1) What are the two types of waves? a) Conservative and Destructive b) Constructive and destructive 2) What causes waves? a) wind b) the moon 3) the distance the wave travels is called the .... a) reach b) distance c) fetch 4) Which of these will cause the biggest waves? a) a long fetch b) a weak wind c) winds that blow for a long time 5) The movement of waves up a beach is called the... a) backwash b) swash 6) The movement of waves down a beach is called the... a) backwash b) swash 7) Destructive waves build beaches a) True b) False 8) the downhill movement of cliff material due to gravity is called.... a) erosion b) mass movement c) weathering d) longshore drift 9) which of these are types of mass movement? a) slumping b) rockfall c) landslide d) mudslide e) mudfall 10) Mudflow and slumping occur in softer rocks when it is wet. a) True b) False 11) Hydraulic action is... a) the force of the waves widening cracks, eroding the cliff b) pebbles in the waves knocking into each other c) the scraping of sediment along the wave cut platform and cliff base d) rocks, such as chalk and limestone, dissolving in the water 12) Abrasion is... a) the force of the waves widening cracks, eroding the cliff b) pebbles in the waves knocking into each other c) the scraping of sediment along the wave cut platform and cliff base d) rocks, such as chalk and limestone, dissolving in the water 13) Attrition is... a) the force of the waves widening cracks, eroding the cliff b) pebbles in the waves knocking into each other c) the scraping of sediment along the wave cut platform and cliff base d) rocks, such as chalk and limestone, dissolving in the water 14) Solution is... a) the force of the waves widening cracks, eroding the cliff b) pebbles in the waves knocking into each other c) the scraping of sediment along the wave cut platform and cliff base d) rocks, such as chalk and limestone, dissolving in the water 15) How does weathering differ from erosion? a) Weathering breaks down rocks AND removes them b) Weathering breaks down rocks but DOES NOT remove them 16) Which of these is biological weathering? a) plant roots widening cracks b) rocks dissolving in rainwater c) water freezing and thawing repeatedly in a crack 17) Which of these is mechanical weathering? a) plant roots widening cracks b) rocks dissolving in rainwater c) water freezing and thawing repeatedly in a crack 18) Which of these is chemical weathering? a) plant roots widening cracks b) rocks dissolving in rainwater c) water freezing and thawing repeatedly in a crack 19) When waves hit the bottom of the cliff they erode it to form... a) a wave cut platform b) a wave cut notch 20) Which is the correct order for the formation of a wave cut platform? a) cliff becomes unstable, erosion forms a notch, cliff collapse, cliff retreats to leave a WCP b) cliff becomes unstable, cliff retreats to leave a WCP, erosion forms a notch, cliff collapse c) erosion to form a notch, cliff becomes unstable, cliff collapse, cliff retreats to leave a WCP d) erosion to form a notch, cliff retreats to leave a WCP, cliff becomes unstable, cliff collapse 21) Which is the correct order to form a stump? a) stump, stack, arch, cave, crack b) crack cave, stump, stack, arch c) crack , arch, cave, stack, stump d) crack, cave, arch, stack, stump 22) An example of a stack is .... a) Old Harry b) Old Tom c) Old Stewart d) Old Ben 23) Longshore drift is.... a) Movement of sediment up the beach b) Movement of sediment along the beach c) Movement of sediment down the beach 24) Which landforms involve LSD? a) Stack b) Bar c) Spit d) WCP 25) Which of these are methods of hard engineering? a) Dune fencing b) rock armour c) groyne d) beach nourishment e) sea wall f) gabbions 26) Which of these are methods of soft engineering? a) Dune fencing b) rock armour c) groyne d) beach nourishment e) sea wall f) dune regeneration 27) Which place is our case study for coastal management? a) Mappleton b) Liverpool c) Hornsea d) Swanage

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