Lesson 2B.6
2B.6 Subaerial processes and coastal landforms Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Geography, Unit 3
20 questions
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Lesson 2B.6, Subaerial processes and coastal landforms: 20 multiple choice questions for the Pearson Edexcel Geography (9GE0), Unit 3: Topic 2B: Coastal Landscapes and Change, written with Revision Ninja.
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The 20 questions
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Which type of weathering involves breakdown of rock by plant roots and burrowing animals?
- Solution weathering
- Chemical weathering
- Hydrolysis
- Biological weathering
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What type of weathering occurs when salt crystals expand inside porous coastal rock?
- Subaerial mass movement
- Biological weathering
- Mechanical weathering
- Chemical weathering
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What type of mass movement involves rock fragments falling rapidly down a cliff face?
- Soil creep
- Rotational slumping
- Landslide
- Blockfall
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Which landform is created at the top of a cliff face by rotational slumping?
- Rotational scar
- Talus scree slope
- Terraced profile
- Wave-cut notch
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Which mass movement process creates talus scree slopes at cliff bases?
- Biological weathering
- Rotational slumping
- Blockfall
- Solution weathering
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Which process repeatedly occurs on weak strata to create a terraced cliff profile?
- Blockfall
- Salt crystallisation
- Freeze-thaw weathering
- Rotational slumping
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A cliff loses 2 m3 of rock per year to blockfall. How many years are needed to remove 50 m3?
- 100 years
- 25 years
- 2.5 years
- 52 years
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What primary effect does heavy rainfall have on weak clay cliffs to trigger slumping?
- Reduces shear strength
- Prevents saturation
- Increases friction
- Hardens rock joints
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Which climate conditions maximise chemical weathering rates on chalk coastlines?
- Freezing and dry
- Warm and wet
- Cold and dry
- Hot and arid
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Which mechanical weathering process is caused by repeated water freezing in rock joints?
- Carbonation
- Hydrolysis
- Freeze-thaw
- Salt crystallisation
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Which feature is a result of mass movement at the top of a cliff?
- A rotational scar
- A stack
- A wave cut platform
- A tombolo
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Which type of geology is most vulnerable to mass movement processes like slumping?
- Weak clay strata
- Crystalline basalt
- Dense quartzite
- Hard granite rock
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What primary role does subaerial weathering play in cliff recession?
- Sand deposition
- Wave abrasion
- Sediment transport
- Weakening cliff rock
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What is the correct sequence of processes operating on an eroding cliff?
- Removal, slumping, weathering
- Weathering, slumping, removal
- Deposition, weathering, slumping
- Slumping, removal, weathering
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On a cliff of weak rock, which subaerial process causes major material failure?
- Biological weathering
- Mass movement
- Salt crystallisation
- Chemical weathering
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Along what type of failure surface does a rotational slump move?
- Curved slip plane
- Flat bedding plane
- Horizontal joint plane
- Vertical fault line
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What process occurs when waves selectively erode weak clay below hard rock?
- Subaerial weathering
- Isostatic rebound
- Biological erosion
- Wave undercutting
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Which chemical weathering process converts feldspar in granite into clay minerals?
- Oxidation
- Hydration
- Carbonation
- Hydrolysis
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A landslide of a large mass of coastal material moving down a slope is best classified as:
- Hydraulic action
- Abrasion
- Longshore drift
- Mass movement
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Why are heavily jointed cliffs particularly vulnerable to blockfall?
- Planes of weakness
- Low water content
- High mineral solubility
- Rapid organic decay
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