Coastal Processes Quiz

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

Deposition

Plucking

Transportation

Erosion

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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 suspension.

Corrasion, abrasion, hydraulic action, attrition and traction.

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

Corrasion, abrasion, hydraulic 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?

corrosion/solution

attrition

hydraulic action

corrasion

abrasion

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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?

corrosion/solution

attrition

corrasion

abrasion

hydraulic action

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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.

corrasion

corrosion/solution

abrasion

attrition

hydraulic action

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

corrosion/solution

attrition

abrasion

corrasion

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

hydraulic action

abrasion

attrition

corrosion/solution

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

The greenhouse effect.

Coastline with no beach to buffer the waves.

Geology

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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saltation

solution

suspension

traction

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Identify the process of transportation labelled 2

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saltation

suspension

solution

traction

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Identify the process of transportation labelled 3

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saltation

suspension

traction

solution

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Identify the process of transportation labelled 4

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solution

suspension

saltation

traction

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

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

There is little wind.

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

There is a poor supply of material.

Waves enter an area of shallow water.

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