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26 Cards in this Set
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Landform |
A natural geographical feature that appears on the Earth's surface |
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Landscape |
An area of land with a variety of geographical feature that are of that area |
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Physical weathering |
When rocks are broken into smaller pieces but its chemical composition stays the same |
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Chemical Weathering |
When rocks are broken down by a chemical change |
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Biological Weathering |
When rocks are worn a way by a living organism |
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Corrasion/abrasion |
Erosion by waves hurling beach material against the cliff |
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Corrosion |
When salt and other assets in the sea slowly dissolve a cliff |
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Attrition |
Erosion cause when waves cause rocks and pebbles to bump into each other and break into small pieces |
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Hydraulic Action |
Erosion close by pressure-the explosion of trapped in the cracks of cliff by advancing waves |
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--- makes a mess and ------ helps clean it up |
Weathering . Erosion |
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Formation of sandy bays |
When the weaker section of coastline is eroded |
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Headland Rock Type |
Hard and resistant rock |
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Deposition |
The process where waves pick up material and put it somewhere else |
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Wave refraction |
Occurs when waves approach the shore, causing the wave front to distort or "hug" around te headland |
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Fetch |
The span of water over which a breeze blows |
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Fetch and energy relation |
The longer fetch a wave has , the more energy in can build up |
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Swash |
When a wave breaks, the water that is washed up on the beach |
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Backwash |
When water runs back down the beach |
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Do waves actually move? |
No, their surfaces do |
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Constructive wave |
Deposit material on a beach as it has a stronger swash |
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Deconstructive wave |
Take away material from the beach as it has a stronger backwash |
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What wave has high energy and frequency? |
Destructive |
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What wave makes a sloping beach? |
Constructive |
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What wave has long wavelengths and low energy? |
Constructive |
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What wave has a big fetch? |
Destructive |
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Velocity |
Speed |
