What causes waves?
The 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
Which type of weathering involves expanding of water?
Freeze-thaw weathering
Biological weathering
Chemical weathering
What is the downhill movement of large quantities of material better known as?
Dumping
Mass movement
Mass migration
Large blocks of rock sliding downhill is which type of mass movement?
Landslide
Mudflow
Rockfall
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 sea bed
Why does the sea deposit sediment?
It runs out of coastline
It loses energy
There is a change in rock type
Which factor below does not affect the rates of landform change?
The fetch of a wave
The size of a country (area)
The rock type (geology)