Physical influences on coasts

The .................... is the distance over which the wind has blown.

Which of these is not a type of erosion?

• Longshore drift

• Hydraulic action

• Attrition

• Solution

Hydraulic impact is the ............................... of water and air on rocks.

Subaerial processes operate on coastlines, helping to produce landforms. Subaerial processes include (a)   ​ and ​ (b)  

• weathering
• mass movement.
• erosion
• longshore drift

Which of these is not a type of mass movement

• Rotational slumping

• Rockfall

• Traction

• Landslide

Sediment is supplied to coastal system from a range of sources. Which of these would not be a source of sediment?

• Material from cliff erosion

• River sediments

• Artificial beach nourishment

• Submarine canyon

Match the following types of weathering

• Particles grow in volume in rocks

• Water layer weathering

• E.g. Oxidation, Hydration, Solution

• Chemical weathering

• E.g. frost action and drying/wetting

• Salt weathering

• E.g. molluscs, sponges, urchins.

• Physical weathering

• Different weathering types work together

• Biological weathering

Which of these rock types would most likely have well-developed joints and bedding?

• Limestone

• Clay

• Sandstone

• Shale

The movement of material along a coast by waves which approach at an angle to the shore but recede directly away from it. What is this a definition for?

• Traction

• Longshore drift

• Hydraulic action

• Refraction

Sediment cells are self-contained areas, in which

(a)   and ​ (b)   are balanced. The balance ​ (c)   change - this is known as ​ (d)   equilibrium​

• inputs
• outputs
• can
• dynamic
• erosion
• positive
• deposition
• cannot