Year 11 coasts revision

Year 11 coasts revision
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GeographyUpper Secondary (Key Stage 4)GCSE

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Year 11 coasts revision

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

What is the fetch?
A
when water flows back down the beach
B
when the swash is greater than the backwash
C
the distance of ocean over which the prevailing wind blows
D
destructive waves

Slide 2 - Quizvraag

What are the two types of waves?
A
swash and backwash
B
longshore and drift
C
abrasion and attrition
D
constructive and destructive

Slide 3 - Quizvraag

Which is true about longshore drift?
A
the swash occurs in the same direction as the prevailing wind direction
B
the swash moves at right angles
C
gravity determines the swash
D
the direction of longshore drift is the same direction as the backwash

Slide 4 - Quizvraag

the four types of coastal erosion are...
A
swash, backwash, constructive and destructive
B
hydraulic action, attrition, abrasion and solution
C
physical, chemical, biological, mechanical
D
cave, arch, stack, stump

Slide 5 - Quizvraag

What is the correct definition of hydraulic action?
A
pieces of rock nbash into each other becoming smaller, smoother and rounder
B
when pieces of rock and sand wear away the cliffs like sandpaper
C
when soluble particles are dissolved by water
D
when water forces air into the rock causing pieces to break away

Slide 6 - Quizvraag

Abrasion occurs when...
A
when water forces air into the rock causing pieces to break away
B
when soluble particles are dissolved by water
C
pieces of rock nbash into each other becoming smaller, smoother and rounder
D
when pieces of rock and sand wear away the cliffs like sandpaper

Slide 7 - Quizvraag

Bays and headlands form when...
A
there are different amounts of constructive and destructive waves
B
bands of harder and softer rock are present along a coastline
C
the cliffs are prone to different amounts of sliding and slumpin
D
different amounts of swash and backwash occur on a beach

Slide 8 - Quizvraag

What is the best description of a wave-cut platform?

A
A wide, gently sloping rock surface where cliff retreat has occurred
B
The distance of ocean over which the prevailing wind blows
C
A tall column of rock left when an arch collapses
D
A notch at the base of a cliff that has been eroded by the sea

Slide 9 - Quizvraag

What is the usual sequence of headland erosion?

A
Crack > Cave > Arch > Stump > Stack
B
Stack > Crack > Arch > Stump > Cave
C
Stump > Stack > Arch > Cave > Crack
D
Crack > Cave > Arch > Stack > Stump

Slide 10 - Quizvraag

Only one of these statements about headland erosion is true. Which is it?
A
When an arch collapses, it leaves a stack
B
Headlands are made from bands of soft rock
C
Caves erode further to become faults
D
When a stump collapses, it leaves a stack

Slide 11 - Quizvraag