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the coastal system
What type of system is the coasta...,
Why is it considered an open system,
When do we consider the coastal s...
3
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sediment cells
What is a sediment cell,
What are sediment cells bordered by,
What happens in terms of the sedi...
7
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inputs and outputs
What are the three types of input...,
What are the marine inputs,
What are the atmosphere inputs
5
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stores/sinks, transfers/flows and energy
Examples of stores,
What are examples of transfers flows,
Example of deposition
4
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feedback loops
What is an example of negative fe...,
What is an example of positive fe...
2
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sediment sources
What are the 6 sediment sources,
Where is most of the sediment in ...,
What is an estuary why are estuar...
8
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sediment budgets
What does a sediment budget do,
What are the two things that can ...
2
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littoral zone
What is the littoral zone,
What are the short term factors w...,
What are the long term factors wh...
3
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sources of energy at the coast
What is the primary source of ene...,
What is the primary source of ene...,
What is offshore
4
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wave formation
What is the term for what happens...,
What does frictional drag create,
What happens as the seabed become...
3
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factors affecting wave energy
What are the three main factors t...,
What is fetch,
What happens if our fetch is larger
3
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constructive waves
What type of landforms do they cr...,
Wavelength,
Frequency
7
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destructive waves
What do depositional waves tend t...,
Wavelength,
Frequency
7
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waves varying
What waves dominate in the summer,
What waves dominate in the winter,
What happens to constructive wave...
5
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negative feedback: beaches and waves
What type of waves causes deposit...,
What type of waves do steeper bea...,
What does destructive waves do to...
4
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tides
What source of energy is responsi...,
When do tides occur,
What is the tidal range
14
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currents
What are rip currents,
When do rip currents occur,
Why are riptides different to rip...
3
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high energy coastlines
What strength do the high energy ...,
What type of waves,
What type of landforms
4
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low energy coastlines
What strength do the low energy c...,
What type of waves,
What type of beaches
4
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wave refraction
What is wave refraction,
Where is wave energy focused and ...,
Where does the energy on the head...
4
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negative feedback (bays)
1 there s different rock strength...
1
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marine processes: erosion
What is erosion,
What is corrasion,
What is corrosion
6
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types of rock
What is the three types of rock,
What is example of igneous rocks,
What is example of metamorphic rocks
5
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factors affecting erosion
What are the six things that affe...,
What is the main factor affecting...,
When does erosion ten to occur mo...
6
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transportation
What is coastal transportation re...,
Saltation,
Suspension
5
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deposition
When are the two times deposition...,
Why are high energy coastlines rocky,
What is gravity settling
4
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weathering
What is weathering,
E,
Explain the process of negative f...
18
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mass movement
What is mass movement,
What is soil creep,
What is mudflows
6
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cliff profile and rate of retreat
Where are steep cliffs most commo...,
Where are gentle cliffs found,
What is the two things rate of re...
4
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wave cut notch and platform
When a wave erodes a cliff where ...,
Explain the sequence of the forma...
2
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coastal landforms and landscape of deposition (beaches)
What type of landform is a beach,
When are beaches created,
What is beach accretion when does...
12
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coastal landforms and landscape of deposition (spits)
What is a spit what causes it to ...,
What can the sediment projection ...,
What does the length of the spit ...
4
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coastal landforms and landscape of deposition (barrier beach/bar)
What is a barrier beach,
What does it trap behind it and w...,
What is it called if a barrier be...
3
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coastal landforms and landscape of deposition (tombolo)
What is a tombolo,
What is a tombolo formed by
2
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coastal landforms and landscape of deposition (offshore bar)
What is an offshore bar,
Wheat are the two times an offsho...
2
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plant succession
What is plant succession,
What happens on coasts where ther...,
How does sand dune succession work
5
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salt marsh succession
What is the five stages of salt m...,
Explain salt marsh succession,
Salt marsh succession explain the...
7
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coastal vegetation
What is vegetation essential for ...,
What are the three ways vegetatio...
2
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sand dunes
When do sand dunes occur therefor...,
The sand dunes develop as a proce...,
What are the five types of dunes
8
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estuarine mudflats and saltmarshes
Why does deposition occur in rive...,
Where may estuarine mudflats and ...,
Since most sediment is small what...
4
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stability of depositional landforms
What do depositional landforms co...,
What are depositional landforms v...,
What do depositional landforms de...
3
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sea level change isostatic change
When does isostatic change occur,
Local or global everywhere,
What is isostatic change often a ...
7
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sea level change eustatic change
What does eustatic change affect,
What can eustatic change be cause...,
What is thermal expansion
7
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emergent coastal landforms
What are emergent landforms,
What are some of the emergent lan...
2
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submergent coastal landforms
When do submergent coastal landfo...,
What are the three submergent fea...,
When are rias formed
10
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contemporary sea level change
How much has sea levels risen by ...,
What has contemporary sea level r...,
How much has the ipcc predicted s...
4
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risk to coastal environments storm surges
What is a storm surge a result of,
What do storm surges raise and wh...,
What can the risk of storm surges...
5
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risk to coastal environments consequences for communities
What can it do to house prices,
What do storm surges damage in te...
2
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risk to coastal environments environmental refugees
Globally how many people living o...,
How much of the world s populatio...,
How much of all of the worlds lar...
4
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hard engineering
What is hard engineering,
What are the three disadvantages ...,
What is the description of a groy...
6
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soft engineering
What is sot engineering,
What is the description of beach ...,
What is the description of beach ...
5
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cost benefit analysis
When is the cba carried out,
What does the sba consider,
According to defra s 1 1 analysis...
3
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sustainable coastal management
What are sustainable coastal mana...,
What does a sustainable coastal m...,
What does a sustainable coastal m...
6
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integrated coastal zone management
What is iczm,
What do the iczm recognise about ...,
What are the two things that the ...
6
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shoreline management plans (SMPs)
What has been created for each se...,
What does each smp identify,
What are the four smp options
8
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conflict over policy decisions
In terms of conflict over policy ...,
In terms of conflict over policy ...,
What has happened to defra since ...
3
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the impact of coastal management on sediment cells
What can happen from installing a...,
What is the impact of building gr...
2
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