Coastal Feature(2nd Yr)

Question 1

Name one Coastal Feature you have studied

Answer 1

Bays and Headlands

Question 2

Example of a Bay and a Headland

Answer 2

Bay-Dublin bay
Headland-Bray head Co.Wicklow

Question 3

Processes of bays and headlands (four)

Answer 3

-Hydraulic Action
-Abrasion
-Solution
-Compression

Question 4

Explain how bays and headlands form:

Answer 4

Coastline=hard/soft rock
Soft rock=erodes quicker=forming bays
Hard rock=erodes slower=leaving coast jutting out=forming headlands

Question 5

What are Bays and Headlands?

Answer 5

A bay is a curved area where the waves have eroded the coastline.
A headland is an area of hard rock jutting out into the sea.