Year 8 Coasts Revision

Type of wave?

• Constructive wave
• Destructive wave

Type of wave?

• Coast building - constructive
• Coast destroying - destructive

Waves are created by wind 

• True 
• False 

I transport material along a beach. What am I?

• Longshore Drift
• Longshape Drift
• Longnose Drift
• Longway drift

I happen when the waves don't have enough energy to carry sediment

• Deposition
• Erosion
• Swash
• Backwash

The type of erosion that occurs when pebbles bang together

• Abrasion
• Attrition
• Hydraulic action
• Solution

Which erodes quicker?

• Hard rock
• Soft rock

Erosion means 'the wearing away of rock'.

• True
• False

How many ways can erosion happen?

• 2
• 4
• 6
• 3

What is the first stage in a stack formation?

• Arch is formed
• Cave is formed
• Line of weakness in rock
• Stump is formed