YEAR 8 ASSESSMENT

Waves are created by wind 

• True 
• False 

Which erodes quicker?

• Hard rock
• Soft rock

I transport material along a beach. What am I.

• Longshore Drift
• Longshape Drift
• Longnose Drift
• Longway drift

I am the forward motion of waves

• Backwash
• Swash

What is this landform?

• Arch
• Cave
• Headland
• Wave-cut Platform

What controls the tide?

• The moon

• The sun

• The moon and the sun

• Mermaids

'The wearing away of the landscape ' is the definition for...

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Attrition

• Abrasion

What are headlands usually made from?

• Soft rock

• Hard rock

• Rock candy

• Rock metal

What is the correct definition of the coastal zone?

• Where the land meets the sea

• Where people go on holiday

• Where destructive waves are common

Which process involves the wearing away of the coastline by powerful waves?

• Erosion

• Transportation

• Deposition