What is erosion
The wearing away of material
Name the 4 types of transportation
Traction, saltation, suspension, solution
Name the two types of waves
Name the 4 types of erosion
Hydraulic action, saltation, suspension, solution
Define the term swash
The movement of a wave up the beach
Define the term backwash
The movement of a wave down the beach
Name a type of mechanical weathering
Freeze thaw
Name a type of chemical weathering
Acid rain
Mass movement: Rock falling down a cliff face under gravity is ...
Rock fall
Mass movement: Sliding blocks of rock sliding down a sheer plane
Landslide
Mass movement: Clay and mud flowing downhill
Mudslide
Mass movement: loose material slumps down a curved surface
Slumping
The movement of sediment along a coastline
longshore drift
A finger shaped landform of deposition that stretches out to sea.
Spit
Layers of hard and soft rock that lie at right angles to the coastline
Discordant coastine
What is a headland?
Rock that juts out to sea
