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Question 1

What is Erosion

Answer 1

The taking away of material by wind and water

Question 2

what is Weathering

Answer 2

Breaking down of Material, deterioration of rocks, soils and other materials.
this is mainly caused by water, gases or organisms

Question 3

What is Deposition

Answer 3

Deposition is the process in which sediments settle down onto the bottom. eg. bottom of the ocean

Question 4

What is Prevailing wind

Answer 4

a type of wind that blows over that area most of the time.

Question 5

what is Long shore drift (LSD)

Answer 5

the movement of sediments along a coast by waves that approach at an angle to the shore but then the swash recedes directly away from it
It hits the beach at a 45 - 90 degree angle

Question 6

what is Dredging

Answer 6

Dredging is the excavation of material from a water environment

Question 7

What is Beach Nourishment

Answer 7

the artificial placement of sand on an eroded shore to maintain the amount of sand present
This is done my the United States Army Corps of Engineers.