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- 1. Multiple Choice
Prevailing wind is the main
__________ of the wind.
direction
speed
force
- 2. Multiple Choice
What are waves moving
up a beach called?
Swash
Backwash
Prevailing wind
Longshore drift
- 3. Multiple Choice
What are waves moving
down a beach called?
Swash
Backwash
Prevailing wind
Longshore drift
- 4. Multiple Choice
Swash moves up the beach at the
same angle as the __________.
current
tide
prevailing wind
- 5. Multiple Choice
What angle does backwash
move down the beach?
45
90
180
360
- 6. Multiple Choice
Longshore drift involves the waves transporting sediment in a __________ pattern along the beach.
zig-zag
wavey
vertical
horizontal
- 7. Multiple Choice
When waves deposit sediment off the edge of the coast, what is formed?
A spit
A headland
A bay
A stack
- 8. Multiple Choice
when a spit is formed the vegetation that first grows is called what?
Grass
Marram grass
Bushes
Sand dunes
- 9. Multiple Choice
What happens when a spit connects to the land?
A lake is formed
A sand dune is formed
A lagoon is formed
Another spit is formed
- 10. Multiple Choice
How can longshore drift be prevented?
By adding more sand to the beach
By creating marsh land at the end of the beach
By preventing erosion using groins
By planting grasses on the beach
- 11. Multiple Choice
What happens to form a cave?
The sea finds a fault in the cliff base and erodes it
A builder digs a hole in the cliff
The seagulls make the cave
The rocks fall out of the cliff
- 12. Multiple Choice
After the cave is formed - what happens next?
The fish swim into it and make it bigger
The builder digs more of it away
The cave gets bigger as the waves and rocks erode it further
The sea gets deeper
- 13. Multiple Choice
As the sea continues to erode the cave - eventually a _____ forms
Spit
beach
big cave
arch
- 14. Multiple Choice
After the Arch is formed it can collapse - this forms a ________?
Seat
Stump
Spit
Stack
- 15. Multiple Choice
Eventually, over time, the stack erodes to form a _______?
Spit
Stump
Seat
Stack
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