Revision 4.3a

Question 1

What is the rock type like on a concordant coastline

Answer 1

On a concordant coastline there is a band of one type of rock EG (hard rock=-) [———-]

Question 2

The features of a concordant coastline

Answer 2

One type of rock mainly hard rock that can be broken through a fault to create a cove

Question 3

What is the rock type like on a discordant coastline.

Answer 3

It is a coastline of alternating rock EG hard rock = - soft rock = ~
[-~-~-~-~-~-] HARD rock soft rock…..

Question 4

What are the features of a discordant coastline

Answer 4

On a discordant coastline you will usually find beaches and headlands

Question 5

Different rock types for con and dis coastlines

Answer 5

Concordant is one type of rock normally hard E.G limestone

Discordant is alternating rock typesE.G clay(soft) and chalk(hard)

Question 6

What is a fault ~

Answer 6

A fault is crack in the rock that causes the rock to erode at a faster rate.