Coastal Processes
Geography ⇒ Physical Geography
Coastal Processes starts at 8 and continues till grade 12.
QuestionsToday has an evolving set of questions to continuously challenge students so that their knowledge grows in Coastal Processes.
How you perform is determined by your score and the time you take.
When you play a quiz, your answers are evaluated in concept instead of actual words and definitions used.
See sample questions for grade 11
Describe how a bar is formed along a coastline.
Describe the impact of climate change on coastal processes.
Describe the process of formation of a spit.
Describe the role of vegetation in protecting coastal areas from erosion.
Explain how a wave-cut platform is formed.
Explain how human activities can accelerate coastal erosion, giving one example from India.
Explain the difference between constructive and destructive waves.
Explain the process of hydraulic action in coastal erosion.
Explain the process of solution (corrosion) in coastal erosion.
Name two factors that influence the rate of coastal erosion.
What is a tombolo?
What is the difference between a sea stack and a sea stump?
What is the main difference between a bay and a headland?
What is the main function of a breakwater?
What is the process by which waves erode the base of a cliff, causing it to collapse?
