coasts

Question 1

marine process

Answer 1

Winds blowing across the sea’s surface create waves, which are marine processes that erode, move, and deposit material

Question 2

wave action

Question 3

erosion

Answer 3

hydraulic action: when the force of water gets into the cracks of rocks and breaks them.
attrition: when rocks hit other rocks and make them smaller and smoother.
abrasion: when the waves pick up smaller pebbles and hurl them at the cliff.
corrosion: the dissolving of rocks due to the chemicals in the water

Question 4

Deposition

Answer 4

when the sea loses energy, it drops the material it has been carrying

Question 5

Transportation

Answer 5

traction: when big rocks roll along the seabed.
saltation: when rocks are being picked up and they bounce along the seabed.
suspension: when the material floats in the water.
solution: when the material dissolves in the water due to corrosive processes.

Question 6

Longshore drift

Answer 6

movement of material along a coastline

Question 8

Mass movement (sliding and slumping)

Question 9

Influence if geology, vegetation, people and sea-level changes on coasts

Question 10

spit

Answer 10

long narrow beaches of sand or shingle that are attached to the land at one end