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rock armour/rip rap
large resistant rocks dumped on the beach to break the waves protecting the land and buildings behind it
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backwash
movement of water down the beach
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swash
movement of waves up the beach
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managed retreat
process of leaving land to naturally erode away in the sea
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groyne
wooden or concrete barrier across a beach at an angle trapping sediment
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gabions
wire cages holding rocks that can be built up to create walls
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hard engineering
man-made structures that interfere with coastal processes
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soft engineering
natural materials used to interfere with coastal processes
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weathering
chemical, physical and chemical breakdown of rocks in situ
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erosion
wearing away and breaking down of coastlines by the sea
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beach
an accumulation of sand and shingle
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headland
land that juts into the sea
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revetments
planks which act as breakwaters but allows sand to be carried through
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sea wall
wall built in front of the coast for protection
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prevailing winds
wind blowing from one direction
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beach nourishment
addition of extra sediment to rebuild a beach
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beach re-profiling
act of changing the shape of a beach
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offshore breakwater
barrier built offshore in which the waves break on
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wave refraction
sides of headlands are eroded by waves that refract aroud it
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bar
where a spit grows across a bay
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hydraulic action
sheer force of the wave hitting the cliff causes parts of it to wear away
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solution
corrosive sea water dissolves chalk and limestone making it easily erodable
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abrasion
wearing away of cliffs by sediment flung by breaking waves
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attrition
rocks and boulders in the sea collide with eachother and break into smaller rounder pieces
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biological weathering
breakdown of rock through the action of plants and animals
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bay
less resistant rock that gets eroded by waves and found between headlands
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chemical weathering
takes place when there is a chemical change in certain rocks
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mechanical weathering
disidisintergration of rock without any chemical changes taking place
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tetrapods
man made four legged concrete shapes dumped along the coast to protect it
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beach recycling
material is moved back to its original position from where it accumulated to
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Card 2

Front

movement of water down the beach

Back

backwash

Card 3

Front

movement of waves up the beach

Back

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Card 4

Front

process of leaving land to naturally erode away in the sea

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

wooden or concrete barrier across a beach at an angle trapping sediment

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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