Coasts Revision EQ1

Question 1

What is a littoral zone

Answer 1

Littoral zone is a dynamic zone that changes rapidly.
stretches into the sea and onto the shore.
Constantly changing due to short term and long term factors. (Waves, tides, climate change).

Stages
1. Cliff
2. Foreshore
3. Nearshore
4. Offshore

Back shore and foreshore is where most human activity occurs.

Question 2

How can we classify coasts

Answer 2

Geology - creating rocky, sandy, estuarine
Level of energy - creating high or low energy coasts
Balance between erosion and deposition
Changes in sea level

Question 3

What are the features of high energy coastlines

Answer 3

Rate of erosion exceeds the rates of deposition
Erosional landforms formed

Question 4

What are the features of low energy coastlines

Answer 4

Rates of deposition exceeds the rate of erosion
Depositional landforms formed

Question 5

What characteristics come under lithology

Answer 5

Strata - layers of rocks
Bedding planes
Joints/Cracks
Folds
Faults
Dip

Question 6

What are the characteristics of

Answer 6

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