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Geography (Edexcel B)
Coastal landscapes

Starter quiz

  • Identify the answer that correctly describes constructive waves.
    • Constructive waves have a stronger swash than backwash and build up beaches.  ✓
    • Constructive waves have equal swash and backwash, maintaining beach levels.
    • Constructive waves have a stronger backwash than swash and erode the coastline.
    • Constructive waves occur mostly during storms and erode the beach rapidly.
    • Constructive waves break frequently and move material offshore from beaches.
  • What is the term used to describe the distance a wave has travelled?
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      F
    • 2
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      E
    • 3
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      T
    • 4
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      C
    • 5
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      H
  • Which of these is an example of a sedimentary rock?
    • Slate - formed when shale is heated and compressed by tectonic processes.
    • Basalt - a volcanic rock that forms from rapidly-cooling lava.
    • Granite - formed from cooled magma.
    • Marble - formed when limestone is heated and compressed by tectonic processes.
    • Limestone - formed from layers of sediment compressed into rock.  ✓
  • Reorder the statements to provide labels for these diagrams, from left to right.
    Reorder the statements to provide labels for these diagrams, from left to right.
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      Layers of more and less resistant rock are perpendicular to the coast.
    • 2
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      Waves erode less resistant rock more quickly than more resistant rock.
    • 3
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      Bays are eroded into less resistant rock, leaving headlands of resistant rock.
  • Which of the following are required for a spit to be formed?
    • Longshore drift moving sediment along the beach in direction of prevailing wind.  ✓
    • Destructive waves removing sediment from the beach.
    • A change in direction in the coastline (e.g. a river mouth).  ✓
    • No change in direction in the coastline (concordant coast).
    • Constructive waves.  ✓
  • What process is being described when a loss of energy causes sediment being transported by waves to be dropped?
    • 'Deposition' ✓
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