Chapter 6 revision

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Inlet

Tidal divide

Tidal marsh

Channel

What is the direction of the incoming tide (flood) along the Wadden islands?

1. West to east
2. East to west
3. North to south
4. North to west

What is direction of the outgoing tide (ebb) along the Wadden islands?

1. West to east
2. East to west
3. North to south
4. North to west

What mainly causes the tides?

1. The sun
2. The moon
3. The sun and moon
4. The earth

How much time is there between two high tides?

1. 6 hours
2. 12 hours (&25 mins)
3. 24 hours
4. 3 hours (&12 mins)

Where do heavy (sand) particles sink in the Wadden Sea?

1. Mudflats
2. Inlets and channels
3. Tidal marsh and tidal channels
4. Marginal sea

Why do the heavy particles sink at inlets and channels?

1. Water flows faster there
2. Because channels are deep
3. The water flows very slowly or not at all

Which of the Wadden Islands has a boulder clay mound?

Why could people walk from France to the UK during the ice ages?

1. People could walk over the ice
2. All the water from the sea was in the glaciers
3. All the water from the sea disappeared
4. It didn't rain during the ice ages

Until which places did the land ice reach in the second phase?

1. Haarlem-Utrecht-Nijmegen
2. Texel-Coevorden
3. Amsterdam-Rotterdam-The Hague

The hills in Limburg are an example of a push moraine

1. True
2. False

Push moraine

Ground moraine

Ice lobe

Meltwater

Large tidal area

small tidal area

average tidal area

sea storms

high sea level

less influence of sea

The period after the Pleistocene is called the Holocene

1. True
2. False

Hollandveen formed in the Holocene period

1. True
2. False