Bay, Headlands and Wave Cut Platforms

Question 1

Features of soft rock

Answer 1

• Permeable

- Made out of a weak material such as clay

Question 2

Features of hard rock

Answer 2

• Impermeable

- Made out of a herd material such as granite

Question 3

How is a bay formed

Answer 3

Water erodes soft rock, overtime it is eroded to make a bay

Question 4

How is headland formed

Answer 4

Since water can’t erode so easily hard rock it leaves a rock sticking out called headland

Question 5

How is a wave cut platform formed

Answer 5

Waves erode a wave cut notch in a cliff an eventually collapses the floor underneath is called a wave cut plataform