Coastal Processes Quiz

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Coastal Processes Quiz

Which of the following is not an example of a coastal process?

Transportation

Erosion

Plucking

Deposition

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Plucking is a process of glacial erosion.

Which of the following are examples of coastal erosion?

Corrasion, abrasion, hydraulic action, attrition and traction.

Corrasion, abrasion, hydraulic action, attrition and corrosion/solution.

Corrasion, abrasion, hydraulic action, attrition and suspension.

Corrasion, abrasion, wave action, attrition and corrosion/solution.

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Which type of coastal erosion involves destructive waves picking up beach material (e.g. pebbles) and hurling them at the base of a cliff?

abrasion

hydraulic action

corrasion

attrition

corrosion/solution

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Commonly known as the sandpaper effect, which type of coastal erosion involves breaking waves, concentrated between the high and low watermarks, which contain sand and larger fragments wearing away the base of a cliff or headland?

hydraulic action

abrasion

corrasion

attrition

corrosion/solution

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A type of coastal erosion that involves waves hitting the base of a cliff causing air to be compressed in cracks, joints and folds in bedding planes resulting in repeated changes in air pressure. As air rushes out of the cliff when the wave retreats it leads to an explosive effect as pressure is released. This process is supported further by the weakening effect of weathering. The material breaks off cliffs, sometimes in huge chunks.

corrosion/solution

hydraulic action

corrasion

abrasion

attrition

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Which type of coastal erosion occurs when waves cause rocks and pebbles to bump into each other and break up?

abrasion

attrition

corrasion

corrosion/solution

hydraulic action

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Which type of coastal erosion occurs when certain types of cliff erode as a result of weak acids in the sea?

corrasion

attrition

hydraulic action

corrosion/solution

abrasion

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Which of the following is not a factor that affects rates of coastal erosion?

The greenhouse effect.

Geology

Coastline with no beach to buffer the waves.

Wave fetch

Strong winds blowing for a long time creating destructive waves.

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The greenhouse effect is a natural process that traps the sun's warmth in the Earth's lower atmosphere.

Identify the process of transportation labelled 1

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solution

suspension

saltation

traction

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Identify the process of transportation labelled 2

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saltation

traction

suspension

solution

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Identify the process of transportation labelled 3

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suspension

solution

saltation

traction

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Identify the process of transportation labelled 4

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traction

solution

saltation

suspension

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Which of the following is not a reason for coastal deposition?

Sediment becomes smaller and sand dunes form as you travel north-west along the spit

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There is a poor supply of material.

Waves enter a sheltered area, eg a cove or bay.

There is little wind.

A river or estuary flows into the sea reducing wave energy.

There is a good supply of material and the amount of material being transported is greater than the wave energy can transport.

Waves enter an area of shallow water.

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Coastal Processes Quiz

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