What causes waves?
Magnetic pull of the earth
Gravity
Wind
What are the characteristics of a destructive wave?
Weak swash and strong backwash
Strong swash and weak backwash
Weak swash and weak backwash
What are the characteristics of a constructive wave?
Which type of weathering involves expanding of water?
Freeze-thaw weathering
Biological weathering
Chemical weathering
Large blocks of rock sliding downhill is which type of mass movement?
Landslide
Mudflow
Rockfall
Saturated soil slumping down a curved surface is which type of mass movement?
Rotational slip
Which type of erosion is the sheer power of the waves hitting the cliffs?
Abrasion
Hydraulic action
Solution
Which type of erosion is pebbles grinding along a rock platform?
Which of these describes saltation transportation?
Particles carried within the water
Pebbles rolling along the sea bed
The bouncing movement of pebbles along the seabed
Why does the sea deposit sediment?
It runs out of coastline
It loses energy
There is a change in rock type