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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the name given to the nearshore area where sunlight penetrates sediments?
literal zone
offshore zone
beach
cliff
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which of these is NOT a coastal erosion feature?
weathering
mass- movement
mechanical
concordant
- 3. Multiple Choice
TRUE or FALSE, discordant rocks run parallel to the coastline?
TRUE
FALSE
- 4. Fill in the Blank
Constructive waves consist of _ energy coastlines.
(fill in the blank)
- 5. Open Ended
Describe the process of hydraulic action.
- 6. Multiple Choice
What influences sea level change?
eustatic change
beach nourishment
talus scree slopes
rotational slumping
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is a type of hard engineering?
sea wall
sand
groynes
all of the above
- 8. Multiple Choice
Abrasion, attrition and corrosion are processes of what?
lithology
ocean currents
pollution
erosion
- 9. Fill in the Blank
High energy coastlines have a _ wave type.
(fill in the blank)
- 10. Multiple Choice
Give a location of a sheltered coastline.
Spurn Point
Nile Delta
lagoon
cave
- 11. Fill in the Blank
The rate of deposition often exceeds the rate of
- 12. Multiple Choice
Destructive waves are found on coastlines with low energy and low wave heights.
TRUE
FALSE
- 13. Multiple Choice
Exposed coastlines are areas with a long/ short fetch?
Short
Both
Long
- 14. Multiple Choice
What do all question 1(a)'s have in common?
they do not require a case study
they can be answered in a note form
they require application of knowledge
they involve workings out equations
- 15. Multiple Choice
Give an example of a suitable UK case study
Holderness Coast
Isle of Skye
Eastbourne
Flamborough Bay
- 16. Multiple Choice
What is dynamic equilibrium?
When a system has higher outputs than inputs
When a system has greater inputs than outputs
When a systems inputs and outputs are equal
When a system has no inputs or outputs
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is the dynamic equilibrium effected by?
sea level
waves
sand supply
erosion rates
- 18. Open Ended
Explain negative feedback.
- 19. Draw
Draw a diagram of a closed system.
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- 20. Multiple Choice
What is one output of energy from a coastal sysem?
thermal
kinetic
gravity
longshore drift
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