Coastal Erosion Processes Quiz

What is the process called when waves force air into cracks in the rock, causing it to break apart?

• Attrition

• Hydraulic Action

• Abrasion

• Solution

Which coastal erosion process involves rocks being thrown against cliffs by waves, wearing them away?

• Attrition

• Abrasion

• Solution

• Deposition

What is the name of the process where dissolved minerals are carried away by water?

• Attrition

• Solution

• Transportation

• Longshore Drift

Longshore drift moves sediment along the coastline in the direction of the prevailing wind.

• True

• False

Attrition makes rocks larger and more jagged over time.

• True

• False

The process of ________ involves sediment being dropped by waves when they lose energy.

Coastal erosion is most likely to occur on ________ coasts where waves are powerful.

Which process transports sediment along a coastline?

• Deposition

• Hydraulic Action

• Longshore Drift

• Attrition

What is the name of the movement of water back down the beach after a wave breaks?

• Swash

• Backwash

• Fetch

• Erosion

Which factor affects the strength of a wave?

• The temperature of the water

• The length of the fetch

• The color of the sand

• The type of rock on the beach