Rivers
Name of the place where a river begins
What is source
The process called that wears away the coast?
What is erosion?
The main goal of coastal management?
To reduce the impact of erosion and flooding on the coastline.
What is the largest country in the world by land area?
What is Russia?
What beach does Miss Blacklidge do surf lifesaving patrol at ?
Area called where a river meets the sea?
What is the mouth?
A narrow strip of land that joins an island to the mainland?
What is a Tombolo?
What is the difference between hard engineering and soft engineering?
Hard engineering involves man-made structures; soft engineering works with natural processes.
Which continent has the most countries?
What is Africa?
Which house was named Champion House for the Senior Swimming Carnival for 2025?
Ironbark
Landform created by erosion in the upper course of a river.
What is V-shaped valley / waterfall / interlocking spurs
Coastal landform is formed when a cave breaks through a headland?
What is an arch?
Name two examples of hard engineering strategies.
Sea walls and groynes.
Which line of latitude runs through the middle of the Earth?
What is the global number 1 trending movie on Netflix right now 7/4/25?
The Life List
Term for the bend in a river?
What is Meander ?
Longshore drift?
What is longshore drift is the movement of sediment along the coast by wave action;
What is beach nourishment and how does it help manage coasts?
It is a soft engineering method that adds sand to beaches to absorb wave energy and reduce erosion.
The Ring of Fire is located around which ocean?
What is the Pacific ocean?
What is the only letter of the alphabet not to appear in the name of any US state?
Q
Formed when a meander is cut off from the main river?
What is Oxbow lake ?
How a stack is formed from a headland?
A stack forms when waves erode a crack in a headland into a cave, then an arch. When the roof of the arch collapses, a stack is left standing.
What is rock armour (riprap), and what are its advantages and disadvantages?
Rock armour is a hard engineering method where large boulders are placed at the base of cliffs to absorb wave energy.
What is the name of the mountain range that separates Europe and Asia?
What is the Ural Mountains?
Going straight to HEL? Then you're on a direct flight to this northern European country.
What is Finland?