Y10 Coasts L1 and L2

A coastline is an area where the ____ meets the sea.

Which of the following is NOT a process of erosion?

• Attrition

• Longshore Drift

• Abrasion

• Hydraulic Action

Which of the following IS a process of transportation?

• Abrasion

• Deposition

• Saltation

• Hydraulic action

Which of the following best describes attrition?

• Rocks banging together getting smaller and more rounded

• Rocks being hurled at a cliff face eroding like sandpaper

• Acids in the sea water dissolving rocks like chalk

• Rocks being bounced and moved along the seabed

Which of the following describes a process of transportation?

• Hydraulic action

• Abrasion

• Attrition

• Longshore Drift

Which of the following best describes hydraulic action?

• Erosion caused by rocks being hurled at the cliff face eroding it away like sandpaper

• Erosion caused when water and air are forced into gaps in the rock

• Rocks bouncing up and down on the sea bed

• Rocks being dropped on the beach by low energy constructive waves

Which of the following landforms is NOT created by coastal erosion?

• Wave cut platform

• Beach

• Headland

• Stack

What best describes the fetch?

• The distance that the wind has been blowing over the ocean for.

• The type of wave

• Waves that form close to the shore

• Waves that only affect certain parts of a country

Which area of the UK receives the highest fetch from waves at 6,500km?

• South

• North East

• North West

• South West

Waves break when the base of the wave makes contact with the seabed which creates friction slowing down the bottom of the wave and forcing the top of the wave to topple and break.

• True

• False