Coasts!

What is NOT a type of erosion?

• Abrasion

• Hydraulic action

• Longshore drift

• Solution

Which type of erosion is when rocks are hurled at the cliff and wear it away like sandpaper?

• Abrasion

• Hydraulic action

• Solution

• Attrition

Which type of erosion is when water forces air into cracks in rocks, causing it to break apart?

• Abrasion

• Hydraulic action

• Solution

• Attrition

Which type of erosion is when chemicals in seawater dissolve rocks like limestone?

• Abrasion

• Hydraulic action

• Solution

• Attrition

What comes next?

Cave...

• Arch, stump, stack

• Stack, arch, stump

• Arch, stack, stump

• Stump, stack, arch

Headlands form on hard rock. True or false?

• True

• False

What is this sloping landform called?

• Bay

• Wave cut platform

• Stack

• Beach

Which of these is NOT a landform of erosion?

• Cave

• Bay

• Wave cut platform

• Spit

What causes deposition?

• An increase in wave energy

• Stronger winds

• A decrease in wave energy

• A fast river current

What is the best definition for longshore drift?

• The zigzag movement of sediment along a beach

• The movement of sediment down a beach due to gravity

• The erosion of sediment

• When a wave moves sediment up the beach