Starter quiz

  • ...refers to anything to do with human activity at sea.
    • Coasts
    • Maritime  ✓
    • Physical
  • The ______ is the area where the land meets the sea or ocean.
    • 'coast' ✓
  • When powerful ______ hit the shore they cause erosion by breaking apart rocks and making cliffs collapse.
    • 'waves' ✓
  • Match the depositional feature to its definition.
    • bar
      formed when a spit grows across a bay joining two headlands ✓
    • beach
      when waves enter a sheltered bay they lose energy and deposit sediment ✓
    • lagoon
      when a bar cuts off the water behind from the open sea ✓
  • <span class="blank">______</span> will often form behind a spit.
    ______ will often form behind a spit.
    • lagoons
    • saltmarshes  ✓
    • headands
  • Sediment patterns on beaches reflect:
    • wave energy and wind direction  ✓
    • wave energy and sea temperature
    • sea temperature and wind direction
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