Coasts

Question 1

What are the three factors that cause powerful waves?

Answer 1

Natural disasters, time the wind has been blowing for, the distance from where the wind came from or started from.

Question 2

What is the geographical name for how much water the wind has blown over?

Answer 2

Fetch.

Question 3

Waves are caused by the _______________ on the surface of the water.

Answer 3

Wind dragging

Question 4

The length of water the wind blows is called…..

Answer 4

Its fetch.

Question 5

The ___________the wind, the ________ the waves.

Answer 5

Stonger,bigger

Question 6

The _________ the distance over which the wind can blow
(called ________), the ________ the waves.

Answer 6

Longer,fetch,bigger

Question 7

The __________ the wind has blown for, the _______ the
waves.

Answer 7

Time ,bigger

Question 8

Hydraulic action is when…

Answer 8

The water pressure is so strong that it starts maki;g cracks in the wall and air and water go into those cracks and make them expand.

Question 9

Abrasion is when…

Answer 9

Waves crash against the hills and throws sediments and that rubs against cliffs.

Question 10

What is swash?

Answer 10

Swash is the water that moves up the beach.

Question 11

What is backwash?

Answer 11

Backwash is the water moving back into the sea.

Question 12

What is solution?

Answer 12

Weak acids in sea water (caused through the transpiration of plants) will slowly dissolve certain types of rock such as chalk and limestone as they contain calcium carbonate.

Question 13

What is attrition

Answer 13

Waves cause rocks and pebbles to smash into each other and become smaller and more rounded.