Lesson Y8-U02-L05

Depositional Landforms: Beaches, Spits and Bars Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 8

20 questions

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Lesson Y8-U02-L05, Depositional Landforms: Beaches, Spits and Bars: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 8: Year 8: Coasts: A Changing Landscape, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What term describes the dropping of sediment when the sea loses energy?

    • Deposition
    • Transportation
    • Erosion
    • Weathering

  2. What is the collective term for loose sand, shingle and rock moved by the sea?

    • Silt
    • Magma
    • Alluvium
    • Sediment

  3. What coastal landform is a ridge of sand joined to the land at one end?

    • Tombolo
    • Bar
    • Beach
    • Spit

  4. What landform is created when a ridge of sand joins two headlands across a bay?

    • Estuary
    • Bar
    • Spit
    • Stack

  5. What is the shallow pool of water trapped behind a coastal bar called?

    • Lagoon
    • Estuary
    • Delta
    • Bay

  6. Which type of wave has a strong swash that builds up beaches?

    • Destructive
    • Plunging
    • Constructive
    • Tidal

  7. What causes the end of a coastal spit to curve into a hook?

    • Tidal range
    • River flow
    • Earthquakes
    • Changing winds

  8. On an Ordnance Survey map, what does pale yellow coastal shading represent?

    • Coniferous forest
    • Sand and shingle
    • Mudflats
    • Marshland

  9. Waves lose energy in a sheltered bay and drop sand. Which process is this?

    • Solution
    • Deposition
    • Hydraulic action
    • Erosion

  10. A destructive wave drags shingle off a beach. Which process is this?

    • Erosion
    • Deposition
    • Mass movement
    • Weathering

  11. When longshore drift reaches a bend at a river mouth, what happens to the sediment?

    • It dissolves
    • It vaporises
    • It is deposited
    • It accelerates

  12. A ridge grows out from the land and then turns into a hook at its tip. Which landform is this?

    • A stump
    • A stack
    • A spit
    • A bar

  13. A ridge grows all the way across a bay, joining two headlands. What is trapped behind it?

    • A stack
    • A tributary river
    • An arch
    • A lagoon

  14. Why does a river mouth often prevent a spit from closing off a bay entirely?

    • River current
    • High salinity
    • Coastal walls
    • Deep water

  15. What is the primary process that initially moves sediment along a coastline to form a spit?

    • Abrasion
    • Hydraulic action
    • Attrition
    • Longshore drift

  16. Why do beaches typically form in sheltered bays?

    • Strong winds
    • Destructive waves
    • Weak waves
    • High tides

  17. Which coastal process creates landforms like beaches, spits and bars?

    • Transportation
    • Weathering
    • Deposition
    • Erosion

  18. What effect do rising sea levels have on low-lying coastal spits?

    • Widening
    • Extension
    • Elevation
    • Submersion

  19. What prevents a depositional bar from fully closing off a river mouth?

    • Tidal drag
    • Wind shear
    • River current
    • Wave action

  20. Where do spits typically begin to form along a coastline?

    • Deep water
    • Coastline bends
    • Headland tips
    • Cliff bases

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