Coastal Systems & Landscape A-level The Coastal System CGP (P38)

A coastline is a natural coastal system because it has inputs, outputs, flows and transfers.

• True

• False

..................... receives inputs from outside the system and transfers outputs away from the coast and into other systems

• A closed system

• An open system

..................................- is a system that transfers energy, but not matter, across its boundary to the surrounding environment.

• Closed System

• Open system

Inputs are received and may refer to material or energy inputs. Energy inputs come from .........

• Currents,

• Tides,

• Waves,

• Winds

• All of these

Coastal inputs are not limited to, but include, three main areas: marine, atmosphere and ...............

Sediment that is washed out to sea or deposited further along the coast is said to be an ....... and may refer to material or energy.

The processes that link the inputs, outputs and stores in the coastal system are known as ...........or flows

Deposition, erosion, transportation and weathering are all examples of .......

• Transfers

• Inputs

• Outputs

Wind blown sand, mass movement and longshore drift are examples of transfers and flows

• True

• False

Stores and sinks refer to stores and sinks of ...................... and material