What processes are associated with the sea Flashcards
1
Q
What is Abrasion?
A
Waves hurl material at cliffs and scrapes like sandpaper
2
Q
What is Hydraulic Action?
A
Waves compressing air into weaknesses in the rock
3
Q
What is Solution?
A
Where Chalky rock is dissolved by weak acid in sea water
4
Q
What is Attrition?
A
Where pebbles are rounded and smoothed because they collide
5
Q
What is Deposition?
A
When water/waves lack the energy to transport material and it is dropped
6
Q
What is traction?
A
Where large material is rolled along sea bed
7
Q
What is Saltation?
A
Smaller material bounced along the seabed
8
Q
What is Suspension?
A
Small material floats on water
9
Q
What is Solution?
A
Material dissolved within water
10
Q
What is longshore drift?
A
When material is transported along the beach by series of waves in a zig-zag patten
