Geography

Question 1

What is swash

Answer 1

The movement of waves towards the shoreline, one of the main causes of erosion and deposition..

Question 2

What is backwash

Answer 2

The movement of a wave travelling away from the shoreline and towards the deeper water further out at sea.

Question 3

What is longshore drift

Answer 3

The movement of sand along the beach in the direction of the prevailing wind and waves. Extra: The gradual movement of swash and backwash transports the sand across the shoreline, changing the shape of the cost, either moving it forwards or backwards, creating geological landforms

Question 4

What is a stack

Answer 4

A geological landform consisting of a steep and often vertical column/s of tock in the sea near a coast, formed overtime byerosion and waves and wind.

Question 5

What is a cave

Answer 5

A natural opening in the ground extending beyond the zone of light and large enough to permit entry of man.

Question 6

What is sediment

Answer 6

A solid material that is moved or deposited in a new location, moved from one place to another through the process of erosion. Sediment can consist of rocks and minerals, as well as the remains of plants and animals, and can vary in size, ranging from as small as the size of a grain of sand to a boulder.

Question 7

What is erosion

Answer 7

The loss of land due to the mechanical wearing away of sediment by wind and waves.

Question 8

What is deposition

Answer 8

The geological process in which sediments, soil and rock, are added to a landform or mass.

Question 9

What is a headland

Answer 9

A point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends to a boy of water.

Question 10

What is an arch

Answer 10

A curved vertical structure spanning an open space underneath it, supporting the load above it.

Question 11

What is a destructive wave

Answer 11

A wave tall in height and short in length transporting sand and other materials away from the beach or coastline due to its strong backwash and weak swash. These waves erose sand and land from headlands and the beach.

Question 12

What is a constructive wave

Answer 12

A wave short in height and long in length transporting sand and other materials towards the beach or coastline due to its strong swash and weak backwash. These waves deposit sand and land onto headlands and the beach.

Question 13

What is a spit

Answer 13

A long, curved landform, built up at the mouth of a river.

Question 14

What is a lagoon

Answer 14

a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs and barrier islands.

Question 15

What is a tombolo

Answer 15

a bar of sand or shingle joining an island to the mainland.

Question 16

What is biomagnification

Answer 16

The transfer of toxins in organisms throughout the food chain

Question 17

What is a gyre

Answer 17

A large circular ocean current created from the rotation of Earth and its winds.

Question 18

What is bioaccumulation

Answer 18

The build up of a substance within an organism

Question 19

Which countries produce the most ocean plastic

Answer 19

Vietnam,Sri Lanka Thailand, China, Indonesia and the Phillipines

Question 20

What are microplastics

Answer 20

Small plastic particles in the environment (less than 5 mm in diameter) that are harmful to our oceans and aquatic life. Microplastics can come from a variety of sources, including cosmetics, clothing and industrial processes

Question 21

What are nurdles

Answer 21

A very small pellet of plastic that serves as raw material in the manufacture of plastic products.

Question 22

What are microbeads

Answer 22

Tiny bits of plastic (particles of less than one millimeter) found in hundreds of personal care products such
as toothpaste and soaps

Question 23

What is a dune blowout

Answer 23

occur when loose sand is blown from the dune because vegetation has been removed.

Question 24

What is a blowhole

Answer 24

If caves develop in places exposed to sea and waves, water rushes in and can cause pressure to build at the back of the cave. If a section of rock in the roof of the cave is weak, part of the roof may collapse, creating a blowhole.

Question 25

What is a groin

Answer 25

Shore perpendicular structures used to restrict longshore drift on beaches.