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- 1. Multiple Choice
____________ happens when wave energy is low.
Erosion
Transportation
Deposition
- 2. Multiple Choice
Deposition is...
... the wearing away of the land.
... the movement of sediment from one location to another.
... the accumulation (build up) of sediment.
- 3. Multiple Choice
The diagram shows the process of longshore drift. Why do the wave swashes approach the beach at an angle?
Gravity
Wind direction
The moon
- 4. Multiple Choice
The diagram shows the process of longshore drift. Why does backwash run down the beach at an 90°?
Gravity
Wind direction
The moon
- 5. Fill in the Blank
This is an example of a _______.
- 6. Fill in the Blank
This example is _________ Point in North East England.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Spits, bars and tombolos are formed when the coastline changes _____________, but longshore drift continues.
direction
height
rock type
- 8. Fill in the Blank
A good example of a bar is _______ Bar near Porthleven in Cornwall.
- 9. Fill in the Blank
A tombolo, such as at St Ninian's in the Shetland Isles, is a beach the joins the mainland to an _______.
- 10. Multiple Choice
What type of habitat forms behind a spit?
Pond
Lagoon
Salt Marsh
- 11. Multiple Choice
The body of water trapped by a bar is called what?
Pond
Lagoon
Salt Marsh
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