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Beach Quiz

Welcome to the QuizMoz Beach Quiz. QuizMoz offers one of the Internet's largest collection of quizzes for you to tease your brain and pit your wits against the experienced QuizMoz quiz masters. Go ahead and find out what you know about yourself and the world around you. Best of luck!!

Beach Quiz Facts
Average Score for this quiz:	29.5%
No of times this quiz has been taken:	52
No of people passing this quiz:	4
No of people failing this quiz:	48
Maximum score for this quiz:	100%

Coverage : This quiz will test your knowledge about beaches. Your knowledge of what a beach actually is will be tested as well.
1.	What is the beach face?
a.		The most shallow part of the beach
b.		The back part of the beach
c.		The deepest part of the foreshore
d.		The shallow water

2.	A ridge of sand and debris that runs parallel to the beach is called...
a.		A burm
b.		A beam
c.		A berm
d.		A sand bar

3.	Where might you find sand dunes?
a.		In the desert
b.		In the berm
c.		In the back part of the beach
d.		In the foreshore

4.	What is it that causes yellow sand to develop?
a.		Deposits of quart
b.		Bleaching by the sun
c.		The heat from the sun
d.		pollution

5.	How is white sand produced?
a.		Deposits of coral
b.		Deposits of lime
c.		Deposits of sea salt
d.		Deposits of minerals

6.	How does black sand develop?
a.		Being burned by the sun
b.		Deposits of volcanic rock
c.		Decaying sea plants
d.		From fire

7.	How does a Barrier Beach develop?
a.		From large deposits of sand
b.		From deposits of sand left by weak waves
c.		Layers and layers of sand deposits
d.		Wind and erosion

8.	What is a beach?
a.		A strip of sand or rocks where water meets land
b.		Getting stranded on land.
c.		A summer fun spot
d.		All of the above

9.	Why is a beach always changing?
a.		Wind, waves, tides, and currents
b.		Storms, erosion, and pollution
c.		Currents and tides
d.		None of the above

10.	What is the foreshore part of the beach?
a.		Where the ocean is at low tide
b.		Where the ocean is at high tide
c.		Where the ocean is in the morning
d.		Where the ocean is at night

11.	The back-shore of the beach is...
a.		Where the ocean is at high tide
b.		The rest of the beach
c.		The part of the beach furthest away from the water
d.		Where the water meets land

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What others think about Beach

By: sadie on Aug 11, 2008

we need to manage beaches better to protect their incredible ecosystem processes and features and to allow careful, respectful public access to these amazing places.

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