Landform formation
High land jutting out into the sea, formed of hard rock that resists erosion.
Headland
Sand that moves in a zigzag pattern.
Longshore drift
What is the term for a chain of mountains?
Mountain Range
What Road is Berwick College on?
Manuka Road
What does the 'L' stand for in BOLTSS?
Legend
Types of waves that create a stack?
Destructive waves
A narrow bar of deposited sand linked to the coast.
Spit
What do we call a large body of water surrounded by land?
Lake
What is the name of the main court at the Tennis Centre?
Rod Laver Arena
Where is the equator?
Around the middle of the Earth.
Arches form at the end of what other type of coastal landform?
Headland
A small wave that deposits sand on a beach.
Constructive waves.
What is the name of a large, flat area of land that is higher than the land around it?
Plateau
What were the two locations we went to for our excursion?
Cape Schank and Rye Beach
What does the A in TOASTIE stand for?
Annotations
What is formed when an arch collapses?
A stack
Water and suspended materials such as sand flowing onto a beach.
Swash
What process wears down landforms over time through wind, water, and ice?
What famous road trip starts near Melbourne and follows the coastline past the Twelve Apostles?
Great Ocean Road
What topic have we just covered?
Landscapes and landforms or coastal landforms
When soft rock is eroded, what is formed?
A bay.
A wall that extends from a beach designed to trap sand and direct waves away.
Groyne
What is the name of a low area of land between hills or mountains, often with a river running through it?
Valley
What are the names of the two bays in Victoria?
Port Phillip and Westernport
What is the main natural force in creating waves?
Wind
What are the flat, eroded areas of rock at the base of a coastal cliff?
Wave cut platforms.
How fast can a tsunami wave travel?
800 km p/h
What type of landform forms when two tectonic plates collide and push the land upward?
Fold Mountains
What is the longest mountain range in Australia (part of it in Victoria)?
Great Dividing Range
What is the science/art of making maps?
Cartography