Coasts key terms (part 2: landforms)

Which is made of hard rock?

• Bay

• Headland

What is the C in the CASS erosional landform sequence?

• Cave

• Cove

• Cone

• Cape

What is the first stage of the cliff retreat sequence?

• Wave-cut notch

• Wave-cut platform

• Arch

• Saltmarsh

Which type of beach is concave in shape?

• concave

• convex

What is a recurved lateral?

• The end of a spit which has been reshaped by a change in longshore drift

• The bottom edge of a stack closest to the coastline

• The highest point on a wave-cut platform

• the central point of a bay

Which of these landforms is created behind a spit?

• Stump

• Saltmarsh

• Slip-off slope

• Stack

If a spit reaches the whole way across a river mouth it is called a...

• tombolo

• bar

• lagoon

• headland

If a spit reaches an island, joining it to the mainland, it is known as a...

• tombolo

• spit

• bar

• reef

What is the dip between two sand dunes called?

• slack

• sack

• stack

• shack

Which of these vegetation types can live sandy, salty conditions (psammosere) and is often found on sand dunes?

• marram grass

• jungle orchid

• bamboo

• cypress trees