Coastal Landforms & Landscapes (Edexcel A Level Geography): Exam Questions

Exam code: 9GE0

2 hours17 questions
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Study Figure 3b

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Figure 3b

A depositional landscape in North Wales

Explain the role of sediment transport in the development of this coastal landscape.

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Study Figure 3a

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Figure 3a

A coastal landscape

Explain the contribution of marine erosional processes to the development of this landscape.

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Explain how the sediment cell concept contributes to the understanding of coastal systems.

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Study Figure 3b in the Resource Booklet.

Coastal landscape with sandy beach, grassy dunes, and extending into a dune system.

Figure 3b

A coastal plain landscape

Explain the contribution of coastal deposition to the development of this landscape.

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Study Figure 3b.

Topographic map of Keyhaven and Hurst Beach, southern England, showing coastal paths, marshes, ferry route, Hurst Castle and legend for trails and water features

Explain how sediment transport and deposition contribute to the formation of this landscape.

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Explain the role of mass movement in creating distinctive coastal landforms.

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Study Figure 3a.

A depositional coastal landform of sand extending out from the main land area.

Explain the contribution of marine processes in the development of these landforms.

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Study Figure 3b.

A coastal landscape in Dorset showing a beach and cliffs.

Explain how subaerial processes contribute to the development of this landscape.

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Study Figure 3a.

Diagram of a coastal sediment cell with cliffs and beach, showing sediment sources, transfers alongshore, and outputs to the ocean using arrows and symbols

Explain the contribution of erosional processes in producing sediment.

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Study Figure 1.

Rugged white sea cliffs with grassy tops overlook a rocky, seaweed-strewn shoreline on a grey, overcast coastal day
Figure 1 - Coastline in East Yorkshire

Explain how marine erosion processes contribute to the formation of the landform shown.

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Study Figure 1.

Sea stacks and cliffs of pale rock with grassy tops rise from calm grey water, with a small red boat passing near their base under an overcast sky
Figure 1 - Old Harry Rocks, Dorset by R Drayton CC-BY-2.0

Explain how erosion has produced the landforms shown at this headland.

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Study Figure 1.

Aerial view of a narrow sandy spit curving into deep blue sea, with a rounded tip and sparse buildings on low land at the distant shoreline
Figure 1 - coastal landform

Explain how longshore drift contributes to the formation of the landform shown.

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Study Figure 1.

Steep grassy coastal cliff with exposed sandy layers, rocky shoreline below and a small weathered shack on the slope, two people walking across the hillside
Figure 1 - Subaerial erosion on a cliff face Hillebrand S, USFWS on Pixnio, CCO

Explain how subaerial processes contribute to the development of the cliff shown.

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Study Figure 1.

Image showing a winter and summer beach profile
Figure 1 - Effect of wave type on a beach

Explain how wave type affects the beach profiles shown.

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Evaluate the view that marine processes are more important than subaerial processes in shaping coastal landscapes.

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Evaluate the view that coastal landscapes are shaped more by erosion than by deposition.

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Evaluate the view that a coastline is best understood as a system in a state of dynamic equilibrium.