Coasts 0.0 / 5 ? GeographyCoastal environmentsASAQA Created by: laurenalbonCreated on: 25-03-15 12:10 long waves with a low frequency constructive waves 1 of 23 high steep waves with a high frequency destructive waves 2 of 23 when waves become increasingly parallel to the coastline wave refraction 3 of 23 the periodic rise and fall of the ocean surface tides 4 of 23 when wave energy is strong for the greater part of the year high energy coastline 5 of 23 when wave energy is weak for the greater part of the year low energy coastlines 6 of 23 when water enters a crack and freezes freezethaw 7 of 23 living organisms growing inside of rocks , causing them to crack biological weathering 8 of 23 air in cracks is compressed when waves crash into the cliff hydraulic action 9 of 23 pieces of sediment grinding down a surface abrasion 10 of 23 bits of sediment smashing into eachother attrition 11 of 23 when rocks are gradually dissolved by seawater corrosionthe 12 of 23 the characteristics of rocks lithology 13 of 23 variational rates at which rocks wear away differential erosion 14 of 23 rocks parallel to the coastline concordant 15 of 23 rocks perpendicular to the coastline discordant 16 of 23 the movement of sedimend along a beach long shore drift 17 of 23 small crack in a cliff geo 18 of 23 deposition of material found at high tide marks berms 19 of 23 when a spit reaches another headland it creates a ___ Bar 20 of 23 what is formed behind a bar lagoon 21 of 23 caused by wind blowing sand and getting trapped by sediment sand dunes 22 of 23 tend to form behind a spit salt marsh 23 of 23
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