Erosion Flashcards
1
Q
- Name 4 different types of weathering
A
- Freeze thaw/ salt/ biological/ chemical
2
Q
- Name 4 methods of erosion
A
- HA/Ab/At/So
3
Q
- Name 4 methods of transportation
A
- Tra/Sal/Sus/So
4
Q
- .Name 2 types of mass movement
A
- Landslide/mudslide/rock fall /slumping/rotational slip
5
Q
- LSD stands for
A
- Long shore drift
6
Q
- ______ comes in following the prevailing wind
A
- Swash
7
Q
- ________ is pulled back perpendicular to the beach due to gravity
A
- Backwash
8
Q
- ______ _____ is an 18 km tombolo, connecting to the Isle of Portland
A
- Chesil beach
9
Q
- Concordant/Discordant coastlines have different types of rock as you travel along i
A
- Discordant
10
Q
- T/F Bays and headlands can be found on discordant coastlines
A
- True
11
Q
- ______ _____ is an arch made out of ________(Portland Stone)
A
- Durdle door, limestone
12
Q
- ______ _____ is a bay made of sandstone and clay with a headland on either side made of limestone and chalk
A
- Swannage bay
13
Q
- _____ ______ _____ are a series of arches, stacks (Old Harry) and stumps (Old Harry’s Wife)
A
- Old Harry rocks
14
Q
- These landforms are made of _____
A
- Chalk