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Introduction to coasts
What does a closed system mean,
What does open system mean,
What are most ecosystems examples of
15
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Sustainable Coastline Management
What does the term sustainable ma...,
Cba,
Tangible
21
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NoAmountOfCoastalInterventionCanHaltNaturalProcesses
What does coastal intervention de...,
What 4 places would you talk about,
What natural process is the holde...
17
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Tombolo/bar/ barrier beach
Tombolo,
Bar,
What will form behind bar
7
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Spit
Define spit,
Step 1,
Step 2
11
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Coastal Sand Dunes
Define sand dune,
Important inputs to create sand dune,
Why does deposition occur
13
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Beach Characteristics
Define beaches,
Sand beaches,
What features form on sand beaches
8
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Swash/drift Aligned Beaches
Name 2 types of beach,
Swash aligned beach,
Drift aligned beach
4
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Run-off
Examples of runoff
1
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Aeolian Deposition
What is aeolian deposition,
What happens when there is a larg...,
2 ways sand is transported by wind
6
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Marine Deposition
When will deposition occur,
Name some situations when deposit...,
Marine deposition landforms
3
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Coastal Geomorphological Processes
What 2 sets of geomorphological p...,
Marine processes sub aerial proce...,
Marine processes
12
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Coastal Sediment Budgets
Coastal sediment budget,
More material being added to cell,
More material removed from cell
4
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Sources Of Energy Wind/wave/currents/tide
Why is wind so significant,
Higher uninterrupted wind will cr...,
Prevailing wind direction
34
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Holderness And Processes
What type of mass movement occurs...,
Why does massmovement occur,
Why is erosion mass movement of c...
15
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Exam Qs
Explain the difference between eu...
1
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Impacts Of Present/ Predicted Sea Level Rise
Future predictions of sea level rise,
Environmental impacts,
Economic impacts
4
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Recent/ Predicted Sea Level Change
How much have sea levels rose by ...,
How much does sea level rise per ...,
What does the future sea level ri...
5
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History Of Coastal Management
What are cliffed coastlines used for,
What 6 things increases rate of e...,
What was coastal protection like ...
14
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Artificial Headlands And Bays
0
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Mass Movement Types
Which movement occurs at barely p...,
Which movement occurs quickly up ...,
2 factors to why mass movement oc...
7
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The importance of waves
What does the size of the wave de...,
Name the 2 wave types,
What is swash
15
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Coastal Currents
Name the 3 currents,
What are longshore currents,
What are rip currents
5
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The power of destructive waves
What 3 main features do destructi...,
What happens when the waves drive...,
What is the fetch
5
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Deposition landforms made by the sea - Gcse
Where does deposition occur,
What is the most widespread coast...,
Why does the type of beach depend on
5
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Caves, arches and stacks - Gcse
What are waves particularly good at,
What can any vertical line of wea...,
What happens when a wave has formed
7
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Transporting material - Gcse
Under normal conditions waves ten...,
When shingle is piled at the foot...,
Give an example of how the moveme...
4
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Sediment Cellls
0
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Sediment Cells
What 3 things do sediment cells have,
What are inputs sources,
What are transfers flows
18
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High and Low Energy Coastlines
What do high energy coastlines ha...,
Where are strong winds most common,
Where has the longest fetch
10
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Tides
What is a neap tide,
What is a spring tide,
What is the tidal range
3
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Marine Erosion Processes
Name the 6 marine erosion processes,
What is wave pounding,
What is wave quarrying
8
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Rates of Erosion
Breaking point of a wave,
Wave steepness,
Fetch
17
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Mass Movement
Name the 6 types of mass movement,
What are landslides,
What are rockfalls
13
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Chemical Weathering
Name the 5 types of chemical weat...,
What is oxidation,
What is hydration
5
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Weathering processes - Sub-aerial
Name the 5 sub aerial weathering ...,
What is frost shattering,
What is salt crystallisation
10
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Marine Erosion Processes
Define hydraulic action,
Define abrasion,
Define attrition
7
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Processes of Marine Transportation
Name the 4 transportation processes,
What is traction,
What is saltation
6
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Mechanical/physical weathering
What does mechanical physical wea...,
What is freeze thaw weathering,
Define mechanical weathering
6
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Causes of Sea Level Change
Name the 3 types of sea level change,
What are eustatic changes,
What other eustatic factor increa...
11
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Submergent Features
How are rias created,
What happened in devon and cornwall,
Describe what a ria is
11
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All About Sea Level Change
When was the last glacial maximum,
What happened during the last gla...,
What has happened over the last 3...
23
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Hard Engineering
Define hard engineering,
What does hard engineering involve,
Name 8 examples of hard engineering
33
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Soft Engineering
Define soft engineering,
What does soft engineering involve,
Name 4 advantages of soft enginee...
25
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History of Coastal Management
What are cliff ed coastlines popu...,
When was coastal management begin...,
Why does erosion cause conflict w...
29
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Coastal Problems
Why do coastal problems happen,
Name the 2 coastal problems,
Name the processes involved in co...
21
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Sustainable Coastal Management
What do all coastal management ha...,
What does cbas take in to account,
What is a cba
21
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Sand Dune Management
How will cordoning off areas of d...,
What is a negative of fencing san...,
What could you do with a bio dive...
17
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Causes of Eustatic and Isostatic Sea Level Change
Name 3 ways that cause a eustatic...,
Climate cools,
Climate warms
22
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Sequence of Sea Level Rise Reflecting Advance and Retreat of Ice
Stage 16,
Stage 23,
Stage 34
4
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Emergent and Submergent Coastal Landforms.
Name the 4 submergent coastal lan...,
What are submergent coastal land ...,
Name the 2 emergent coastal features
18
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Spring and Neap Tides
0
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