8th Grade Coastal Landforms Quizzes, Questions & Answers

8th Grade

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Are you ready for this "End of coastal 8th grade quiz?" A coastal area is a part where the land meets the ocean. The quiz here deals with the end of the coastal area, and the questions here are about coastal areas and...

Questions: 97 | Attempts: 133 | Last updated: Oct 22, 2025

Sample Question 1
Choose the complete answer to this statement. Geologists like Dr. Pilkey define a beach as:

A beach is an area of shoreline affected by winds or water.

A beach is an area of shoreline affected by ordinary waves that include the nearshore sand bar and berm.

A beach is an area of the shoreline that includes the berm and is affected by ordinary waves.

A beach is only the large area near the berm of the shoreline affected by ordinary waves.

Sample Question 2
Substrate is:

Bottom material ocean organisms live in or on.

Bottom material found in the ocean.

Bottom material organisms live in or on.

Subtidal nutrients

Sample Question 3
Match the location where the intertidal zone is found.

Between the high and low tide lines

Above the high tide line

Below the high tide line

Between the sand bar and the berm

Between the swash zone (shoreface where waves break) and the dune