Wave Cut Platform

Question 1

what is the process of a wave cut platform forming

Answer 1

• weather (rain) attacks top of the cliff
• hydraulic action and lateral erosion attacks base of cliff
• forming a wave cut notch
• notch size increases causing top of cliff to collapse under gravity and lack of support
• backwash carries rubble the sea
• wave cut platform is created

Question 2

what is the shingle

Answer 2

• the eroded material from cliff base
• that collects on the seaweed edge of a wave cut platform
• where slope is steeper

Question 3

what is the wave cut platform

Answer 3

the rocky base of the former cliff, now eroded

Question 4

what is the wave cut notch

Answer 4

where the wave attacks the cliff and erodes the base of it to form an indentation in the cliff