The coasts of Britain

Though The UK is a relatively small country, its coastline is long.

• I agree.

• I disagree,

Pembrokeshire is

• in the SW corner of Scotland

• in the SW corner of Wales

• in the SW corner of England

If waves smash against cliffs, they will

• continually wear them away.

• exert hydraulic action over cracks and weaknesses in them.

• preserve the cracks and weaknesses in them.

Erosion means "wearing away".

• True

• False

Headlands erode fast.

• True

• False

Many headlands in Britain are made up of

• harder rock.

• Jurassic limestone.

• sand and clay.

• calcium carbonate.

Bays erode quickly as they are made of softer rock (clay, sand).

• True

• False

Hydraulic action is

• chemical in nature.

• a physical process.

• based on waves compressing water trapped in cracks.

• caused by waves smashing against the cliffs/ rocks.

Corrasion and corrosion are the same processes.

• True

• False

Attrition is about wearing away the sediment carried by waves.

• True

• False