landforms caused by erosion

Question 1

Wave cut notches

Answer 1

erosion occurs at the foot of the cliff - creating a gap within the structure

Question 2

wave cut platforms

Answer 2

narrow base left behind as the cliff retreats

Question 3

cave - arch - stack sequence

Answer 3

become eroded from headlands - as waves crash into headlands - hydraulic action and abrasion cause enlargement of cracks in rocks - continued erosion causes deepened cracks to turn into caves - further erosion creates an arch - arch collapses due to erosion - causing a stack - erosion - stump