Processes Flashcards

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What is a tide? (Processes coasts)

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Variation in sea level caused by the gravitational pull of the sun and the moon

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Why does a neap tide occur? (Processes coasts)

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When the Earth, moon and sun form a right angle, distorting gravitational pulls

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What are the characteristics of a neap tide? (Processes coasts)

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Lowest high tides

Highest low tides

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Why does a spring tide occur? (Processes coasts)

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When the Earth, moon and sun are all in line

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What are the characteristics of a spring tide? (Processes coasts)

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Highest high tides

Lowest low tides

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What are the erosional processes? (Processes coasts)

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Hydraulic action
Attrition
Abrasion
Solution

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What is hydraulic action? (Processes coasts)

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Waves break at the foot of a cliff causing air to be blasted into cracks, loose rocks are dislodged and the cliff becomes undercut and retreats

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What is attrition? (Processes coasts)

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Bits of rock in the water smash against each other and break into smaller bits

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What is abrasion? (Processes coasts)

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When rocks carried by sea water bash against the cliffs and wear down (sandpaper effect)

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What is solution? (Processes coasts)

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Pebbles and sediment are dissolved

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How can material be transported? (Processes coasts)

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Traction
Saltation
Solution
Suspension

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What is traction? (Processes coasts)

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Large and heavy rocks are rolled along the sea bed

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What is saltation? (Processes coasts)

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Small/light rocks adopt a bouncing motion along the river bed

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What is solution? (Processes coasts)

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Sediment that has dissolved completely

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What is suspension? (Processes coasts)

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Light sediment is carried within the water, accounting for the murky appearance of the sea

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What is LSD? (Processes coasts)

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The process whereby waves hit the beach at a slight angle
Swash dies away
Backwash falls straight back (90 degrees to the beach)

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What is deposition? (Processes coasts)

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When sand is deposited on a beach, it dries and may be taken away by wind
occurs in low energy environments

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What are the types of weathering? (Processes coasts)

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Sub-arial
Freeze thaw
Salt weathering
Wetting and drying
Carbonation
Biological
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What is sub-arial weathering? (Processes coasts)

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The gradual breakdown of rocks in their original place (in-situ)

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What is freeze-thaw? (Processes coasts)

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With regular freezing and thawing, some fragments of rock break away and collect at the base of the river

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What is salt weathering? (Processes coasts)

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When salt evaporates from the rocks it leaves behind salt crystals that crack the rock apart

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What is wetting and drying? (Processes coasts)

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Clay rich rocks expand when they get wet and contract when dry causing them to crack and break up

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What is carbonation? (Processes coasts)

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the slow dissolving of calcium carbonate

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What is biological weathering? (Processes coasts)

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Plants prising apart rocks on cliffs

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What is mass movement? (Processes coasts)
the downhill movement of rock and soil in response to the force of gravity
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What ways can mass movement be seen? (Processes coasts)
``` Soil creep Mud flow Rational slip Landslides Rockfall ```
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What is soil creep? (Processes coasts)
Very slow downhill movement of individual rock particles
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What is mud flow? (Processes coasts)
Saturated soil flows downhill, often triggered by heavy rain
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What is rational slip? (Processes coasts)
Common coastal landslides in weak rock e.g clay
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What are landslides? (Processes coasts)
Rapid movement of detached slabs of rock
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What is rockfall? (Processes coasts)
individual rock fragments fall due to freeze-thaw
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What is a sediment cell? (Processes coasts)
A stretch of coastline, usually bordered by two prominent headlands, where the movement of sediment tends to be contained