Coastal Depositional Landforms

What is coastal deposition?

• When the sea wears away the land

• When the sea moves sand or pebbles from one place to another

• When the sea drops sand or pebbles onto the land

• When the government builds defences to protect the land

What is the zig-zag movement of sand and pebbles along a beach known as?

• Longshore drift

• Coastal erosion

• Constructive waves

• Mass movement

Which 3 of these landforms are created by coastal deposition?

• Bars

• Stacks

• Spits

• Wave-cut platforms

• Beaches

What is a coastal spit?

• The area between 2 headlands

• A tongue-shaped piece of land

• A curved area of sand at the back of a bay

• A pillar of rock sticking up out of the sea

What often forms behind a spit?

• Bay

• Bar

• Lagoon

• Salt-marsh

What scientific process helps create constructive waves with less power to create beaches?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Reaction

• Reformation

Which coastal defence is best at preventing longshore drift?

• Sea wall

• Gabions

• Groynes

• Rock armour

What is the name for the hills of sand formed at the back of beaches (often stabilised by marram grass)?

• Sand hills

• Sand humps

• Sand piles

• Sand dunes

Which type of weathering (weakening of cliffs) would not occur in the UK Summer months?

• Onion-skin weathering

• Biological weathering

• Freeze-thaw weathering

• Chemical weathering

Which type of mass movement describes the cliffs falling down in a series of steps?

• Rockfall

• Mudflow

• Landslide

• Slumping