Coasts Revision

1. The pattern material moves along a coast by longshore drift
3. Freeze thaw is an example of this
6. Material rotates along a curved slip plane
8. A strip of sand/shingle extending across a bay, connected to land on both sides
9. Where small pieces of shingle are bounced along the sea bed
11. Wooden or stone fences built at right angles to trap material transported by longshore drift
14. When an arch collapses it creates this landform
15. A wave cut _______ is formed by erosional processes at the foot of a cliff
16. The name of the coastline we used as our UK example

2. Waves pick up stones from the beach and throw it at the base of cliffs, wearing them away
4. The backwash moves material back down the beach at a right angle to the shoreline due to this
5. What wind causes the direction of a wave's swash?
6. Narrow coastal land formation that is tied to the coast at one end; this is created by deposition
7. A feature on the Earth's surface
10. Material breaks up and falls down a slope
12. When a wave breaks and water washes up the beach
13. A coastal town on the Holderness Coast vulnerable to erosion