4.3 Distinctive Landscapes

Question 1

Concordant

Answer 1

Corresponding in direction with the planes of adjacent or underlying rock

Question 2

Discordant

Answer 2

Bands of different rock types run perpendicular to the coast.

Question 3

Joints

Answer 3

A joint is a fracture of natural origin and in the continuity of either layer of rock

Question 4

Hard rock

Answer 4

Headlands formed when different types of rock are eroded but water over time.

Question 5

Caves

Answer 5

Weathering and erosion can create caves

Question 6

Arches

Answer 6

Weathering and erosion can cause arches

Question 7

Stacks

Answer 7

A geological landform consisting of steep rock or vertical columns in the sea.

Question 8

Mass movement

Answer 8

Movement of surface material caused by gravity.

Question 9

Longshore drift.

Answer 9

Transport of sand and stones over a coast.

Question 10

Spits

Answer 10

Land built from deposition of sand and stone.

Question 11

Constructive waves

Answer 11

Waves that take up pebbles and sand to form land.

Question 12

Bays

Answer 12

The rock is eroded and forms headlands and bays

Question 13

Landform

Answer 13

The land of which is formed

Question 14

Wave

Answer 14

Length of water. Towards land

Question 15

Beaches

Answer 15

The sediment of land

Question 16

Beach revitalisation.

Answer 16

When they replenish sediment of beaches

Question 17

Swash

Answer 17

When water and waves hit the beach

Question 18

Backwash

Answer 18

When water goes back from the beach and dissapears

Question 19

Wave cut notch

Answer 19

When waves hit a coastline and erode the bottom of it