Erosional landforms

Question 1

What are headlands? (Erosion coasts)

Answer 1

Sections of the coast that protrude out into the sea

Question 2

What are bays? (Erosion coasts)

Answer 2

A body of water surrounded by land on three sides

Question 3

What are the sequence of formations of erosion at a cliff? (Erosion coasts)

Answer 3

• Notch into a cave
• Hydraulic action erodes crack into a blow hole
• Erosion of a sea cave results in sea arch
• Wave cut platform is the base of the original headland
• Roof of arch collapses leaving a sea stack
• Sea stack erodes to form a stump

Question 4

How is a wave-cut notch and platform created? (Erosion coasts)

Answer 4

• The sea attacks the base of the cliff forming a wave-cut notch
• The notch increases in size causing the cliff to collapse
• The backwash carries the rubble towards the sea forming a wave-cut platform
• The process repeats and the cliff continues to retreat