Year Humanities CA2

What causes waves?

• The wind when it drags on the surface of the coast.

• The wind when it drags on the surface of the water.

• The wind when it drags on the surface of the swash.

• The wind when it drags on the surface of the fetch.

Fetch is ...

• The length of upwash the wind blows over.

• The length of wind blowing the sea.

• The length of water the wind blows over.

• The length of backwash casued by wind.

Complete the following:
The stronger the _________ is, the longer it ___________ for, and the ___________ the fetch.

______ is the turbulent water created when waves break on the shore.

• Uprush

• Backwash

• Tide

• Swash

The water rushing up the sand is _________.

• swash

• uprush

• backwash

• wave

The water that rolls back into the sea is _________.

• swash

• backwash

• uprush

• tsunami

The two photos show a natural phenomenon. What is it called?

High and low tides are caused by the ____________.

Waves shape the coastline in _____ stages.

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

The stages waves shape coastline are ______________.

• erosion

• transport

• attrition

• deposition