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Coastal Processes and landforms

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  • Q1
    Which process involves the wearing away of the coastline by powerful waves?
    Transportation
    Deposition
    Evolution
    Erosion
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  • Q2
    How does rock type affect rates of coastal erosion?
    Older rock erodes more quickly.
    Harder rock erodes more slowly.
    Harder rock erodes more quickly.
    Brown rock erodes the slowest.
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  • Q3
    How does a discordant coastline erode?
    By acid rain falling on it.
    By volcanic explosions.
    At different rates.
    At the same rate
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  • Q4
    How are waves created?
    By heavy rain.
    By the rotation of the Earth through space.
    By large boats and whales.
    By the wind blowing over the surface of the sea.
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  • Q5
    What type of rock is usually found at a headland?
    Fossilised rock.
    Hard, more resistant rock.
    Soft, less resistant rock.
    Planet Rock.
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  • Q6
    Which is the correct order for the formation of a stump?
    Cave, arch, stack, stump.
    Stack, beach, cave, stump.
    Lagoon, cave, spit, stump.
    Arch, cave, stack, stump.
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  • Q7
    What is longshore drift?
    A process of deposition.
    A process of erosion.
    A process of transportation.
    A process of unification.
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  • Q8
    What is a spit?
    A beach found within a bay.
    An extended stretch of beach forming around a headland.
    A gap in the rocks which shoots waves from the sea.
    An extended stretch of beach material that only joins the mainland at one end.
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