Y9 Coastal Processes

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Which process of erosion? 'Air expands in cracks in a cliff face due to water pressure'

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Hydraulic Action

Front

Which process of erosion? 'Rocks scrape along a cliff face and erode it through the sandpaper effect'

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Abrasion

Front

Which process of erosion? 'Two rocks smash into each other and become smaller, smoother and rounder'

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Attrition

Front

Which process? 'Rocks dissolve in slightly acidic sea water'

Back

Solution

Front

Why type of weathering? 'Roots of plants grow into and expand faults in the rock.'

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Biological

Front

What is the name of the process of moving sediment along a coastline?

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Longshore drift

Front

What influences the direction of the movement of sediment along a coastline?

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Prevailing wind

Front

NOT a type of mass movement: Rock fall, Landslide, Mudflow, Cliff undercutting

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Cliff undercutting