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This is Land's End in Cornwall.
Coastal Scenery 02
At the coast, powerful waves attack cliffs using different erosion processes. This quiz explores hydraulic action and how it helps shape beaches, headlands, caves and arches.
1 .
Which wooden boards trap sand and stop beach erosion?
Gantries
Grilles
Groynes
Guardrails
They are set at right angles to the coastline
2 .
What name is given to large concrete blocks protecting the coast?
Sea break
Sea fence
Sea moat
Sea wall
Some sea walls are continuous and specially shaped to deflect the energy of the waves back out to sea. They are used to form the 'promenade' or 'esplanade' of seaside holiday towns to protect the town from storm damage
3 .
Headlands and bays are found in areas with what?
Alternating bands of hard and soft rock
Chalk rock only
Hard rock only
Soft rock only
Soft rock erodes to give bays; hard rock stands out as headlands
4 .
Rock extending further out to sea than the rocks on either side forms a what?
Cave
Headland
Stack
Wave cut platform
The rocks of a headland are usually a little more resistant to weathering and erosion than the rocks on either side
5 .
When the coastline is worn back it is said to have what?
Diminished
Retreated
Shrunk
Withered
Most of the coast of Britain is retreating
6 .
The movement of a wave up a beach is called what?
Splosh
Squish
Swale
Swash
Swash adds material to the beach
7 .
What causes the end of a sand spit to curve?
A change in wave and wind direction
An increase in wind strength
Larger grains of sand than usual
The activity of fish
A spit is created by longshore drift which is in turn created by the prevailing winds blowing on the coast. A prevailing wind is the most common wind direction, but wind can also arrive from other directions too. It is these secondary direction winds and the waves they create that can lead to the formation of a curve at the end of a spit
8 .
What process leads to the formation of a sand spit?
Abrasion
Attrition
Hydraulic action
Longshore drift
They are long sand ridges growing out from a beach where the coastline suddenly changes direction - for example, Spurn Head in the estuary of the river Humber
9 .
A famous shingle bank in Dorset is Chesil what?
Beach
Heights
Ridge
Way
About 17 miles long - one of the longest storm beaches in Europe!
10 .
Waves throwing pebbles at a cliff leads to what process?
Abrasion
Corrosion
Saltation
Solution
The pebbles hammer at the cliff face and hollow out the base as a wave cut notch
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