What work do the waves do? Flashcards

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How is a beach formed?

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A beach is formed when the waves take land from somewhere eroding it, they carry the material and then drop it somewhere else. This keeps happening until a beach is made.

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What is attrition

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The bits of rocks keep knocking into each other until they get worn out and fall off.

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What is Abrasion?

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Abrasion is when the waves force water into the cracks of the almost eroded land eroding it more causing it to fall off.

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4
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What is the land called once it dissolves

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A solution

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5
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Why are groynes built?

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They are built to slow down long shore drift.

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What is long shore drift?

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Long shore drift is when A lot of pebbles or rocks are carried in and out of water in a zigzag pattern until they break.

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What is a beach?

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The result of the deposition of material.

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