Coastal processes and landforms

What is responsible for creating most of the waves in the ocean?

• Movements of large sea creatures deep down

• Container ships carrying goods between continents

• The gravitational pull of the moon

• The frictional contact of winds blowing over the ocean

This is a

• Headland

• Stack

• Arch

• Bay

Which of these coastal landforms is created by erosion?

• Cave
• Tombolo
• Beach
• Spit

This is a 

• Stack
• Arch
• Wave cut platform
• Blowhole

Which of these coastal landforms are created by deposition?

• Cave
• Stack
• Beach
• Wave cut platform

What is the erosional process in which rocks are pushed by waves up against the headland, eroding the cliff face further?

• Hydraulic action.
• Abrasion.
• Attrition.
• Solution.

What is swash?

• Water that runs back into the ocean.
• Water that falls forward and moves up the shore.
• Tug of war between the drag of the wind and pull of gravity.
• Swirling of water in an area.

What are destructive waves?

• Waves that are tall and frequent, crashing into shoreline, digging out chunks of the shore.

• Long and low waves, beginning far out in the sea, with a smooth gentle landing.

• The circular movement caused by wind and gravity fighting.

• When people wave their hand to aggresively destroy things.

What are constructive waves?

• Waves that are tall and frequent, crashing into shoreline, digging out chunks.
• Long and low waves, beginning far out in the sea, with a smooth gentle landing.
• The circular movement caused by wind and gravity fighting.
• When people wave their hand to aggresively destroy things.

The movement of material along a coast by waves that approach at an angle to the shore but recede straight down the beach is called...

• Longshore drift
• Swash
• Backwash
• Recession