff face further?
Hydraulic action.
Abrasion.
Attrition.
Solution.
5. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
What is swash?
Water that runs back into the ocean.
Water that falls forward and moves up the shore.
Tug of war between the drag of the wind and pull of gravity.
Swirling of water in an area.
6. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
The movement of material along a coast by waves that approach at an angle to the shore but recede straight down the beach is called...
Longshore drift
Swash
Backwash
Recession
7. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
Which of these coastal landforms is created by erosion?
Cave
Tombolo
Beach
Spit
8. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
What is the first stage of a stack forming from a head land?
Cracks erode to form a cave.
Hydraulic action creates small cracks in the headland/cliff face.
The cave becomes wider and deeper.
The waves cut through the cave and form an arch.
9. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
What is the most advanced stage of erosion of a headland?
Cracks erode further to create a cave.
The roof of an arch becomes too heavy and collapses.
The cave becomes wider and deeper.
The waves cut through the cave and form an arch.
10. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
Hydraulic action is when air becomes trapped in joints and cracks on a cliff face and then a wave breaks, the trapped air is compressed which weakens the cliff and causes erosion.
true
false
11. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
What is this
Sea cave
Sea stack
Sea arch
Headland
12. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
What is this?
Sea stack
Wave cut platform
Sea arch
Sea mount
13. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
What is this?
Beach
Sea cave
Headland
Barrier Island
14. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
What is this?
Barrier Island
Spit
Tidal Inlet
Beach
15. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
What is this landform?
mountain
glacier
bay
canyon
16. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
I transport material along a beach. What am I.
Longshore Drift
Longshape Drift
Longnose Drift
Longway drift
17. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
This is a
Stack
Arch
Wave cut platform
Blowhole
18. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
This is
Longshore Drift
Nearshore currents
Attrition
Undertow
19. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
The movement of water up the beach after the breaking of a wave is...
Swash
Backwash
20. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
Which feature cannot be seen in this image?
Stump
Arch
Cliff
Cave
21. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
What coastal defence can be seen in this image?
Groyne
Sea wall
Gabions
Revetments
22. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
This is a
Bayhead beach
Bayside beach
Spit
Tombolo
23. Multiple Choice
45 seconds
1 pt
I happen when the waves don't have enough energy to carry sediment