Lesson 2B.5
2B.5 Sediment transport and coastal landforms Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Geography, Unit 3
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The 20 questions
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Which process moves beach material along the shore at an angle, zigzagging with the swash and backwash?
- Wave refraction
- Longshore drift
- Rip current flow
- Tidal scour
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Which landform is a sand or shingle spit whose end has curved back on itself towards the land?
- Offshore bar
- Recurved spit
- Tombolo
- Cuspate foreland
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What depositional landform connects an offshore island to the mainland?
- Cuspate foreland
- Offshore bar
- Tombolo
- Spit
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Which feature forms where longshore drift meets from two opposing directions along a coast?
- Recurved spit
- Wave-cut platform
- Barrier beach
- Cuspate foreland
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What depositional feature is a sand ridge parallel to the coast that traps an inland lagoon?
- Tombolo
- Barrier beach
- Wave-cut platform
- Cuspate foreland
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In the sediment cell concept, which term describes the place where sediment is deposited and stored?
- Sink
- Cell boundary
- Transfer
- Source
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Which geography concept describes a coastal stretch operating as a system of dynamic equilibrium?
- Sediment cell
- Beach profile
- Subaerial system
- Littoral zone
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Waves approach a beach at 30 degrees to the shoreline. Which process is most directly driven by this angle of attack?
- Hydration weathering
- Rotational slumping
- Longshore drift
- Isostatic uplift
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A spit grows at 15 m per year for 8 years. How far has it extended?
- 23 m
- 120 m
- 180 m
- 8 m
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Why do beaches downdrift shrink after a sea wall is built on an eroding cliff?
- Tidal range expands
- Sediment supply interrupted
- Hydraulic action accelerates
- Wave energy increases
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Which coastal landform is stabilised by pioneer plants like marram grass during plant succession?
- Offshore bars
- Sea arches
- Sand dunes
- Wave-cut platforms
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Wave refraction tends to concentrate wave energy on which part of a coast?
- Estuary mouths only
- Bays
- Offshore islands
- Headlands
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Which transport process carries fine sediment suspended within the water column?
- Traction
- Solution
- Saltation
- Suspension
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Waves deposit sediment in shallow water beyond the surf zone where they lose energy. Which landform is most likely to result?
- Offshore bar
- Recurved spit
- Wave cut platform
- Stack
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A sediment cell loses 2000 m³ and gains 1400 m³ annually. What is the net change?
- +3400 m³ annually
- -600 m³ annually
- -3400 m³ annually
- +600 m³ annually
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What main factor causes the formation of a double spit?
- Rapid cliff retreat
- Opposing drift directions
- Strong tidal currents
- Tectonic sea uplift
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How does plant succession impact sediment landforms on coastlines?
- It prevents deposition
- It increases erosion
- It deepens estuaries
- It stabilises sediment
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The sediment cell concept operates under which system condition?
- Dynamic equilibrium
- Thermal expansion
- Continuous loss
- Static isolation
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A coast receives 4000 m3 of sediment per year along a drift path. If 25% is deposited on a spit, how much is deposited there each year?
- 4000 m3
- 1600 m3
- 750 m3
- 1000 m3
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Which landform extends across a bay, completely enclosing a lagoon?
- Cuspate foreland
- Tombolo
- Recurved spit
- Barrier beach
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