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Geography Test

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Name and explain a feature of coastal erosion
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Give two examples of human activity on the sea
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What is hydraulic action?
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Name and explain a feature of coastal deposition
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What are constructive waves?
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How can waves occur?
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What are waves responsible for?
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What are destructive waves?
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What is a backwash?
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What is compressed air?
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Name the features of coastal erosion
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Waves that deposit more than they erode
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Pollution, oil spillages and food,water
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The force of water bashing against the coastline
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When wind moves across the surface of the sea
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Waves that erode more than they deposit
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Hydraulic action, compressed air,abrasion or corrosion,attrition and solution
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When air gets trapped in cracks or fissures in rocks
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The backward movement of a wave breaking onto the shore
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Bay and headland. Bays and headlands are formed as a result of compression and abrasion. Coastlines consist of areas of hard rock and soft rock. When waves hit against the rock the soft rock(bay) is eroded more quickly than the hard rock(headland)
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Beach. An area between the high tide and low tide mark. When waves break they are unable to carry material further and so deposit it. The swash is usually powerful and deposits larger materials up the beach. The backwash is less powerfull
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Erosion, transportation and deposition of material along our coasts
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Example of bay
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Give an example of a beach
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When rocks,pebbles and stones are hurled against the coastline
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When rocks are dissolved by acids in the water e.g Limestone
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Dunmore Head, co. Kerry
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The forward movement a of a wave breaking onto the shore
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When rocks are in collision with each other

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