KEY TERMS

Question 1

LITTORAL ZONE

Answer 1

Wider coastal zone
Including:

Adjacent land and shallower parts just offshore

Question 2

CLIFF PROFILE

Answer 2

Height and angle of a cliff face as well as its features
Such as:
Wave cut notches or changes in slope angle.

Question 3

COASTAL ACCRETION

Answer 3

Deposition of sediment at coast and seaward growth of coastline, creating new land
Involves sediment deposition being stabilised by vegetation

Question 4

DYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM

Answer 4

Inputs and outputs of system balance overtime

Question 5

HOLOCENE

Answer 5

Geological epoch that began 12000 years ago at end of last ice age

Early stages were marked by large sea level rises (35 m) and warming interglacial climate

Question 6

FAULTS

Answer 6

Major fractures in rocks produced by tectonic forces and involving displacement of rocks on either side of fault line

Question 7

STRATA

Answer 7

different layers of rock within area and how they relate to each other

Question 8

DEFORMATION

Answer 8

degree to which rock has been deformed (tilted or folded) by tectonic activity

Question 9

FAULTING

Answer 9

presence of major fractures that have move rocks from original position

Question 10

Fetch (waves)

Answer 10

The distance of open sea over which waves can be generated

Question 11

Pore water pressure

Answer 11

Water within rock exerting pressure via its weight