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Name an example of a beach that you have studied
Curracloe Beach, Co. Wexford
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_ carries material up the shore.
Swash
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List 5 features of coastal erosion landforms (Not the one you have studied)
Bays & headlands, sea caves, sea arches, sea stacks & stumps, blowholes
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The movement of the load in the sea is called what?
Longshore drift
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Name a feature of coastal deposition that you have studied
Beach
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A cliff experiencing active erosion appears to what?
Retreat backwards
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What pattern does longshore drift move in
ZigZag
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Name the feature of coastal erosion that you have studied
Sea Cliff
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List 3 ways how humans interact with the sea
Food supply, transport & recreation
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Name the 4 types of coastal protection
Sea walls, rock armour, groynes & gabions
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Name an example of a sea cliff
Cliffs of Moher, Co.Clare
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Name this coastal protection
Groynes
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The processes of _ & _ constantly erode the cliff so it retreats into the coastline
Compression & abrasion
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Name the two types of waves
Constructive & Destructive
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Name the plant found on a sand dune and explain what it prevents
Marram grass, prevents sand blowing in land and erosion
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Waves _, _ & _ material along the coast.
Erode, transport and deposit
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What is eroded at the base of a cliff?
A notch
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Name the 5 processes of coastal erosion
Hydraulic action, abrasion, compression, solution & attrition
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Name 3 types of coastal deposition features (not the one you have studied)
Sand spit, Lagoons, Tombolos
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_ moves material back to the shore.
Backwash
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A beach is a build up of _ & _ that have been deposited by what?
Sand & shingle, constructive waves
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Name this coastal protection
Sea walls
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