What erosional landform is created when erosion continuously undercuts a cliff, causing the top to collapse, and this repeated process causes the cliff to retreat back?
Shoreline platform
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What is the change in water levels of seas and oceans caused by the gravitational pull of the moon?
Tides
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What is the movement of water as a result of a high tidal range?
Current
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What is the depositional landform that occurs as a result of longshore drift carrying sediment partway across a gap in the coastline, e.g. a bay
Spit
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What is the depositional landform that consists of a ridge of sediment connecting the mainland to a small island?
Tombolo
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What occurs when a spit grows the full way across a bay, joining two headlands?
Bar
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What depositional landform is a triangular shaped headland, formed when longshoredrift occurs on a coast from opposite directions?
Cuspate foreland
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Piles of sand that have been blown off the beach by onshore winds and buit up over time
Sand dunes
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An area of coastline where the material is contained with inputs, processes and outputs
Sediment cell
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How many sediment cells are there in England and Wales?
Eleven
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What is it called when the sediment budget falls? Waves continue to transport sediment and erosion may increase
Positive feedback
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What is it called when the sediment budget increases? More sediment is likely because it can only carry so much, so surplus is deposited
Negative feedback
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The breakdown of rock
Weathering
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What type of weathering includes the breakdown of rock without changing its chemical composition?
Mechanical
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What type of weathering includes the breakdown of rock,changing its chemical composition?
Chemical
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What type of weathering includes plants and animals having an affect on the breakdown of rock?
Biological
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Movement of weathered material down a slope due to gravity
Mass movement
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Card 2
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What is the change in water levels of seas and oceans caused by the gravitational pull of the moon?
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Tides
Card 3
Front
What is the movement of water as a result of a high tidal range?
Back
Card 4
Front
What is the depositional landform that occurs as a result of longshore drift carrying sediment partway across a gap in the coastline, e.g. a bay
Back
Card 5
Front
What is the depositional landform that consists of a ridge of sediment connecting the mainland to a small island?
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