formations

Question 1

formation of levees

Answer 1

build up of materials that create a natural hill

Question 2

formation of flood plains

Answer 2

area of flat land adjacent to a river created to allow water to overflow once bank full conditions are reached

Question 3

formation of estuaries

Answer 3

tidal part of river where fresh water from the river merges with salt water from the sea

Question 4

formation of interlocking spurs

Answer 4

hard resistant rock that the river can’t move so it travels through gaps winding around the to form spurs and as the process continues the spurs appear to interlock

Question 5

formation of v shaped valleys

Answer 5

the river erodes downwards and the streak sides are attack by weathering which loosens the rock. The loosened material creeps down the slope because of gravity.

Question 6

formation of wasteful

Answer 6

river erodes soft rock away that is under the hard rock. leaves a overhanging cliff which eventually collapses

Question 7

formation of a spit and bar

Answer 7

the prevailing wind comes at a angle creating long shore drift which carries sand and sediment down the beach g and is deposited on the headlands which then forms a spit. As the spit gets bigger it grows across a bag joining up 2 headlands.

Question 8

how are sand dunes formed?

Answer 8

When the sea bring sediment to the beach, the wind distributes the sediment
When the wind encounters the beach, the obstacles velocity falls and the sediment is deposited

Question 9

how are sand dunes formed?

Answer 9

When the sea bring sediment to the beach, the wind distributes the sediment
When the wind encounters the beach, the obstacles velocity falls and the sediment is deposited

Question 10

formation of a wave

Answer 10

As wind travels over the ocean, it causes the water to circulate and forms a wave
As the top overtake the bottom, it collapses and hits the main current crashing down
The bottom slows down due to friction while the top keeps its speed causing the wave to break

Question 11

How is a cove formed?

Answer 11

concordant coastline with a hard rock by the sea
The waves breakthrough and erosion starts taking place behind the hard rock
The soft rock gets loaded away forming a cove

Question 12

formation of a rock fall

Answer 12

rocks that are prone to freeze. Thor can lose control of the cliff face and fall.
At the bottom, they found out to form a slope

Question 13

Formation of a rotational slump

Answer 13

Side takes a fairly straight path down a cliff
It is a concave cliff, so the material is rotated backwards into the cliff face

Question 14

Formation of a mudslide

Answer 14

The heaviest saturated mud falls away along a slip plane, which is a line of weakness