Geography - Coast

Question 1

Hydraulic Action

Answer 1

The power of the waves which put pressure on the cracks in the cliff

Question 2

Abrasion

Answer 2

Rocks in the sea that scrape along a cliff like sandpaper or even smash into a cliff

Question 3

Solution

Answer 3

Where there is a chemical reaction between the water and the rock so it dissolves

Question 4

Attrition

Answer 4

Rocks that hit each other in the sea and get smaller

Question 5

Discordant

Answer 5

Rock type which is at right angles to the sea

Question 6

Concordant

Answer 6

Where rocks are parallel to the sea for example (lulworth cove)

Question 7

Hard engineering

Answer 7

Building physical structures to deal with natural hazards such as sea walls

Question 8

Soft engineering

Answer 8

Involves adapting to natural hazards and working with nature to limit damage

Question 9

Arch

Answer 9

A coastal feature formed when waves erode through a headland

Question 10

Backwash

Answer 10

The water that rolls back down a beach when a wave has broken

Question 11

Bay

Answer 11

A wide curved inlet of a sea or lake

Question 12

Landslide

Answer 12

The downwards sliding of a large mass of rock

Question 13

Headland

Answer 13

A part of the coastline that juts out into the sea and usually ends in the sea

Question 14

Longshore drift

Answer 14

The process where beach material is gradually shifted along the beach by waves meeting the shore at an angle

Question 15

Salt marsh

Answer 15

Low coastal grassland that is frequently overflowed by the tied

Question 16

Sea defences

Answer 16

Features added to the coast to protect it from erosion and flooding

Question 17

Sea wall

Answer 17

An embankment to prevent erosion of the shoreline

Question 18

Spit

Answer 18

A long narrow accumulation of sand and shingle that grows out from the coastline

Question 19

Stack

Answer 19

A detached pillar of rock on a sea cost separated from the mainland by erosion

Question 20

Stump

Answer 20

A short stack of formed after erosion

Question 21

Swash

Answer 21

The waves washing up the beach

Question 22

Undercutting

Answer 22

To create an overhang by cutting material away from the cliff

Question 23

Waves

Answer 23

Formed when wind blows over the sea

Question 24

Corrosion

Answer 24

Dissolving of rock by acid in water

Question 25

Current

Answer 25

Flow of water in one direction