the sea
What is a swash?
The waves that moves up the shore
What is hydraulic action?
The power of water as it crashes against the coast
What is a backwash?
The waves that moves back down the shore.
What is abrasion?
Waves that pick up stones and throw them against the coast.
What do constructive waves build?
Constructive waves build a beach.
What is compressed air?
Air in rocks becomes trapped by the incoming waves. The trapped air puts pressure on the rocks. When the water retreats the air expands and the pressure drops. This repeated compression and release causes rocks to shatter.
What do destructive waves do?
Destructive waves can destroy a beach.
What is attrition?
Stones carried by the waves hit off each other. Over time they are worn down and smoothed.
Name all the different types of sea features.
- sea cliff, sea cave, arch, stump, beach, sand dunes, sand spit, sand bar, lagoon, Tombolo,
What is solution?
Certain rocks, such as limestone, are dissolved by the water