How have physical processes created the coastal landforms that exist today?

GCSE Geography Coasts

Key words for coastal processes

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  • Created by: Amy
  • Created on: 17-05-10 18:05

1. What is material that is eroded and deposited by the action of water or wind called?

  • Sediment
  • Rocks
  • Dust
  • Crest
  • Pebbles
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2. A headland is where land juts out into the sea

  • True
  • False

3. What are subaerial processes?

  • Processes that attack the face & top of a cliff
  • Erosion caused by wind
  • accumulation of sand and shingle
  • Erosion caused by the action of the sea
  • Corrosion caused by sea

4. What is the top of a wave called?

  • Spray
  • Crest
  • Trough
  • Curve
  • Peak

5. What is prevailing wind?

  • Powerful winds
  • the dominant wind in an area
  • Wind that causes waves
  • Wind that causes storms

Comments

Abbie Conneely

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Doesn't backwash move down the beach!?!

Amy

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sugar sorry the teacher making the notes must have made a mistake and I copied it sorry I'll correct that thanks for mentioning it :)

Rhys B-M

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100% Woop! Great quiz, very detailed on the topic, well done! Keep up the good work! :)

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