GCSE Revision

In what type of rock – resistant or less resistant – are headlands found?

• Resistant
• Less Resistant

What forms in areas of less resistant rock?

• Bays
• Headlands
• Stacks
• Spits

Give an example of a less resistant rock often found at the coast?

• Clay, Sand
• Limestone
• Chalk
• Granite

What type of erosion enlarges cracks to form caves?

• Abrasion
• Hydraulic action
• Solution
• Attrition

What are cracks in the cliff called?

• Bedding planes
• Joints or faults

Caves are enlarged by what two types of erosion?

• Abrasion and solution
• Abrasion and hydraulic action
• Attrition and hydraulic action
• Solution and hydraulic action

Caves turn into what?

• Stacks
• Arches
• Stumps
• Cracks

What process causes the roof of the arch to weaken?

• Abrasion
• Weathering
• Hydraulic action
• Mass movement

What part of the arch collapses?

• The base
• The roof

When the arch collapses it leaves a…?

• Cave
• Stack
• Stumps
• Headland