Coastal Processes & Landforms (Edexcel IGCSE Geography): Exam Questions

Study Figure 2 which shows a stretch of tropical coastline.

Identify two other physical features of this coastline.

Suggest one way in which vegetation can affect this coastline.

Study Figure 2 which shows a coastal area at three different times.

Identify where the new shoreline is in diagram B.

Study Figure 2, which shows a coastal area at three different times.

Identify which of the two sea-level changes (in diagrams B or C) results in a loss of land.

Identify two impacts that a fall in sea level has on the coastal area.

Identify the statement below that best describes the characteristics of a destructive wave.

Identify one erosional landform.

State one type of mass movement that affects coastal landscapes.

Explain one type of mechanical weathering that occurs at the coast.

Study Figure 2b below.

Identify the coastal landform at X.

Identify the statement below that best describes the characteristics of a constructive wave.

Identify one depositional landform.

State one type of weathering that affects coastal landscapes.

Explain the process of longshore drift.

Study Figure 2b below.

Identify the coastal landform X.

Identify the best definition of backwash.

Identify the best definition of chemical weathering.

Identify one type of coastal mass movement.

Which of the following processes describes the force of waves compressing air in cracks in a cliff face, causing the rock to break apart?

Identify the coastal landform shown in Figure 1.

Describe two characteristics of a destructive wave.

Explain how a spit is formed.

Study Figure 2, a photograph showing a stretch of coastline.

Using Figure 2, describe the sequence of coastal landforms shown and explain how they were formed.

What is meant by the term sea-level change?

Outline two impacts that sea-level changes can have on coastlines.

Explain two different physical processes that operate along a coastline.

Study Figure 2a in the Resource Booklet.

Suggest two ways changes in sea level have created coastal landforms.

Explain the formation of a headland.

Study Figure 2a below.

Suggest two ways geology influences the shape of this coastline.

Explain the formation of a cliff.

Explain two processes of weathering in a coastal environment.

Explain two physical factors that affect coastal deposition.

Assess the relative importance of marine erosion and sub-aerial processes in the formation of coastal landforms.

Study Figure 2c.

Analyse the reasons soft engineering may lead to conflict between different users of the coast.

Assess how geology affects the formation of headlands and bays.

Assess the importance of coastal ecosystems in protecting coastlines from erosion.

Assess the relative importance of marine erosion and sub-aerial processes in shaping coastal landforms.