Coasts Flashcards
1
Q
Extent of the coastal zone area?
A
- 60km onshore
- 370km offshore
2
Q
Coastal environment
A
Where the land and the sea interact and are shaped and influenced by natural and human elements
3
Q
Tides
A
The regular movements in the seas surface caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun on the oceans
4
Q
Current
A
Permanent/seasonal movement of surface water in the seas and oceans
5
Q
Aolian
A
Wind
6
Q
what causes the movement of global ocean currents
A
the global atmospheric circulation system (the trade winds)
7
Q
factors affecting the energy supply and demand at a national sale (9)
A
- pollution
- technology
- resource endowment
- level of development
- income
- geopolitics
- climate
- energy policy
- energy security
