revision

Question 1

attrition

Answer 1

transported rocks collide and become smaller

Question 2

corrosion

Answer 2

chemical weathering - water reacts with chemicals in the rocks, carrying them away in solution

Question 3

saltation

Answer 3

large grains bounce along the river bed

Question 4

suspension

Answer 4

sand or silt carried through water without contact to the ground

Question 5

traction

Answer 5

boulders of rocks rolled along the river bed

Question 6

abrasion/ corrasion

Answer 6

material carried by the river acts like sandpaper to erode the channel away

Question 7

spits

Answer 7

strip of land formed from sand as a result of longshore drift AS COASTLINE CHANGES DIRECTION
attached to mainland at one end
often at mouth of river

Question 7

bars

Answer 7

spits formed across a bay from head to head

Question 8

tombolos

Answer 8

spits formed that link the mainland to an offshore island

Question 9

cliff retreat (harder rock)

Answer 9

wave cut notch makes it become unsteady and cliff falls