Geography set 1

Question 1

Abrasion

Answer 1

1- Rocks carried along a river wear down the river bed and banks
2- the sandpaper effect of glacial ice scouring a valley floor and sides

Question 2

Adaptation

Answer 2

Actions taken to adjust to natural events such as climate change (to reduce damage, limit the impacts, take advantage of opportunities, orcope with the consequences)

Question 3

Aerial photo

Answer 3

An image taken from above ground-level looking down on a
landscape, they can either be:
1. Vertical – looking directly down to the ground
2. Oblique – looking sideways

Question 4

Arch

Answer 4

A wave-eroded passage through a small headland. This begins as a cave which is gradually widened and deepened until it cuts through.

Question 5

Attrition

Answer 5

Rocks being carried by the river smash together and break into smaller, smoother and rounder particles

Question 6

Backwash

Answer 6

Water that flows back towards the sea after the swash has moved upshore.

Question 7

Bar

Answer 7

Where a spit grows across a bay, a bar can eventually enclose the bay to create a lagoon.

Question 8

Barrier beach

Answer 8

Coastal landform that runs parallel to the coastline, often created when offshore bars are driven onshore by rising sea levels.

Question 9

Bay

Answer 9

A wide coastal inlet, often with a beach, where areas of less resistant rock have been eroded by the sea.

Question 10

Beach

Answer 10

A zone of deposited material that extends from the low water line to the limit of storm waves

Question 11

Beach Nourishment

Answer 11

Adding new material to a beach artificially, through the dumping of large amounts of sand or shingle

Question 12

Berm

Answer 12

A low ridge on a sandy beach created by swash, usually marks the high tide line.

Question 13

Biological Weathering

Answer 13

A type of weathering caused by flora and fauna, such as plant roots growing in cracks in the rock or animals burrowing into weak rocks.