Landforms Flashcards

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How are headlands produced?

A

When a piece of hard rock is surrounded by soft rock, the soft rock will erode leaving a headland.

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How does a crack turn into a cave?

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As hydraulic action occurs, the crack will widen into a cave.

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Which is taller, a stack or a stump?

A

A stump.

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When a headland is formed, then, what is going to be eroded more from then on, the headland or the cove?

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The headland as it sticks out, so therefore it is getting the full force of the waves.

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Does an arch usually evolve from a cave or a stack?

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A cave.

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