1) What is the name of the waves that are blown onto the beach by the wind? a) Swash b) Backwash c) Prevailing wave d) Constructive wave 2) What is prevailing wind? a) The direction the wind blows towards most of the time b) The direction the wind blows from most of the time c) The power of the wind d) The distance of the sea that wind blows over 3) Which erosional process scours the cliff using rocks to erode? a) Attrition b) Abrasion c) Hydraulic Action d) Solution 4) Which process transports boulders along the sea bed? a) Traction b) Saltation c) Solution d) Suspension 5) What process has formed these sandbanks in the river estuary? a) Erosion b) Transportation c) Deposition d) Longshore drift 6) What angle are groynes built at relative to the cliff face? a) 30 degrees b) 45 degrees c) 60 degrees d) 90 degrees 7) What should happen to the size of pebbles as you go up a beach towards the cliff? a) They get bigger b) They get smaller 8) What is fetch? a) The strength of the wind b) The distance a wave has travelled c) The height of the wave d) The frequency of the wave 9) Which type of waves are higher? a) Constructive waves b) Destructive waves 10) Which type of waves have a stronger backwash? a) Constructive waves b) Destructive waves 11) Which type of waves build up the beach? a) Constructive waves b) Destructive waves 12) What makes a cliff collapse when the base has been eroded by the waves and it has been undercut? a) Abrasion b) Attrition c) Weathering d) Gravity 13) What type of rock is a headland made of? a) Hard rock b) Soft rock 14) What is the name of the feature left in the sea after a headland has been eroded? a) Overhang b) Notch c) Arch d) Stack 15) What is the name of this famous coastal landmark? a) The Needles b) Durdle Door c) Lulworth Cove d) Green Bridge 16) On which coast of the British Isles is the Holderness Coast? a) North b) East c) South d) West 17) What happens when a cliff made of soft rock is eroded? a) It forms a vertical cliff b) It slumps c) There is undercutting 18) What rock type makes up most of the Holderness coast? a) Chalk b) Granite c) Boulder Clay d) Sandstone 19) What is longshore drift? a) Where materials is Where material is eroded from a cliff b) Where material is transported along a beach c) Where material is deposited by the sea 20) Which of these landforms is created by longshore drift? a) Headland b) Spit c) Delta d) Lagoon

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