Coasts Leaving Cert

Which section of the beach has small pebbles due to attrition and abrasion?

• Middle Shore

• Foreshore/ Lower Beach

• Backshore/ Upper shore

• Storm Beach

The zig zag movement of material along a coast is called:

• Solution

• Abrasion

• Longshore Drift

• Tokyo Drift

Which of these are types of processes of erosion?

• Compression

• Longshore drift

• Cavity

• Abrasion

The ________ relates to the size of the ocean over which the wind blows

The backwash is stronger than the swash in this type of wave

• Constructive

• Destructive

These usually occur in the summertime

• Constructive waves

• Destructive waves

This forms at the base of a cliff

• Stump

• Notch

• Beach

• Refraction

Dublin has one of these

• A Sea Arch

• Wicklow Head

• A Bay

• Peninsula

When the roof of a sea cave that was once linked to a blowhole collapses, its known as a:

• Wide Inlet

• Geo

• Ridge

• Runnel

This feature is made of stones/pebbles, is quite steep and forms above high tide:

• Berm

• Baymouth Bar

• Dune

• Storm beach