What does ICZM stand for?

Intergrated coasal zone management

Sub-aerial weathering is...

...the name for weathering processes on the earth's surface.

Which of the following is TRUE of positive feedback?

Sea walls prevent flooding but also limit cliff erosion.

Eustatic change refers to...

...when the sea level itself rises or falls.

...formed where a spit joins the mainland AND an island.

A sediment budget refers to...

The relationships between accretion and erosion.

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A Level Geography - Coasts (AQA)

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1
"Land in the north and west is still rising as a result of isostatic recovery."
False
True
2
What does ICZM stand for?
Intergalatic coastal zone music
Intergrated coastal zone movement
Intergrated coasal zone management
Intercontinental coastal zone management
3
Corrasion is the same process as abrasion. True or false?
False
True
4
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a high energy coast line?
high rates of deposition
A rocky coast
high rate of erosion
powerful waves
5
Which of the following is an example of an emergent coastal landform:
Raised beaches
Rias
Dalmatian coasts
Fjords
6
Which of the following is NOT a type of hard engineering?
Gabions
Sea wall
Dune regeneration
Rip rap
7
Which of the following are NOT examples of stores in a coastal system?
Beaches
Sand dunes
Spits
Cliffs
8
Sub-aerial weathering is...
...the name for weathering processes in the atmopshere.
...another name for erosion.
...the name for weathering processes in the sea/ocean.
...the name for weathering processes on the earth's surface.
9
Which of the following are NOT examples of inputs in a coastal system?
Products of weathering
Traction
Marine sediment
Energy from waves
10
Which of the following is TRUE of positive feedback?
Waves break before reaching the beach and reduce erosion.
Sea walls prevent flooding but also limit cliff erosion.
Sediment eroded from a beach in storm is deposited offshore.
Normal wave conditions send offshore deposits back.
11
Eustatic change refers to...
...when the sea level itself rises or falls.
...when the land rises or falls, relative to the sea.
12
A tombolo is...
...formed where a spit joins the mainland AND an island.
...a micro ridge of sediment created by waves.
...barbecued South African cuisine.
...the curved end of a spit.
13
Which of the following is NOT a type of mass movement?
Rock falls
Mudflows
Cavitation
Creep
14
A sediment budget refers to...
The material that is deposited offshore.
The amount of money a beach has in the bank.
The relationships between accretion and erosion.
The relationship between erosion and transportation.
15
Which of the following is NOT part of the England and Wales Shoreline Management Plan?
Do nothing
Managed retreat
Hold the line
Offshore breakwater

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