Coastal Processes and landforms
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- Q1Which process involves the wearing away of the coastline by powerful waves?TransportationDepositionEvolutionErosion30s
- Q2How 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.30s
- Q3How does a discordant coastline erode?By acid rain falling on it.By volcanic explosions.At different rates.At the same rate30s
- Q4How 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.30s
- Q5What type of rock is usually found at a headland?Fossilised rock.Hard, more resistant rock.Soft, less resistant rock.Planet Rock.30s
- Q6Which 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.30s
- Q7What is longshore drift?A process of deposition.A process of erosion.A process of transportation.A process of unification.30s
- Q8What 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.30s
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