Syllabus Edition
First teaching 2025
First exams 2027
Exam code: 2217
Study Figure 2.1, a photograph showing a bay at low tide.
Name the coastal landform labelled X in Figure 2.1.
Use Figure 2.1 to identify two characteristics of the landform labelled X.
Use Figure 2.1 to describe the features of the bay. Do not refer to landform X.
Was this exam question helpful?
Fig. 4.1 shows a coastal area in New Zealand. Identify features A–E shown in Fig. 4.1.
Identify feature A.
sand dune
beach
cave
headland
Identify feature B in Fig. 4.1 that shows a coastal area in New Zealand.
sand dune
spit
cave
headland
Identify feature C in Fig. 4.1 that shows a coastal area in New Zealand.
spit
stack
wave-cut platform
arch
Identify feature D in Fig. 4.1 that shows a coastal area in New Zealand.
beach
headland
spit
wave-cut platform
Identify feature E in Fig. 4.1 that shows a coastal area in New Zealand.
spit
stack
sand dune
arch
Was this exam question helpful?
State two types of coastal erosion.
Was this exam question helpful?
What is meant by longshore drift?
Was this exam question helpful?
Identify one characteristic of constructive waves.
Was this exam question helpful?
Describe how a spit forms.
Was this exam question helpful?
Give two reasons why destructive waves erode coastlines.
Was this exam question helpful?
Explain why bays and headlands form along discordant coastlines.
Was this exam question helpful?
Explain the difference between constructive and destructive waves.
Was this exam question helpful?
Describe how a wave-cut platform forms.
Was this exam question helpful?
Explain how geological structure influences coastal landforms.
Was this exam question helpful?
Explain how a spit forms.
Was this exam question helpful?
Explain how longshore drift affects the formation of coastal landforms.
Was this exam question helpful?
Explain how caves, arches, stacks, and stumps are formed.
Was this exam question helpful?
Explain how a sand dune system forms and changes over time.
Was this exam question helpful?
Explain how wave refraction affects coastal erosion and deposition.
Was this exam question helpful?
Study Figs. 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4, which are photographs that show different features formed on a headland.
Fig. 4.2
Fig. 4.3
Fig. 4.4
Describe how the features shown in Figs. 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4 were formed on a headland.
Was this exam question helpful?
Explain how coastal processes lead to the formation of headlands and bays.
Was this exam question helpful?