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1.2 Coastal Landscapes Flashcards

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Define Hydraulic Action

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Water is forced into cracks in the rock and air is forced out explosively, breaking off pieces of the cliff

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Define Abrasion

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This is when pebbles grind along a rock platform, much like sandpaper. Over time the rock becomes smooth.

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Define Attrition

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This is when rocks that the sea is carrying knock against each other. They break apart to become smaller and more rounded.

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Define Corrosion

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When acid rain causes chemical weathering

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Define Chemical Weathering

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Acids in seawater slowly dissolve rocks

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Define Biological Weathering

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Roots of growing plants and burrowing animals or nesting birds can cause rocks to weather

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Define Mechanical Weathering

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Caused by repeated freezing and thawing of water in a crack or hole in the rock.

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How does Freezing and thawing weather a rock?

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(Mechanical weathering) water freezes and expands, putting stress on the rock, ice melts and the water sinks deeper into the rock and the process repeats.

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Describe Rock Falls

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Bits of rock fall off the cliff face, usually due to freeze thaw weathering

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Describe Slumping

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Saturated soil slump down a curved face

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Describe Sliding

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Saturated soil (filled with water) flows down a slope

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Describe Traction

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Process by which large, heavy pebbles are rolled along the river bed, this is most common near the source

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Describe Saltation

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Pebbles are bounced along the sea bed, this is most common near the source

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Describe Solution

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Lighter sediment is dissolves within the water, most commonly near the mouth

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What is deposition?

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When sediment, usually carried by waves is laid down or deposited

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16
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When does deposition occur?

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When their is not enough energy to carry sediment any further

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17
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What does LSD stand for?

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Longshore Drift

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What does Longshore Drift transport?

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Sand and sediment

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Describe the process of Longshore Drift

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The swash brings in sediment at an angle, the backwash brings this back out to sea at 90 degrees
This transports material up the coastline

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In which direction does swash come at the coast from?

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Prevailing Wind

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Describe Constructive Wave

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Strong Swash
Weak Backwash
Long wave in proportion to height

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What happens to sediment in constructive waves?

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It tends to be deposited

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Describe Destructive Waves

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Weak Swash
Strong Backwash
High wave in proportion to length
Tall Breaker (breaks downwards with great force)

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24
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What happens to sediment in destructive waves?

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It tends to be picked up from the coastline and taken out to sea

25
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How does wind strength effect wave size?

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Stronger winds cause bigger waves

26
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How does fetch effect waves?

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The further wind has travelled the more energy waves have

27
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Describe a concordant coast

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Has rock of one type

28
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Describe a discordant coast

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Has alternating bands of different rock

29
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When do headbands and bays for?

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When the sea attacks coast lines with alternating hard and soft rock

30
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Describe the process by which a stump forms

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1 - weak areas are attacked forming a cave
2 - the cave is eroded to form an arch
3 - the roof of the arch eventually collapses, leaving a stack
4 - the stack is eroded until only a stump remains

31
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Define Spit

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A strip of land stretching from the mainland into the sea

32
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Define Bar

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A strip of land that connects two headlands leaving a pool of water (lagoon) behind

33
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Define Tombolo

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A strip of land that connects and island to the mainland

34
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How do spits form?

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When longshore drift carries sediment in straight lines after the coastline has changed direction

35
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How do rising sea levels effect erosion?

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Increase rate of erosion

36
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How do storms and storm surges effect erosion?

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Dramatically increase rate of erosion

37
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Define Beach Nourishment

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Supplying extra sand to a beach/ shore

38
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Is beach nourishment hard or soft engineering?

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Soft

39
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Define Offshore Reef

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Artificial reefs made with sediment, tyres or cement

40
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Is Offshore Reef hard or soft engineering?

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Hard

41
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Define Sea Wall

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A cement wall which protects areas of the coast from flooding and erosion

42
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Is a Sea Wall hard or soft engineering?

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Hard

43
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Define Groynes

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Wooden headlands that stick into the sea to slow longshore drift

44
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Are Groynes hard or soft engineering?

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Hard

45
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Define Rip Rap

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Structures made of large cement rocks to take the impact of waves

46
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Is Rip Rap hard or soft engineering?

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Hard

47
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Where is Holderness Coast located?

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Within Hull
On the North sea
West Yorkshire coast
In The North

48
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How much off Holderness Coast has been lost since Roman times?

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5km

49
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How much of Holderness Coast is lost yearly?

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About 2m/ year

50
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What type of coastline is Holderness Coast

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Concordant

until Flamborough Head, north of here is discordant

51
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What type of rock is Holderness Coast

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Clay

52
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What type of waves tend to hit Holderness Coast?

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Destructive Waves

53
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What often occurs after heavy rainfall at Holderness Coast?

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Mass movement as clay frequently falls after rainfall

54
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What type of coastal defences have been put up at Holderness Coast?

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Hard engineering

rip rap, rock armour and groynes

55
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What has been the negative side effect of groynes in Holderness Coast?

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Preventing transport of sediment has meant that erosion has worsened in certain areas

56
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What are the negative impacts of hard engineering?

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  • Not aesthetically pleasing
  • Loss of habitats and organisms
  • Starve areas further down the coast
57
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Define Suspension

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Small grains and particles bounce in the sea

58
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Define Erosion

A

The wearing away of rocks

UK GCSE Geography (17 decks)

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