OMG 6-8
soft rock eroded inward and the hard rock stick out. What is it?
Headland
common direction of wind. What is it?
Prevailing wind
behind coastal spit, where salt builds up.
Salt marsh
This involves building man made structures to reduce erosion. Hard or Soft engineering?
Hard engineering
This coastal process moves sand along the shore when waves hit the beach at an angle.
What is longshore drift?
What erosion act like a sand paper?
abrasion
what erosion is when little material and rock knock each other and turn in to smaller rocks
attrition
What erosion is when sea water dissolves rocks and the cliff?
solution
where small pieces of shingle are jumping along the sea bed
Saltation
When the roof of a coastal arch collapses, this tall pillar of rock is left standing in the sea.
What is a stack?
Give one strategies is used of "Hold the line" (Hard and soft engineering)
Sea wall....
takes a more sustainable and natural approach to managing the coast. Hard or soft engineering?
Soft engineering
2 way of transporting materials
Traction, Saltation, suspension, solution
Dikes and Levees can be made from wood or metal and protects against beach erosion by trapping sand?
( Yes or No )
NO
Tiny marine animals called these build coral reefs by creating hard calcium carbonate skeletons.
What are coral polyps?
This coastal erosion process happens when waves force air into cracks in rocks, causing the rock to break apart.
hydraulic action
What is 3 strategies that a wave has depends on?
- strength -the length of time -fetch
Is Coral Reef Restoration uses trees to protect against coastal erosion? (Yes or No )
No
What is it called? sand dunes provide natural protection against storms and flooding. Is it soft or hard engineering?
Dune Regeneration
This happens when waves remove sand and sediment from a beach faster than it can be replaced.
What is coastal erosion?
when people move out of the dangerous, most vulnerable areas. What is this called?
Retreating the line (managed realignment)
What is bababoi (bababoy)?
a funny cat online
What are the Five Oceans ?
Pacific, Atlantic, Southern, Arctic and Indian
destructive wave
What is coral bleaching?