Coastal Processes

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What term is used to describe the wearing away of land by the sea?

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What term is used to describe the movement of sediment by the sea?

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What term is used to describe material being dropped by the sea when it loses energy?

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Identify the process of coastal erosion that involves material transported by waves wearing away a cliff. It is also known as the 'sandpaper effect'.

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Identify the process of coastal erosion that involves air being compressed into cracks, then, on its release, blasts out, forcing material from the cliff to break away.

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Identify the process of coastal erosion that involves material colliding in waves, causing it to become smaller and more rounded.

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Longshore drift is an example of which coastal process?

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What is longshore drift also known as?

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What term is used to describe the movement of a wave up a beach?

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True or false? Longshore drift can transport material hundreds of kilometers along the coast before it is deposited.

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Which of the following are depositional coastal landforms?

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Identify the landform of coastal deposition shown in the image.

Spurn Point Internet Geography
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Identify the landform of coastal deposition shown in the image.

Chesil Beach
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What typically forms behind a coastal bar?

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What is the recurved end of a spit?

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