8 Geo Key Coastal Geography terms

If something is artificial it is...

• constructed by natural processes

• constructed by people

• destroyed by whales

• destroyed by waves

Criteria are...

• microbes

• colonies of crabs

• Russian fish eggs

• a standard used to judge something

Dredging is...

• a hair style based on knotting and twisting

• an awful feeling you get about future challenges

• removing sediment build up in shallow water artificially

• removing sediment from the gutters in cities

The foreshore is...

• A restaurant in Yeppoon

• The place you get the best view of the beach

• The area that has a high salinity rate dominating the landscape

• The area between the low-tide mark and the high-water mark

A groyne is...

• A constructed barrier running at right angles to the beach to stop the movement of sand through longshore drift

• A constructed barrier running at right angles to storm drians to catch sediment

• A failed barrier meant to hold back water run off and mass wasting in loose soils

• A sensitive spot between mammals legs.

A lagoon is...

• A fancy name for a shallow pool

• A shallow coastal waterway cut off in part from the open ocean

• A public pool in Yeppoon

• A movie from the 1980's

A stack is...

• A chimney

• A column of costal cliff that has broken away due to laser beams

• A column of costal cliff that has broken away due to wind and wave erosion

• A column of costal cliff that has broken away due to updrift

Swash is...

• A pirate term for coffee

• A brand of washing detergent that DOES NOT harm the environment

• When water comes into the boat

• the water that rushes up the beach after a wave has broken

Prevention is...

• The action or process of stopping something happening

• The sentiment that it does not matter what we do, we are going to be OK!

• Pressure to always be better

• Asking for help because it takes too much effort

Prevailing winds are...

• what you feel with the window down driving on the highway

• a wind that dries the washing

• a wind from a direction that is unpredictable and damaging to the local environment

• a wind from the direction that is predominant at a particular place or season