Coastal Landscapes and Change Quiz

What is the upper beach closest to the land called?

• Backshore

• High-energy Environment

• Foreshore

• Nearshore

What is the addition of sand and sediment to an eroding beach by humans called?

• Wave Quarrying

• Rock Armour

• Beach Nourishment

• Groyne

What is the evaluation of a coastal town's economic value compared to the cost of the management required called?

• Geology

• Shoreline Management Plan

• Integrated Coastal Zone Management

• DEFRA's 1:1 Cost-Benefit Analysis

What is the transportation of sediment along a beach called?

• Saltation

• Till

• Longshore Drift

• Grading

What is the area of coastline which has all sediment processes occurring sources, transport and sinks called?

• Littoral Cell

• Sediment Cell

• Tombola

• Estuary

What is the use of concrete structures to reduce or halt the recession of a coastline called?

• Hard Management

• Dynamic Equilibrium

• Mass Movement

• Soft Management

What is the long narrow inlet of sea water which is between steep mountains called?

• Fjord

• Ria

• Estuary

• Tombola

What is the removal of loose material by glacier ice called?

• Glacial Erosion

• Saltation

• Abrasion

• Corrasion

What is the combination of mass movement and weathering that affects the coastal land above sea called?

• Subaerial Processes

• Hydraulic Action

• Eustatic

• Concordant Coast

Name of sand dune succession

• Beach dune evolution
• Psammosere

• Desert dune progression
• Halosere