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What happens to material being transported when the sea loses energy?
Deposition
What type of transportation involves moving minerals dissolved in sea water?
Solution
What type of transportation involves pebbles bouncing along the sea bed?
Saltation
What determines the direction of longshore drift?
Prevailing wind (the most com mon wind direction)
Which type of erosion is caused by the force of waves smashing against a cliff?
Hydraulic Action
Which type of erosion involves the sea throwing sand and pebbles against a cliff?
Abrasion
Which type of wave removes material from beaches?
Destructive
Which type of waves create long, gently sloping beaches?
Constructive
Which type of wave has a strong swash?
Constructive
What ingredients are needed for sand dunes to form?
Onshore wind, lots of sand, an obstacle, a wide flat beach and a large tidal range
What type of beach do constructive waves form?
Sandy
Name 4 erosional features you may find at a headland
Cave, arch, stack, stump
What is formed at the base of a cliff when wave energy attacks?
Wave cut notch
What is a bay?
Sheltered between 2 headlands, low energy waves deposit sediment here
What is a headland?
Rock that juts out to sea
Layers of hard and soft rock that lie at right angles to the coastline
Discordant coastine
A finger shaped landform of deposition that stretches out to sea.
Spit
The movement of sediment along a coastline
longshore drift
Mass movement: loose material slumps down a curved surface
Slumping
Mass movement: Clay and mud flowing downhill
Mudslide
Mass movement: Sliding blocks of rock sliding down a sheer plane
Landslide
Mass movement: Rock falling down a cliff face under gravity is ...
Rock fall
Name a type of chemical weathering
Acid rain
Name a type of mechanical weathering
Freeze thaw
Define the term backwash
The movement of a wave down the beach
Define the term swash
The movement of a wave up the beach
Name the 4 types of erosion
Hydraulic action, saltation, suspension, solution
Name the two types of waves
Name the 4 types of transportation
Traction, saltation, suspension, solution
What is erosion
The wearing away of material


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