Resistant rock coastlines vs coastl plain landscapes

Question 1

What parts of Britain are resistant rock coastlines found in?

Answer 1

Western and Northern Britain

Question 2

What type of environment are resistant rock coastlines found in?

Answer 2

High energy environments

Question 3

High energy environments tend to be…

Answer 3

-Stretches of Atlantic falling coasts where the waves are powerful for most of the year
-Where rates of erosion exceed rates of deposition

Question 4

What landforms occur on resistant rock coastlines?

Answer 4

Headlands, cliffs and shoreline platforms

Question 5

What are coastal plain landscapes?

Answer 5

Coasts of younger, weaker sedimentary rocks (chalk, clay and sandstone)

Question 6

Example of coastal plain?

Answer 6

The wash area which has a range of habitats from tidal creeks, mud flats, salt marshes and lagoons

Question 7

Where are coastal plains found?

Answer 7

Much of Eastern England coast consists of low-lying sandy beaches such as the one in Bambrugh, Norfolk

Question 8

What are the factors affecting erosion rates?

Answer 8

-High energy waves
-Absence of a beach
-Rising sea levels
-Coastal management

Question 9

What are usually found in low energy coastlines?

Answer 9

Sandy and estuarine coasts

Question 10

At low energy environments…

Answer 10

The rate of deposition exceeds the rate of erosion

Question 11

Low energy environments in the Uk tend to be…

Answer 11

Stretches of the coast where the waves are less powerful or where the coast is sheltered from large waves (Lincolnshire and Norfolk)