Costal Processes

Question 1

Erosion

Answer 1

Is the wearing away of land by wave action or tidal currents

Question 2

hydraulic action

Answer 2

trapped air in joints and cracks on the cliff face is compressed by waves which weaken the cliff and cause erosion

Question 3

abrasion

Answer 3

rock and sand that grind down cliffs like the action of sandpaper

Question 4

attrition

Answer 4

waves cause rocks and pebbles on the shore to smash into eachother and break down and become smaller and smoother.

Question 5

solution

Answer 5

acids that are contained in sea water dissolve certain types of rock such as chalk or limestone

Question 6

deposition

Answer 6

is material which is deposited to a landform when the sea looses energy and can no longer carry that material

Question 7

transportation

Answer 7

is the movement of material from one place to another. (example = LSD)