Coasts

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Name the two different types of waves.
Constructive and destructive.
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What are 3 properties of a destructive wave?
Strong swash, weak backwash and high in height.
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What are 3 properties of a constructive wave?
Weak swash, strong backwash and low in height.
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What is the definition of a coast?
The part if the land that joins the sea.
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What are the 3 main types of coastal processes?
Erosional, weathering and mass movement.
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What is subaeriel weathering?
Weathering that takes place on land, above the sea.
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What is marine weathering?
Weathering that takes place within the sea.
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Name 5 examples of mass movement.
Landslides, soil creep, slumping, rock fall and mud flow.
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What is erosion?
The moving force of nature that wears away land.
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What is deposition?
When the sea loses energy, it drops the sediment it has been carrying.
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What is transportation?
The movement of eroded material.
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What is mass movement?
The movement of large material: fast or slow.
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Name 3 erosional coastal features.
Wave cut notch, wave cut platform and cliff retreat.
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What is a longshore drift
The movement of beach sediment along the shoreline.
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What factors affect coastal recession?
Geology, fetch, wave type, coastal management.
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Name 5 hard engineering methods?
Sea wall, groynes, rip rap, breakwater, revetments.
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Name the soft engineering methods?
Beach replenishment, natural beach, managed retreat, cliff regrading.
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Card 2

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Strong swash, weak backwash and high in height.

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What are 3 properties of a destructive wave?

Card 3

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Weak swash, strong backwash and low in height.

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Card 4

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The part if the land that joins the sea.

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Card 5

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Erosional, weathering and mass movement.

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Hiranjan

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I believe there is a problem with cards 2 and 3. The properties of constructive and destructive waves have been mixed up. See The New Wider World by David Waugh pg 300; Edexcel IGCSE Geography Student Book by Michael Witherick & Steve Milner pg 34 for correct definitions and properties. However , the diagram on pg 34 of the latter text has been mislabeled hence leading to confusion.

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