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- 1. Multiple Choice
How could a constructive wave be described?
Powerful swash
Powerful backwash
Steep waves
Destroy beaches
- 2. Fill in the Blank
The distance the wind blows across water is known as what?
- 3. Multiple Choice
The process whereby slightly acidic rainwater causes rocks to gradually dissolve is known as what?
Biological weathering
Mechanical weathering
Salt weathering
Chemical weathering
- 4. Multiple Choice
The 'sandpapering' effect of pebbles grinding over surfaces is known as what?
Corrasion
Abrasion
Attrition
Freeze-thaw action
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of these terms means the 'bouncing' of particles too heavy to be suspended?
Solution
Suspension
Saltation
Traction
- 6. Multiple Choice
The movement of sediment along a beach in a characteristic 'zigzag' pattern is known as what?
Coastal erosion
Longshore Drift
Saltmarsh
Mudflat
- 7. Multiple Choice
True or False - a headland is eroded from less resistant rock?
True
False
- 8. Multiple Choice
A stack is a landform of coastal erosion. What landform is created when a stack is eroded?
Cave
Arch
Stump
Secondary Stack
- 9. Fill in the Blank
What feature may form in the sheltered water behind a coastal spit?
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which of the following are examples of hard engineering coastal management?
Sea wall
Groynes
Beach nourishment
Rock armour
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