transportation

Question 1

Clastic sediment

Answer 1

Comes from weathering of rock and varies from very small clay particles to sand/pebbles/boulders.

Question 2

Biogenic sediment

Answer 2

Skeletons and sediments of marine organisms

Question 3

Non-cohesive sediment

Answer 3

Larger particles (for example, sand) moved grain by grain

Question 4

Cohesive sediment

Answer 4

Very small clay and mud particles that bond together.

Question 5

cells

Answer 5

It has been found that the movement of sediment close to the coast around the UK occurs in ‘cells’.

Question 6

Longshore drift

Answer 6

The process whereby material is moved along a stretch of coastline. Waves approach the shore at an angle (usually in line with prevailing wind direction) and swash moves material up the beach in this direction. Backwash pulls material straight down the beach.

Question 7

sediment

Answer 7

Rivers entering the sea.
• Cliffs.
• Wave erosion.
• Mud, sand, shingle