Low and high energy coastline! Sources of Energy (Part 1)

Question 1

What causes low energy coastline?

Answer 1

short fetch, weak winds and short wind durations.

Question 2

List of landscape features of low energy coastline

Answer 2

• Beaches
• Spits
• tombolo

Question 3

Why are these features of low energy coastline

Answer 3

Deposition > Erosion

Question 4

what causes high energy coastline?

Answer 4

Long fetch, strong winds and long wind duration

Question 5

Landscape features of high energy coastline

Answer 5

Headlands, wave cut platforms

Question 6

Why are these features of high energy coastline

Answer 6

Erosion > deposition