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Coasts Flashcards

1
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What causes the most erosion along the coast

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Waves

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2
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What’s the fetch

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The fetch is the distance the wave has travelled to reach land

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3
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What are destructive waves

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Waves that take sediment away, and that have a stronger backwash than swash

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4
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How much energy do destructive waves carry

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A lot, held at the top of the wave and when it breaks the energy is released

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5
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What are constructive waves

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They place sediment, and have a stronger swash than a backwash

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6
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What is needed for a sand dune

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A large flat beach, tidal range, onshore wind and an obstacle to form against

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7
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What’s a tidal range

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The distance between where the tide comes in and retracts

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8
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What’s a wave length

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The distance between the top of continuous waves

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9
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What’s wave crest

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The top of a wave

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10
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How does sand move

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Mainly saltation, the suspension and creep

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11
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What’s the definition of weathering

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The breaking down of rock through the weather, animals or plants

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12
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What comes with weathering

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little or no movement

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13
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Name 4 costal processes

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Deposition, mass movement, transportation and erosion

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14
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What’s windward side

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The side of the dune that gets hit by the wind

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15
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What’s a crest

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The top of the dune

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16
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What’s a slip slope

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The actual slope where all the sand has fallen down

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17
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What’s the leeward side

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The opposite side to the windward side, also know as the slip slope

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18
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What is the angle that sand becomes unstable

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34-36 degrees

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19
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What happens to sand when it reaches 34 degrees

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It collapses onto the slip side

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20
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What are the types of weathering

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Mechanical and chemical

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21
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What are some properties of the windward side

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Long and shallow

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22
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What are some properties of a slip/leeward side

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Short and steep

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23
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What do dunes do

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Migrate

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24
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What types of erosion are there

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Attrition, corrosion, hydraulic action and corrasion

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25
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Name 3 types of mass movement

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Land sliding, slumping and rock falls

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26
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What’s happens during dune migration

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Sand is collected off the last dune, and moves until it hits another obstacle

27
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What is the obstacle in dune making

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Plants or grass

28
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What factored influence costal change

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Human activity, fetch length, hard and soft rock

29
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What’s chemical weathering caused by

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It is caused by a chemical reaction when rainwater hits rock and decomposes it

30
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What is carbonation

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It’s when carbonic acid in rainwater reacts with calcium carbonate in limestone to form calcium bicarbonate

31
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How do dunes change as they move away from the beach

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They get taller as there is more vegetation and more sand to pick up

32
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What’s the water table

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A natural level of water in the world

33
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What’s hydrolysis

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When acidic rainwater breaks down the rock causing it to rot

34
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What’s mechanical weathering

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Rocks being disintegrated rather than decomposed

35
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What does mechanical occur in

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Extreme of temperatures

36
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What is a type of mechanical weathering

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Freeze thaw

37
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What are headlands

A

Hard rocks which are left jutting out into the sea

38
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What’s a bay

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An area of soft rock which has been worn away more than the headland, usually having a sandy beach

39
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What’s the most common feature of a coastline

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Cliff

40
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How are cliffs shaped

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Through a combination of erosion and weathering

41
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Name some example soft rocks

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Sand and clay

42
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Name some examples of hard rock

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Chalk

43
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What kind of slopes do hard and soft rock create

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Hard=steep

Soft=gently sloping

44
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How is a Wave cut notch made

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The sea erodes using attriction and make a cut in the rock

45
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What is a wave cut platform made

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The slab of rock fallen from a wave cut notch

46
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What’s a stack

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A tall piece of hard rock protruding from the ground

47
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How are stacks formed

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A crack forms in the cliff/headlands side, water entered the weakness and starts to break it up using hydraulic action. A cave forms, but the back gets eroded away by attrition and abrasion, making an arch. The arch becomes weak due to weathering so it collapses, creating a stack. The stack is then eroded by acid rain, turing it into a stump

48
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What’s the definition of coastal deposition

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When the sea loses energy and drops the sand,rock particles and pebbles it has been carrying

49
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What is formed due to costal deposition

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A beach, spit or bar

50
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What waves enter bays

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Constructive

51
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What’s the difference between sandy and pebble beaches

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Sandy=long and flat

Pebble=short and steep

52
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What’s slack

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Slow moving water

53
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What causes slack to drop sediment

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The lack of energy

54
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What comes with a bar

A

Lagoon

55
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What comes with a spit

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A salt marsh

56
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What are the 3 types of soft engineering

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Beach nourishment, reprofiling and sand dune regeneration

57
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How is beach nourishment done

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A dredger replenishes sand

58
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How is reprofiling done

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The beach is reshaped with existing materials

59
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What is the difference between reprofiling and nourishment

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Reprofiling protects locals and nourishment effects tourists

60
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Name 4 types of hard engineering

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Sea walls, groynes, gabions and rock armour

61
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What’s the pros and cons of gabions

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They cost £100 per metre and provide seating and look pretty

Can be dangerous to animals and humans

62
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What is built to prevent longshore drift

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Groynes

63
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What is costal management

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The local authority trying to protect important, high-value buildings

64
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Name some facts about the Holderness coast

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North-East of the UK
Cliff retreating at alarming rate 
Boulder clay 
Losing home and ruining businesses 
Habitats are being destroyed

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