Coastal Processes

This coastal process is created by the energy of the wind which has height, energy and duration.

• Tides

• Waves

• Storm Surge

• Sea Level Rise

These are temporary fluctuations in sea levels due to gravitational forces between the sun, the moon and the earth.

• Wave

• Storm Surge

• Tides

• Sea Level Rise

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

This is due to the warming of the sea and melting of glaciers and is slowly becoming permanent.

• Crustal Movement

• Abrasion

• Sea Level Rise

• Corrasion

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-2

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

This process can cause erosion, submersion and saltwater intrusion along coasts.

• Crustal Movement

• Corrasion

• Abrasion

• Storm Surge

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

This occurs when the wind from tropical cyclones cause seawater to be unusually higher than high tide levels.

• Hydraulic Action

• Corrosion

• Storm Surge

• Submersion

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

This occurs when waves pick up beach materials and hurl them at the base of a cliff

• Corrasion

• Abrasion

• Hydraulic Action

• Submersion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

This happens when breaking waves containing sediment fragments erode the shoreline.

• Abrasion

• Saltwater Intrusion

• Submersion

• Corrosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This is the effect of waves as they hit cliff faces, the air is compressed into cracks and is released as waves rushes back seaward.

• Hydraulic Action

• Corrosioni

• Submersion

• Saltwater Intrusion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

This is the process when waves bump rocks and pebbles against each other leading to the eventual breaking of the materials.

• Saltwater Intrusion

• Submersion

• Corrosion

• Attrition

This involves dissolution by weak acids such as when the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is dissolved into water turning it into a weak carbonic acid.

• Corrosion

• Liqufaction

• Diversion

• Submersion

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-5