Coasts not finished

Question 1

Give an example of Biological weathering

Answer 1

Tree roots

Question 2

Give an example of physical weathering

Answer 2

Freeze-thaw

Question 3

Give an example of chemical weathering

Answer 3

Acids in rain

Question 4

LSD=

Answer 4

Longshore drift

Question 5

What mass movement is slower rockfall/landslide

Answer 5

Landslide

Question 6

What mass movement is faster rockfall/landslide

Answer 6

Rockfall

Question 7

Name 2 types of mass movement

Answer 7

Rockfall &landslide

Question 8

Name 4 types of erosion

Answer 8

Attrition, abrasion, corrosion
, hydraulic action

Question 9

What is attrition

Answer 9

Chipping

Question 10

What is abrasion

Answer 10

Sand paper

Question 11

What is corrosion

Answer 11

Chemical

Question 12

What is hydraulic action

Answer 12

Power of the waves

Question 13

What is deposition

Answer 13

Rocks get left behind

Question 14

What is the name of the longshore drift

Answer 14

Zig zag pattern

Question 15

What is the process

Answer 15

1. Swash
2. Backwash

Question 16

Coastal management choices

Answer 16

1. Hold the line
2. Managed retreat
   3.do nothing

Question 17

Soft engineering examples

Answer 17

Working with nature, beach nourishment

Question 18

Hard engineering examples

Answer 18

Groynes, sea wall, rock armour

Question 19

Name the four steps of the process about hard rock

Answer 19

1. Starts as soft rock
2. Erodes quicker because it’s less resistant
3. The rock starts the erode away.
4. It then forms of a bay.

Question 20

Name the four steps in the process of hard work in making of a bay

Answer 20

1. Hard rock
2. More resistant to erosion to take longer.
3. Erodes slower.
4. Making a headland.

Question 21

Spit definition

Answer 21

The ridge of sand/shingle attached to land at one end

Question 22

Name the first step in making a spit

Answer 22

Material is carried along the coast by longshore drift

Question 23

Name the second step when making a bit

Answer 23

Where is the land curves in land, the sediment carries on

Question 24

Name the third step when making a spit

Answer 24

Sand/shingle is deposited in open water, causing a spit

Question 25

Name the fourth step when making a spit

Answer 25

At the end of the split, the secondary wind causes the end of the spit in the curve inland making a hooked end