Landforms & Landscapes
Natural Disasters
Coastal Landscape Features
Coastal Management Strategies
Altona Beach
100
A landscape that contains mountains and is usually formed along tectonic boundries
What is a Mountian Landscape?
100
What is a Landslide?
100
A narrow, gently sloping strip of land, usually made of sand, that lies along the edge of an ocean or sea.
What is a beach?
100
The biggest threat to our coastlines
What is Beach Erosion?
100
The beach we went to on excursion
What is Altona Beach?
200
A landscape that contains a river
what is a riverine landscape?
200
Where 80 % of the planet's earthquakes and volcaneos occur
What is the ring of fire?
200
a mound of sand that is formed by the wind, usually along the beach or in a desert.
What is a dune?
200
Vertical structures are typically made of concrete or stone and are built parallel to the shoreline to protect coastal properties from wave action and erosion
What are seawalls?
200
The train station we changed trains at
What is Footscray Station?
300
A landscape that is characterised by its lack of rain. No more than 250mm of rain per year
What is a desert landscape?
300
The name that is given to magma once it has reached the earths surface
What is Lava?
300
The two types of waves that create coastal landscapes
What are constructive and destructive waves?
300
The process of artificially adding sand or sediment to eroded beaches to restore their width.
What is Beach Nourishment?
300
The teachers who came with us to Altona Beach
Who are Mr Loo, Ms OConnell, and Ms Decker
400
A landscape that contains the features a cave, spring, and stalactite
What is a Karst Landscape?
400
2011
When did the Japan Earthquake, Tsunami, and following nuclear disaster, take place?
400
Geomorphic processes with the acronym of W.E.D
What is Weather, Erosion, and Deposition?
400
Structures, typically made of wood or concrete, are built perpendicular to the shoreline to trap sand and prevent its longshore drift.
What are groynes?
400
$17
How much money is a fish and chip pack for one at the Altona Beach Fish and Chip Place?
500
This mountain is located in Nepal
Where is Mt Everest located?
500
Avalanches of hot gas and rock
What is Pyroclastic Flow?
500
Waves, wind, and human activity
What changes/forms coastal landscapes?
500
2 to 8 years
How long does beach nourishment typically last?
500
The date we went to Altona Beach
What is 19th February 2024?