Coastal Processes Quiz

What are the processes that break down and remove material from the coast?

• Erosion, mass movement, and weathering

• Deposition, transportation, and erosion

• Swash, backwash, and fetch

• Constructive and destructive waves

What determines the size and energy of a wave?

• The fetch, the strength of the wind, and how long the wind has been blowing

• The swash and backwash of the wave

• The type of sediment on the beach

• The distance from the shore

What are the characteristics of a destructive wave?

• Weak swash and strong backwash, removes sediment from the beach

• Strong swash and weak backwash, brings sediments to build up the beach

• Steep and close together, low and further apart

• None of the above

What are the characteristics of a constructive wave?

• Weak swash and strong backwash, removes sediment from the beach

• Strong swash and weak backwash, brings sediments to build up the beach

• Steep and close together, low and further apart

• None of the above

What is the water that rushes up the beach known as?

• Swash

• Backwash

• Fetch

• Sediment

What is the water that flows back towards the sea known as?

• Swash

• Backwash

• Fetch

• Sediment

What does the strong backwash of a destructive wave do?

• Brings sediments to build up the beach

• Removes sediment from the beach

• Creates steep and close together waves

• None of the above

What does the strong swash of a constructive wave do?

• Brings sediments to build up the beach

• Removes sediment from the beach

• Creates steep and close together waves

• None of the above

What are the factors that determine the size and energy of a wave?

• The fetch, the strength of the wind, and how long the wind has been blowing

• The swash and backwash of the wave

• The type of sediment on the beach

• The distance from the shore

What are the types of waves that can affect the coastline?

• Constructive and destructive

• Erosion and deposition

• Transportation and weathering

• Swash and backwash