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Geography: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Coastal Scenery 2 (Questions)

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Coastal sceneries almost always include beaches. There are many headlands along the UK coast, possibly the most well-known being Land's End in Cornwall. Land's End is the extreme south-westerly point of the British mainland.

Play our second Geography quiz in the series on coastal scenery.

When the coastline is worn back it is said to have what?

[ ]	Diminished
[ ]	Retreated
[ ]	Shrunk
[ ]	Withered

The movement of a wave up a beach is called what?

[ ]	Splosh
[ ]	Squish
[ ]	Swale
[ ]	Swash

Waves throwing pebbles at a cliff leads to what process?

[ ]	Abrasion
[ ]	Corrosion
[ ]	Saltation
[ ]	Solution

A famous shingle bank in Dorset is Chesil what?

[ ]	Beach
[ ]	Heights
[ ]	Ridge
[ ]	Way

What process leads to the formation of a sand spit?

[ ]	Abrasion
[ ]	Attrition
[ ]	Hydraulic action
[ ]	Longshore drift

Rock extending further out to sea than the rocks on either side forms a what?

[ ]	Cave
[ ]	Headland
[ ]	Stack
[ ]	Wave cut platform

What causes the end of a sand spit to curve?

[ ]	A change in wind direction
[ ]	An increase in wind strength
[ ]	Larger grains of sand than usual
[ ]	The activity of fish

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

What name is given to large concrete blocks protecting the coast?

[ ]	Sea break
[ ]	Sea fence
[ ]	Sea moat
[ ]	Sea wall

10.

Which wooden boards trap sand and stop beach erosion?

[ ]	Gantries
[ ]	Grilles
[ ]	Groynes
[ ]	Guardrails

Geography: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Coastal Scenery 2 (Answers)

When the coastline is worn back it is said to have what?

[ ]	Diminished
[x]	Retreated
[ ]	Shrunk
[ ]	Withered

The movement of a wave up a beach is called what?

[ ]	Splosh
[ ]	Squish
[ ]	Swale
[x]	Swash

Swash adds material to the beach

Waves throwing pebbles at a cliff leads to what process?

[x]	Abrasion
[ ]	Corrosion
[ ]	Saltation
[ ]	Solution

The pebbles attack the cliff face and erode it

A famous shingle bank in Dorset is Chesil what?

[x]	Beach
[ ]	Heights
[ ]	Ridge
[ ]	Way

About 17 miles long - one of the longest storm beaches in Europe!

What process leads to the formation of a sand spit?

[ ]	Abrasion
[ ]	Attrition
[ ]	Hydraulic action
[x]	Longshore drift

They are long sand ridges growing out from a beach

Rock extending further out to sea than the rocks on either side forms a what?

[ ]	Cave
[x]	Headland
[ ]	Stack
[ ]	Wave cut platform

What causes the end of a sand spit to curve?

[x]	A change in wind direction
[ ]	An increase in wind strength
[ ]	Larger grains of sand than usual
[ ]	The activity of fish

Headlands and bays are found in areas with what?

[x]	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

What name is given to large concrete blocks protecting the coast?

[ ]	Sea break
[ ]	Sea fence
[ ]	Sea moat
[x]	Sea wall

10.

Which wooden boards trap sand and stop beach erosion?

[ ]	Gantries
[ ]	Grilles
[x]	Groynes
[ ]	Guardrails

They run up and down the beach at intervals