Statistics for Coastal Features

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Is a broad inlet of the sea where the land curves inwards.	Bay	67%
Is a massive rocky feature that can be very large	Cliff	67%
Is formed due to longshore drift	Spit	67%
Occurs when two caves widen and break through the cliff	Arch	33%
Develops when a large crack widens and gets bigger	Cave	33%
Sticks out to sea	Headland	33%
Can be very dangerous if you don't watch your step	Overhang	33%
Is the force that decides where a sand spit will be	Prevailing winds	33%
Is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone	Salt marsh	33%
Is a submerged or partly exposed ridge of sand or coarse sediment that is built by waves offshore from a beach.	Sand bar	33%
Is formed when an arch collapses	Stack	33%
Forms when a stack collapses	Stump	33%
Is a deposition landform by which an island becomes attached to the mainland by a narrow piece of land	Tombolo	33%
Is formed when the waves wear away the bottom of the cliff	Wave cut notch	33%
When rocks detach from the cliff and build up at the bottom	Wave cut platform	33%