Year 14 Coastal Environments

Wave size is affected by... (select all that apply)

• Wind strength

• Salt or freshwater

• Wind Duration

• Fetch

• Wind Direction

When waves are in deep water the particles of water...

• Move in a circular motion

• Move forward towards the coast

• Break in the middle of the ocean

• Refract

When waves enter shallow water they become...

• More circular

• Calmer

• Elliptical

• Horizontal

Destructive waves create a _____________ beach

• Steep

• Gently sloped

Constructive waves create which landform on the coast?

• Storm Beach

• Offshore bar

• Berm

• Wave-cut notch

Energy is ___________ in bays leading to deposition.

• Concentrated

• Increased

• Dissipated

• Intense

Refraction is mostly caused by ...

• Longshore drift

• Increasing depth

• Frictional drag with the sea bed

• Wind dragging across the surface of water

This is an example of a...

• Drift aligned coast

• Swash aligned coast

Swash aligned coasts occur where waves break...

• Parallel to the shore line

• Perpendicular to the shore line

• At an angle to the shore line

Beaches are formed at...

• Low Energy Coastlines

• High Energy Coastlines