What is it called when large waves break against a cliff they compress air into crack. When the water falls away the compressed air is released explosively shattering the rock around the crack and making it bigger?
Hydraulic Action
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What is it called when loose rocks ( sediment) are thrown against the cliff by waves. This wears away the cliff and chips bits of rock off?
Abrasion
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What is it called when loose sediment knocked off by hydraulic action and abrasion is swirled around with waves and constantly collides with other sediment. This sediment therefore gets gradually rounder and smaller?
Attrition
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What is it called when seawater dissolves some of the rock minerals causing the disintegration of the rock. Limestone rock is mostly affected by this process?
Corrosion
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what type of coastline is this: Rock strata are parallel to the coast. Therefore the same type of rock is along the coastline.
Concordant Coastline
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what type of coastline is this: Rock strata are at right angles to the coast. Therefore the coast is made of different rock types.
Discordant Coastline
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what type of waves are summer waves?
Constructive
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what type of waves are winter waves?
Destructive
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The breakdown of rocks at rocks at or near to the surface of the ground.
Weathering
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It's a key weathering process
chemical
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It's a process that affects the coastline
sliding
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It's a weathering process where the roots of growing plants widen cracks in a cliff. Borrowing animals and nesting birds on cliff faces can also cause the rock to weaken and break up.
Biological
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Another word for freeze thaw
Mechanical
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Card 2
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What is it called when loose rocks ( sediment) are thrown against the cliff by waves. This wears away the cliff and chips bits of rock off?
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Abrasion
Card 3
Front
What is it called when loose sediment knocked off by hydraulic action and abrasion is swirled around with waves and constantly collides with other sediment. This sediment therefore gets gradually rounder and smaller?
Back
Card 4
Front
What is it called when seawater dissolves some of the rock minerals causing the disintegration of the rock. Limestone rock is mostly affected by this process?
Back
Card 5
Front
what type of coastline is this: Rock strata are parallel to the coast. Therefore the same type of rock is along the coastline.
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