Coasts

Question 1

Igneous

Answer 1

A rock solidified from lava or magma

Question 2

Sedimentary

Answer 2

Small particles transported by water

Question 3

Metamorphic

Answer 3

Rocks that have been changed in shape or form

Question 4

Porous

Answer 4

Lets water through it

Question 5

Headland

Answer 5

A piece of land jutting out into the sea

Question 6

Bay

Answer 6

A broad coastal inlet often with a beach

Question 7

Discordant

Answer 7

Where rocks are at right angles to the sea

Question 8

Concordat

Answer 8

Rock types are parrell to the sea

Question 9

Hydroulic action

Answer 9

The power of the waves puts pressure on the cracks in the cliff

Question 10

Abrasion

Answer 10

Rocks in the se scrape along a cliff like sandpaper or smash into like cliff

Question 11

Attrition

Answer 11

Rocks hit each other in the sea and gets smaller

Question 12

Solution

Answer 12

Where there is a chemical reaction between the water and rock, the rock dissolves

Question 13

Fetch

Answer 13

The distance over which the wind has blown

Question 14

Prevailing wind

Answer 14

Main direction the wind comes from

Question 15

Permeable

Answer 15

Lets water through

Question 16

Impermeable

Answer 16

Doesn’t let water through

Question 17

Hard engineering

Answer 17

Building physical structures to deal with natural hazards

Question 18

Soft engineering

Answer 18

Involves adapting to natural hazards and working with nature to limit damage

Question 19

Deposition

Answer 19

The dropping of material