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WAVES + COASTS Flashcards

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1
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what is the coast?

A

the transition zone between land and sea

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2
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what are 4 factors affecting the coast?

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weather, human activity, land, sea

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3
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what three factors affect the power of waves?

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fetch, wind strength, wind duration

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4
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what is fetch?

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the distance of water over which the wind acts

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what is wind duration?

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the length of time which the wind is acting on the surface of the water

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what is the wind strength?

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the speed at which the wind is acting on the surface of the water

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What is the swash?

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when water runs up the beach

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what is the backwash?

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when the water runs out of energy and therefore runs straight down the beach again.

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9
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what causes waves to crash?

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the friction between the water and the sea bed.

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10
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name three features of destructive waves…

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short wavelength, stronger backwash than swash, causes sand and shingle to be pulled from shore.

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11
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name three features of constructive waves…

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long wavelength, stronger swash than backwash, causes deposition.

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12
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what are the three categories of weathering?

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biological, mechanical, chemical.

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13
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Define burrowing animals (weathering):

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They can weaken the cracks in rocks.

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14
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Define shellfish (weathering):

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Can drill into coastal rocks, weakening them.

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Define tree roots (weathering):

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Can grown into cracks, expanding as the tree grows, weakening rocks.

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what is freeze thaw weathering:

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liquid water enters cracks and expands as it freezes weakening rocks.

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What is salt crystallisation:

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salt water runs into cracks and pores in rocks, then water evaporates leaving behind salt crystals which can weaken the rock.

18
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What is exfoliation?

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rocks that are repeatedly exposed to very high and very low temperatures can ‘shed’ their outer layers

19
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What are the four types of mass movement?

A

landslide, rotational slumping, mudslide, rockfall

20
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What is mass movement?

A

The downhill movement of weathered material due to gravity/

21
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What is a landslide?

A

when blocks of rock slide downhill

22
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What is slumping?

A

the slump of saturated soil and weak rock along a curved surface.

23
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What is a mudslide?

A

When saturated soil and weak rock fall.

24
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What is rockfall?

A

When fragments of rock break away from a cliff face.

25
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What are the four types of erosion?

A

attrition, abrasion, hydraulic action, solution

26
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Define abrasion:

A

caused by waves picking up rocks and hurling them at cliff faces wearing them away

27
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Define hydraulic action:

A

as waves hit the cliff face they force pockets of air into cracks. the air becomes pressurised and weakens the rock.

28
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Define corrosion:

A

when rocks such as limestone are being dissolved by sea water

29
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Define attrition:

A

A process whereby material carried by the waves is rounded and made smaller as it collides with other material.

30
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What type of coastline do headlands and bays form on?

A

discordant

31
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Why do headlands and bays form?

A

Because of the bands of alternating hardness of rock.

32
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Where does beach material come from?

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Rivers, erosion of cliffs.

33
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Where do landforms of deposition generally form?

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In low energy areas

34
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Defin a storm breach:

A

a ridge of coarse material above high tide level thrown up by high energy storm waves.

35
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Define a cusp:

A

A semicircular depression in the beach face at the upper and lower boundary of the beach

36
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Define a berm:

A

A small set of ridges in the beach face caused by swash

37
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Define a ridge:

A

A mound of sand formed by destructive waves eroding material at the top of the beach and depositing it on the lower beach.

38
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Define a runnel:

A

Troughs between the ridges that contain water.

39
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Define eustatic change:

A

a change in sea level due to the change in volume of the sea (global issue)

40
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Define isostatic change:

A

sea level change due to the change in height of the land.

41
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What type of submerged valley is a ria?

A

a submerged river valley

42
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What type of submerged valley is a fjord?

A

a submerged racial valley

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