EQ2- Coasts

Wave size depends on which of the following?

• The strength of the wind

• The duration the wind blows for

• Water depth

• Wave fetch

• All of the above

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a destructive wave?

• Strong backwash

• Off shore bar/ridge

• High wave hight

• Long wavelength

Berms are result from summer swell wave deposition

• True

• False

The following describes which erosional process? As sediment is moved around by waves, the numerous collisions between particles slowly chip fragments off the sediment, making it smaller and more rounded over time.

• Abrasion

• Solution

• Attrition

• Hydraulic action

A wave cut notch is associated with which landform feature?

• Arch

• Stack

• Wave cut platform

• Cave

Sediment carried in the water best describes which of the following

• Traction

• Suspension

• Saltation

• Solution

Which of the following is formed from two spits from the opposite direction

• Bar

• Tombolo

• Barrier beach

• Cuspate foreland

Which of the following in not part of the sediment cell model?

• Sources

• Sinks

• Transfer zones

• Solution

Which of the following in not a type of weathering

• Mechanical

• Mass movement

• Chemical

• Biological

What is the name of a mollusc that bores holes in rocks?

• Winkle

• Cockle

• Piddock

• Muscle