EQ2: How do characteristic coastal land forms contribute to coastal landscapes?

Question 1

waves

Answer 1

constructive (North East- Druridge Bay) or destructive (South West- Cornwall).

Question 2

erosion

Answer 2

influenced by wave type, size and lithology:

• hydraulic action
• abrasion
• attrition
• solution

Question 3

erosional land forms

Answer 3

• wave cut notches
• wave cute platform
• cave, arch, stack and stump sequence

Question 4

sediment transport and deposition

Answer 4

infuenced by angle of wave attack, rides, currents and long shore drift

Question 5

depositional landforms

Answer 5

• beaches e.g. Laguna beach
• spits e.g. Spurn Head
• bars e.g. Slapton
• Barrier beach e.g. Chesil Beach
• cuspate foreland e.g. Dungeness ( contains 40% of all British shingle).

Question 6

weathering

Answer 6

mechanical (freeze-thaw), biological (vegetation) and chemical (carbonate)

Question 7

mass movement

Answer 7

blockfall (St. Oswald’s Bay), rotational slumping and landslides

Question 8

mass movement landforms

Answer 8

• rotational scars
• scree slopes
• terraced cliff profiles

Question 9

sediment cell

Answer 9

11 in the UK. a stretch of coastline where sediment is sourced (eroding cliffs), transported (transfer zones e.g. longshore drift) and deposited (creates landforms e.g. spits)

Question 10

Holderness Coast sediment cell

Answer 10

source: Holderness Coast
transfer zone: longshore drift with addition of sediment from Humber Estuary
sink: Spurn Head

Question 11

positive feedback

Answer 11

changes balance until a new equilibrium is reached

Question 12

negative feedback

Answer 12

usually helps maintain balance within the system