Intro to Coasts

Longshore drift is a process of

• Erosion

• Transportation

• Deposition

A constructive wave has a

• Strong swash

• Weak swash

• Strong backwash

• weak backwash

A headland is made from

• Hard rock that is more resistant to erosion

• Soft rock that is less resistant to erosion

A destructive wave has

• A strong swash

• Weak swash

• Strong backwash

• Weak backwash

Material is deposited in

• Low energy conditions

• High energy conditions

• When there is to much material

Deposition will only take place when longshore drift is

Destructive waves will deposit material

• True

• False

Sand dunes are created due to

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Transportation

Hydraulic power is

• Rocks banging together to make smaller rocks

• Dissolved by acid in the water

• Force of the water breaking up the cliff

A spit is formed through the process of