Intro To Physical Geography

Question 1

What is a coastline?

Answer 1

The area of land where the sea meets the shore. It is a dynamic zone where atmosphere, ocean and land interact.

Question 2

What is the atmosphere?

Answer 2

• thin layer around the Earth
• filled with greenhouse gases
• protects us from harmful UV rays from the Sun
• traps heat

Question 3

What is the hydrosphere?

Answer 3

• all water on Earth
• 1% fresh water
• 99% salt water
• 70% of the Earth

Question 4

What can the weather in the atmosphere affect?

Answer 4

The coastlines because of winds and storms

Question 5

What do rivers bring down?

Answer 5

Sediment

Question 6

What is the hydroshphere a factor of?

Answer 6

The coastline

Question 7

How does the lithosphere play a part in coastlines?

Answer 7

Due to the creation of waves and the seabed. Water can shape rock by eroding it, eg. sand/pebble beaches)

Question 8

What contribute energy to form and shape a coast?

Answer 8

Ocean temperatures, waves, tidal currents and wind

Question 9

What is coastal change?

Answer 9

The result of these processes (wind, ocean temperatures, tidal currents and waves), taking place over short (eg. cliff collapse), medium (eg. seasonal changes) and long (eg. sea level rise) time scales.