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Quiz //
Coasts: tides and currents
Test your knowledge of weathering and erosion of cliffs for A level with this 12-question quiz.
If you haven't already done it, work through the coasts, tides and current web enquiry on the PowerPoint. Or do it again to help fill any gaps in what you know!
HIGH SCORES
| Rank | Name | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | EJO | 24 |
| 2nd | GAH | 24 |
| 3rd | Z.L | 24 |
| 4th | F.Z | 24 |
| 5th | ELL | 24 |
| 6th | Aaa | 24 |
| 7th | MtK | 24 |
| 8th | ABZ | 24 |
| 9th | HGS | 24 |
| 10th | MWD | 24 |
QUIZZES // Coasts: tides and currents
Q1. Which of these is the best definition of a tide?
The alternating advance and retreat of seawater along a coastline
The difference in height between low water and high water
The alternating rise and fall of sea levels along a coastline
Something which, if taken at the flood, leads on to fortune
Q2. How large (in metres) is the tidal range at the Menai Strait at its maximum?
0.6 metres
Over three metres
Four metres
Over seven metres
Q3. The Menai Strait is a narrow strip of sea separating which island from the UK mainland?
Anglesey
The Isle of Wight
Rathlin Island
The Isle of Arran
Q4. Which scientist discovered the reason for tides?
Galileo Galilei (1564–1642)
Isaac Newton (1642–1727)
Pierre-Simon Laplace (1749–1827)
George Darwin (1845–1912)
Q5. What pulls water away from the Earth on the side facing away from the Moon?
Centripetal force
Centrifugal force
Inertia
Gravity
Q6. What are spring tides?
High tides that occur in spring
Low tides that occur in spring
A period of moderate tides when the Sun and Moon are at right angles to each other
High tides that occur when the Sun and Moon are in alignment with the Earth
Q7. Which one of these locations has the highest tidal range in the world?
Bay of Fundy, Canada
The Severn Estuary, UK
Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Venice, Italy
Q8. There is a system of currents bringing warm water from the tropics northwards towards the poles, and then returning towards the Equator again, called the AMOC. What does AMOC stands for?
A Massive Ocean Circulation
Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
Atlantic Meso-scale Ocean Circulation
A Massive Overturning Circulation
Q9. Which one of these is a current that moves towards the shore?
Ebb
Flow or flood
Slack water
Gyre
Q10. Which one of these would be most likely to change the sediment cell circulation you’d expect to see in a coastal system?
A micro-tidal range
A meso-tidal range
A macro-tidal range
Ebb and flow currents following different routes
Q11. Which of these conditions will a small tidal range on a coast result in?
A dispersed zone of wave attack and deposition
A concentrated zone of wave attack but dispersed deposition
A concentrated zone of wave attack and deposition
A dispersed zone of wave attack but concentrated deposition
Q12. If you walked down a beach towards the sea, which best describes the area of the beach between high and low water marks?
Offshore
Foreshore
Inshore
Backshore
Finished!
You scored this time. The more correct answers you give, and the fewer incorrect answers you guess, the better your score.
