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Flashcards by Oliver Downes, updated more than 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Caused by waves picking up material which is forced against the cliff face gradually wearing it away | Abrasion |
| Where weak acids in rain cause solution of minerals in rock | Acid Rain |
| An opening which passes through a Headland | An Arch |
| Where stones & pebbles knock against each other causing them to become smoother & rounded | Attrition |
| The movement of water down a beach | Backwash |
| A ridge of sand and shingle joining two headlands | A bar |
| An indent in the coastline formed due to the faster erosion of softer rock | A Bay |
| A build up of sand and shingle deposited at the coast | A beach |
| Adding sand to a beach | Beach replenishment |
| Where roots of vegetation grows into cracks in rock splitting it apart | Biological Weathering |
| An opening in a cliff face | Cave |
| The eroding back of a cliffline | Cliff Recession |
| This involves reducing the slope of a cliff to reduce the likelihood of slumping | Cliff Regrading |
| The meeting point between the land and sea | Coast |
| Gentle low frequency waves which have a stronger swash than backwash and build up a beach | Constructive Waves |
| Dissolving of minerals in rocks by sea water | Corrosion / Solution |
| Powerful, frequent waves with a stronger backwash than swash | Destructive Waves |
| The breakdown and removal of material | Erosion |
| The distance over which the wind has blown to form a wave | Fetch |
| The breakdown and removal of material | Erosion |
| Powerful, frequent waves with a stronger backwash than swash | Destructive Waves |
| A wire cage filled with rocks used to protect a cliffline | Gabion |
| A structure built across the beach perpendicular to the coast to stop LSD and build up a beach | Groyne |
| The use of physical man-made structures to control coastal erosion | Hard Engineering |
| A resistant rock outcrop sticking out from the coastline | Headland |
| The transport of material along a coastline by the action of waves | Longshore Drift |
| Where people are gradually moved back from vulnerable areas of coast and the coastline can erode | Managed Retreat |
| A barrier built on the sea bed just off of the coastline to cause waves to break off of the coast | Offshore Reef |
| A long concrete barrier built at the base of a cliff | Sea Wall |
| Slatted wooden or concrete structure built at the base of a cliff to reduce erosion | Revetment |
| Large boulders of resistant rock | Rip Rap / Rock Armour |
| Rotational downward movement of a cliff face due to undermining at the base and saturation of upper material | Slumping |
| Working with natural processes to manage coastal processes | Soft engineering |
| Slow downslope motion of individual soil particles due to gravity | Soil Creep |
| A narrow ridge of sand and shingle projecting from the coastline out into the sea | Spit |
| An isolated column of rock formed when the roof of an arch collapses | Stack |
| offshore rise in water created due to a combination of low pressure, high winds and high tide | Storm Surge |
| A low rock outcrop formed when a stack collapses, often covered at high tide | Stump |
| The movement of water up a beach | Swash |
| A low rock outcrop formed when a stack collapses, often coered at high tide | Stump |
| The movement of water up a beach | Swash |
| A gently sloping rocky platform formed as a cliff erodes | Wave-cut platform |
| The breakdown and decay of rock | Weathering |
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