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GCSE Geography (AQA) — UK landscapes: coasts: 23 practice questions

23 original GCSE Geography (AQA) questions on UK landscapes: coasts, each with an explanation and its source. Topics: Process explanation, Management evaluation, Application of knowledge, Coastal management, Hard engineering, Longshore drift, Differential erosion and headlands, UK upland and lowland landscapes, Coastal management: costs, benefits and conflict, Relief and drainage, Wave erosion, Abrasion, Spit formation, Managed retreat, UK weather contrast, Upland and lowland, Relief and settlement, Landscape contrast, Landform and geology, Human-physical interaction. One free sample is below; the rest of the questions are available with a paid plan.

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Q1 Process explanation

Explain how hydraulic action can erode a cliff.

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Model answer. Waves force air into cracks in the cliff. Repeated compression and release increase pressure, widening the cracks until pieces of rock break away; the process is strongest where waves have energy and the rock is vulnerable.

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Topics in UK landscapes: coasts

  • Process explanation 2
  • Management evaluation 1
  • Application of knowledge 1
  • Coastal management 2
  • Hard engineering 1
  • Longshore drift 2
  • Differential erosion and headlands 1
  • UK upland and lowland landscapes 1
  • Coastal management: costs, benefits and conflict 1
  • Relief and drainage 1
  • Wave erosion 1
  • Abrasion 1
  • Spit formation 1
  • Managed retreat 1
  • UK weather contrast 1
  • Upland and lowland 1
  • Relief and settlement 1
  • Landscape contrast 1
  • Landform and geology 1
  • Human-physical interaction 1

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