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6. What is Longshore drift?

  • The erosional process that creates a wave cut notch
  • The movement of sediment along a beach
  • An erosional component caused by destructive waves
  • The movement of sediment away from a beach

7. What is the shape of the coastline called?

  • Morphology
  • Topography
  • Equilibrium
  • Process-response Method

8. Which of these answers are a feature of destructive waves.

  • Low frequency waves
  • Strong swash
  • Weak swash
  • Weak backwash

9. Which type of feedback reduces the effect of change in a coastal system?

  • Great Feedback
  • Negative Feedback
  • Positive Feedback
  • Awful Feedback

10. What is Wave refraction also known as?

  • The Clapotis effect
  • The Richardson effect
  • The Clyde theory
  • The Daylight experiment

11. Give the definition of a current.

  • Clearly identifiable water flows operating in a coastal zone
  • The velocity a wave travels at
  • The strength of a wave
  • The amount of distance a wave has travelled over open water

12. Finish the sentence. "The longer the fetch the..."

  • More hard rock produced
  • More powerful the wave
  • More soft rock produced
  • Weaker the wave

13. What is a Fetch?

  • The time it takes for waves to move from trough to trough
  • The vertical distance between crest and trough
  • The distance a wave has travelled over open water
  • The speed of a wave

14. Which of these answers is an example of a depositional component

  • Sand dune
  • Arch
  • Stump
  • Shore platform

15. What causes a high and low tide?

  • The gravitational pull of the moon and sun
  • The ray's of light from the sun
  • The Earth's orbit
  • The kinetic energy of Jupiter

16. Which of these answers is an example of an erosional component?

  • Cuspate Foreland
  • Blowhole
  • Beach
  • Tombolo

17. Which type of tide is the highest out of the following answers.

  • Spring tide
  • Semi-diurnal tide
  • Neap tide
  • Diurnal tide

18. Which of these answers is an example of a soft rock?

  • Sandstone
  • Granite
  • Marble
  • Basalt

19. Where does wave energy come from?

  • Wind
  • Longshore drift
  • The chemical composition of the sea bed
  • A waves trough

20. Which of these answers are a feature of low energy environments

  • More erosion than deposition
  • Weak winds
  • Strong winds
  • Longshore drift out