Year 7 Coasts

The moon exerts 2.2 times as much gravitational force on the tide than the sun

• True

• False

The correct definition of fetch is..

• The stronger the wind blows

• The length of water the wind blows over

• How long the wind blows for

What type of tide would happen based on the diagram

• Neap Tide

• Spring Tide

What causes waves?

• Earthquakes

• Friction

• Wind

Swash is the water rolling back down the beach into the sea

• True

• False

I am the type of erosion that happens when pieces of sediment (rock) knock into each other and get smaller and smaller

• Abrasion

• Attrition

• Solution

• Hydraulic Action

What type of rock erodes quicker?

• Hard Rock

• Soft Rock

How many types of coastal erosion are there?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 1

What are the three ways waves shape the coastline?

• erode, transport, deposit

• transport, solution, deposit

• tides, deposit, abrasion

A beach is a landform created by

• erosion

• deposition