National 5 Geo- Random Qs

Corries are usually found on __________ facing hollow as these are more shaded.

• South

• West

• North

• East

Rocks frozen on to the bottom of the ice scrape away at the base of the hollow this is known as ________

• longshore drift

• abrasion

• plucking

• frezze thaw

The snow turned to ice and formed glaciers, which moved downhill due to _________

• Power

• gravity

• water

__________ is when the ice freezes onto rocks on the side of the landscape and when the ice moves, it rips the rocks out (1 mark)

• abrasion

• plucking

• freeze thaw weathering

___________—pounding waves compress trapped air in the rocks, creating an explosive blast which weakens and loosens rock fragments (1

• hydraulic action

• attrition

• abrasion

Formation of a stack: A headland with weaknesses such as joints, faults or cracks are attackedby thesea through processes of erosion such as hydraulic action and ___________

• solution

• attrition

• abrasion

This leaves behind a separate piece of rock from the headland called a _____

• sandbar

• spit

• cliff

• stack

Bays are formed due to ______erosion

• even

• differential

• weak

• upside down

Formation of a spit: _________can develop in an area of calm water behind the spit.

• Trees

• Boats

• Salt marshes

• Storms

Sand spits (long narrow ridges of sand or shingle) form where the coastline changes__________.

• power

• direction

• erosion

• water