Natural Processes - Coastal Quiz

Question 1 of 20

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The coast is the narrow zone where the land and the sea overlap and directly interact.

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 2 of 20

1

How is the movement of water particles described?

Select one of the following:

Longitudinal
Relational
Orbital

Explanation

Question 3 of 20

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What is "fetch"?

Select one of the following:

The distance sediment can be transported from one end of the beach to the other.
The distance of open water over which wind can blow.
The distance between the crests of successive wave fronts.

Explanation

Question 4 of 20

1

Which of the following are NOT processes?

Select one or more of the following:

Wind
Sand
Erosion
Biological
Tombolo

Explanation

Question 5 of 20

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Which wave type which breaks on a beach with a powerful swash and weaker backwash, moving material up the beach?

Select one of the following:

Constructive
Destructive
Productive

Explanation

Question 6 of 20

1

What is backwash?

Select one or more of the following:

The movement of water up the beach as the result of the breaking of waves
Movement of water down the beach under gravitational pull after the wave has broken
The small particles of food left in the bottle after you share your drink with a friend

Explanation

Question 7 of 20

1

What wave process is shown in the diagram?

Select one of the following:

Wave diffraction
Near-shore current
Long-shore drift

Explanation

Question 8 of 20

1

How is wave length measured?

Select one of the following:

The horizontal distance between the crests of two successive waves
The vertical distance between the crest and trough
The distance from one end of a wave to the other

Explanation

Question 9 of 20

1

What features are shown in this diagram?

Select one or more of the following:

Cliff
Wave-cut platform
Notch
Rocky headland
Parallel dune system

Explanation

Question 10 of 20

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What is a berm?

Select one of the following:

A series of mini embayment’s
Long narrow accumulations of sand projecting out to sea
A horizontal or gently inclined area at the top of the beach

Explanation

Question 11 of 20

1

What is this major feature of Waihi called?

Select one of the following:

A Tangelo
A Toledo
A Tombolo

Explanation

Question 12 of 20

1

The rate of coastal erosion depends on the profile of the coast, resistance and slope of rocks, width of beach and shore, nature of beach deposits, depth of water offshore, and the tidal range.

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 13 of 20

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The following are part of which process: Uplifting, faulting, folding, volcanism

Select one of the following:

Fluvial
Tectonic
Climatic

Explanation

Question 14 of 20

1

What type of interaction between the waves and the coast can clearly be seen in the picture?

Select one of the following:

Refraction
Reflection
Difraction

Explanation

Question 15 of 20

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What is hydraulic pressure?

Select one of the following:

Rocks and boulders already eroded from cliffs and broken down into smaller and more rounded particles
The wearing away of cliffs by sand shingle and boulders hurled against them by waves
The dissolving of limestone by the carbonic acid in sea water and the evaporation of slats to reproduce crystals which expand as they form and cause the rock to disintegrate
When a parcel of air is trapped and compressed with in a joint in a cliff or between a breaking wave and a cliff - the increase in pressure may over a period of time waken and break off pieces of rock

Explanation

Question 16 of 20

1

Waihi beach is an erosional beach

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 17 of 20

1

Tectonic processes during which two periods are largely responsible for coastal geology?

Select one of the following:

Pleistocene and Holocene
Cretaceous and Jurrasic
Pliocene and Miocene

Explanation

Question 18 of 20

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What are the THREE ways Aeolian processes transport sediment?

Select one or more of the following:

Traction
Saltation
Surface creep
Slumping
Suspension

Explanation

Question 19 of 20

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Natural Processes - Coastal Quiz

Natural Processes - Coastal Quiz

Question 1 of 20

The coast is the narrow zone where the land and the sea overlap and directly interact.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 2 of 20

How is the movement of water particles described?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 3 of 20

What is "fetch"?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 4 of 20

Which of the following are NOT processes?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 5 of 20

Which wave type which breaks on a beach with a powerful swash and weaker backwash, moving material up the beach?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 6 of 20

What is backwash?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 7 of 20

What wave process is shown in the diagram?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 8 of 20

How is wave length measured?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 9 of 20

What features are shown in this diagram?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 10 of 20

What is a berm?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 11 of 20

What is this major feature of Waihi called?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 12 of 20

The rate of coastal erosion depends on the profile of the coast, resistance and slope of rocks, width of beach and shore, nature of beach deposits, depth of water offshore, and the tidal range.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 13 of 20

The following are part of which process: Uplifting, faulting, folding, volcanism

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 14 of 20

What type of interaction between the waves and the coast can clearly be seen in the picture?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 15 of 20

What is hydraulic pressure?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 16 of 20

Waihi beach is an erosional beach

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 17 of 20

Tectonic processes during which two periods are largely responsible for coastal geology?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 18 of 20

What are the THREE ways Aeolian processes transport sediment?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 19 of 20

What is this structure called that is designed to help deposition and accumulation of sediment in the dunes?

Select one or more of the following:

Explanation

Question 20 of 20