Year 7 Coasts Vocab Quiz

What is hydraulic action?

• The power of water

• Rocks knocking against each other, becoming smoother

• Rocks being chucked against the cliff in a sandpaper motion

• Dissolved acids in the water

What is abrasion?

• The power of water

• Rocks knocking against each other, becoming smoother

• Rocks being chucked against the cliff in a sandpaper motion

• Dissolved acids in the water

What is attrition?

• The power of water

• Rocks knocking against each other, becoming smoother

• Rocks being chucked against the cliff in a sandpaper motion

• Dissolved acids in the water

What is solution?

• The power of water

• Rocks knocking against each other, becoming smoother

• Rocks being chucked against the cliff in a sandpaper motion

• Dissolved acids in the water

What is erosion?

• The wearing and breaking down of rocks

• Rocks being transported down the coast

• Rocks disappearing along the coast

• Rocks being worn down by the atmosphere, the weather

What is weathering?

• The wearing and breaking down of rocks

• Rocks being transported down the coast

• Rocks disappearing along the coast

• Rocks being worn down by the atmosphere, the weather

What is a social effect?

• Something that impacts people

• Something that impacts money, the economy / jobs

• Something that impacts the area

What is an economic effect?

• Something that impacts people

• Something that impacts money, the economy / jobs

• Something that impacts the area

What is an envrionmental effect?

• Something that impacts people

• Something that impacts money, the economy / jobs

• Something that impacts the area

What is tourism?

• Where people visit a different area

• Where people move to a different area

• Where people research a different area