GCSE Geography – Beaches.
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Question 1 of 25
1. Question
What is the name of a landform of coastal deposition, that lies between the high and low-tide levels?
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Question 2 of 25
2. Question
What shape is a beach that forms in a bay?
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Question 3 of 25
3. Question
What distorts the crescent shape of a beach?
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Question 4 of 25
4. Question
What transports materials from the sea to the shore?
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Question 5 of 25
5. Question
In sheltered bays, what type of low-energy waves transport material to the shore?
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Question 6 of 25
6. Question
In sheltered bays, is the swash stronger or weaker than the backwash?
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Question 7 of 25
7. Question
What is the term used to describe the stretch of water over which wind blows to create waves?
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Question 8 of 25
8. Question
The plunging nature of destructive waves means pebbles are not moved far up a beach. What type of profile does this give the beach?
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Question 9 of 25
9. Question
The plunging nature of destructive waves means pebbles are not moved far up a beach. What type of backwash is involved with destructive waves?
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Question 10 of 25
10. Question
What type of profile does a sandy beach have?
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Question 11 of 25
11. Question
What type of profile does a pebble beach have?
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Question 12 of 25
12. Question
What is the term used to describe a terrace on a beach, in the backshore, above the water level at high tide?
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Question 13 of 25
13. Question
A beach is distorted by longshore drift. As a result, is the beach narrower updrift or downdrift?
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Question 14 of 25
14. Question
In sheltered bays the swash is stronger than the backwash. What happens to the sediment on the beach?
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Question 15 of 25
15. Question
What is a water filled trough on a beach called?
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Question 16 of 25
16. Question
What is the area of the beach called that is not usually affected by the waves?
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Question 17 of 25
17. Question
In what type of weather are berms formed?
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Question 18 of 25
18. Question
What type of waves help to form a berm?
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Question 19 of 25
19. Question
In Winter destructive waves often erode berms and sand dunes dragging the deposits offshore. What is created by this action of the waves?
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Question 20 of 25
20. Question
In Summer, constructive waves will rebuild the beach. What method transportation is used to rebuild the beach?
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Question 21 of 25
21. Question
What is the inter-tidal area of the beach called? This is area that is repeatedly covered and uncovered by the tides.
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Question 22 of 25
22. Question
What is the area of the beach called where the waves break?
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Question 23 of 25
23. Question
What is the area of the beach called where waves do not reach?
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Question 24 of 25
24. Question
Are all beaches sandy?
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Question 25 of 25
25. Question
What is the area of the beach called where seaweed and rubbish are left?
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