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Grades 6, 7 and 8 - Geography - Middle School - Coastal Scenery
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The coastal scenery is that which is by the sea. Coastal sceneries almost always include beaches.

Grades 6, 7 and 8 - Geography - Middle School - Coastal Scenery
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20 Questions

1. Which wooden boards trap sand and stop beach erosion?
2. Headlands and bays are found in areas with what?
3. Where would you expect to find a notch?
4. The movement of a wave up a beach is called what?
5. What process leads to the formation of a sand spit?
6. What causes the end of a sand spit to curve?
7. Waves cutting through a headland would form what?
8. A famous shingle bank in Dorset is Chesil what?
9. What process transports material along a coast?
10. The greatest cliff collapses occur in what weather?
11. Erosion of rock by the force of moving water is called what?
12. What has shaped our coastlines the most?
13. A common coastal feature is a wave-cut what?
14. When the coastline is worn back it is said to have what?
15. What name is given to large concrete blocks protecting the coast?
16. Which best describes the rocks along England's East coast?
17. Why are sand spits formed where the coastline bends?
18. A pillar of rock surrounded by sea has what name?
19. Rock extending further out to sea than the rocks on either side forms a what?
20. Waves throwing pebbles at a cliff leads to what process?