Processes of Transportation and Deposition (AQA A-Level Geography): Quizzes
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Which marine transport process moves the largest sediment under high energy conditions?
Which marine transport process moves the largest sediment under high energy conditions?
Traction
What movement pattern do pebbles follow during saltation in marine transport?
What movement pattern do pebbles follow during saltation in marine transport?
They bounce or jump along the seabed
What appearance does the sea have when large amounts of sediment are carried in suspension?
What appearance does the sea have when large amounts of sediment are carried in suspension?
Milky or cloudy
Why is solution described as an invisible form of marine transportation?
Why is solution described as an invisible form of marine transportation?
Materials are chemically dissolved
In longshore drift, which direction does backwash drag material?
In longshore drift, which direction does backwash drag material?
Perpendicular to the shoreline
When does marine deposition primarily occur?
When does marine deposition primarily occur?
When waves have low energy
What do aeolian processes refer to in coastal environments?
What do aeolian processes refer to in coastal environments?
Transport & deposition by wind
By what percentage does water expand when it freezes during freeze-thaw weathering?
By what percentage does water expand when it freezes during freeze-thaw weathering?
10%
Which organism is particularly effective at boring into chalk rock?
Which organism is particularly effective at boring into chalk rock?
Piddock
What acid forms when carbon dioxide dissolves in rainwater during carbonation?
What acid forms when carbon dioxide dissolves in rainwater during carbonation?
Carbonic acid