Coastal Erosion
- 1.
What is Erosion?
- A.
The wearing away of the land
- B.
The falling of a cliff
- C.
The wearing away of the land by the sea
Correct Answer
A. The wearing away of the land -
- 2.
What is Coastal Erosion?
- A.
The wearing away of the land
- B.
The wearing away of the land by the sea
- C.
The movement of the waves
Correct Answer
B. The wearing away of the land by the sea -
- 3.
What is Corrosion?
- A.
When the cliff is being eroded by strong acids in the sea
- B.
When the cliff is being hurled at the base of the cliff
- C.
When the cliff is eroded by weak acids in the sea
Correct Answer
C. When the cliff is eroded by weak acids in the sea -
- 4.
What is hydraulic action?
- A.
When the waves compress the cliff and force air out of a crack causing it to break.
- B.
When the waves hurl rocks and pebbles at the cliffside.
- C.
When the cliff is eroded by weak acids in the sea
Correct Answer
A. When the waves compress the cliff and force air out of a crack causing it to break. -
- 5.
Attrition is when?
- A.
The wave contains pebbels which hit together and break up.
- B.
The wave hits the cliffside and makes it collapse
Correct Answer
A. The wave contains pebbels which hit together and break up. -
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