Coasts

A coast is where....

• sea meets a rock

• land meets the sea

• space meets the horizon

Coasts extend for...........miles inland

• 12

• 30

• 200

The Economic Exclusion Zone extends for ............ miles out to sea

• 20

• 200

• 2000

Some of the things we use the coast for are.......

• Fishing, surfing, mountaineering

• Snowboarding, drilling for oil, snorkelling

• Sailing, tourism, marine ecosystems

Waves are caused when.....

• wind blows over the surface of the water

• there is a full moon

• the rotation of the Earth

The size of a wave will depend on 3 things: strength of the wind, how long the wind blow for, and.......

• the temperature of the water

• the fetch

• the depth of the water

Constructive waves are.....

• big in height, strong swash, strong backwash

• big in height, weak swash, strong backwash

• small in height, strong swash, weak backwash

Abrasion is when.....

• rocks hit the top of the cliff and break it down

• rocks hit the base of the cliff and break it down

• when air gets in cracks in the rock

What type of erosion is this: when rocks dissolve over time due to chemicals in the water

• Attrition

• Hydraulic Action

• Solution

What does the word deposition mean?

• When the water loses energy and the material is dropped

• Material being taken somewhere else

• Material being eroded