Coastal Processes Flashcards

Coastal Processes Flashcards

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Geography

10th Grade

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1.

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Erosion

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The wearing away of rocks by waves, rivers and glaciers

2.

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Hydraulic Action

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Water is forced into faults in the rock by waves or rivers. The air trapped by the force of the water creates prsure forcing the fault to widen.

3.

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Abrasion

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Waves throw sediment (rocks and pebbles) against the cliff gradulaly chipping away the rock.

4.

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Attrition

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Sediment is rubbed together as it is transported in the waves. As the sediment knocks into each other sharper edges are broken off and pebbels become smaller and smoother over time. Eventually the sediment wiill erode into sand.

5.

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Solution

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Soluble particles in rocks like chalk and limestone are dissolved by the acids in the water.

6.

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Weathering

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The wearing away of rocks by chnage sin temperature, acids in rain water or the actions of plants and animals.

7.

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Mechanical Weathering

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Changes in temperature cuase rocks to break up.

Freeze thaw - Ice in cracks in the rock freezes at night, as it turns to ice it expands. This causes tehcracks to become bigger. Over time the rocks break apart.

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