Geography Topic 2 Coasts Definitions

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Coasts
Part of the land adjoining or near the ocean.
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Transportation
Eroded material carried away by the sea.
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Weathering
Breakdown of rocks by physical or chemical changes in situ.
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Coastal Erosion
The wearing away and removal of the land by wave action.
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Mechanical Weathering
The breakdown of rock without changing the chemical composition.
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Chemical Weathering
The breakdown of rock by changing the changing the chemical composition.
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Biological Weathering
The breakdown of rock by living things.
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Eroded material carried away by the sea.

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Transportation

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Breakdown of rocks by physical or chemical changes in situ.

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Card 4

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The wearing away and removal of the land by wave action.

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Card 5

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The breakdown of rock without changing the chemical composition.

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