Coastal landscapes: checklist Click to continue

Coasts This PowerPoint is a checklist of all the topics that need to be learnt for the coasts question of the exam paper. You will be asked a question about part of the course. Your teacher will give you an allotted time to answer the question. The correct answer will then be revealed. The questions and answers will form a list of revision topics for you. Test yourself to see how much you know before you start your revision and then again at the end of these revision lessons. Click to continue

Coastal processes produce landforms What types of waves are there? Constructive Destructive What are the main types of weathering? Physical Biological Chemical Click to continue

Coastal processes produce landforms How are coasts eroded? Corrasion Corrosion Hydraulic action What is mass movement? Soil creep Slumping Click to continue

Coastal processes produce landforms What landforms are created by coastal erosion? Cliffs and wave-cut platforms Headlands and bays Caves, arches, stacks and stumps Click to continue

Coastal processes produce landforms How does the sea move material? Longshore drift What is the impact of longshore drift? Deposition in estuaries What landforms are created by coastal deposition? Beaches Spits Bars Click to continue

Coastal landforms are subject to change What affects the rate of coastal erosion? Fetch Geology Coastal management Click to continue

Coastal landforms are subject to change What are the effects of coastal recession on people and the environment? Guess the example from the newspaper headline: Headline Location Tower’s days are numbered! Walton-on-the-Naze A doomed village! Happisburgh Golfers paradise threatened! Westward Ho! Train passengers get a shower! Exeter to Plymouth railway Barton on Sea becomes Barton in the sea! Barton on Sea Click to continue

Coastal landforms are subject to change State four ways in which the effects of coastal flooding are reduced. Education Forecasting Planning Building design Click to continue

Coastal landforms are subject to change What are the main types of soft engineering used on the coastline of the UK? Beach replenishment Managed retreat Cliff regrading Click to continue

Coastal landforms are subject to change What are the main types of hard engineering used on the coastline of the UK? Groynes Sea walls Offshore reefs Rip-rap Revetments Click to continue

How the coast is managed in a named location? Walton-on-the-Naze