Types of erosion

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Hydraulic action
Hammering of the waves breaks up the rock
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Abrasion
Pebbles and sand get flung against the rock, scraping and scouring it away
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Attrition
Rock fragments and pebbles are flung against each other, wearing each other away
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Solution
The water dissolves some material
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Card 2

Front

Pebbles and sand get flung against the rock, scraping and scouring it away

Back

Abrasion

Card 3

Front

Rock fragments and pebbles are flung against each other, wearing each other away

Back

Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

The water dissolves some material

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

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Back

Preview of the back of card 5

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