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What are groynes? How do they work? Mention advantages and disadvantages.

(Your own answers).

Explain what beach rebuilding is and how it works. Mention advantages and disadvantages.

(Your own answers).

True or False? Hard rock areas of the coast become BAYS due to erosion.

False. SOFT rock areas.

Explain how sea walls work. Mention advantages and disadvantages.

(Your own answers).

Provide examples of deposition landforms.

Beaches, spits.

Define deposition landforms.

Features of the landscape created by material that has been laid down.

True or False? There are different methods that can stop coastal erosion forever.

False. They can help reduce/slow down the erosion of the coast.

True or False? The coastline always stays the same.

False. It changes constantly due to erosion and deposition caused by the sea.

Provide examples of erosion landforms.

Cliffs, bays, headlands, caves, arches, stacks.

True or False? A spit is a special type of cliff extending out into the sea.

A spit is a special type of BEACH extending out into the sea.

True or False? Coastal landforms are created thanks to the ability of the sea to erode, transport and deposit material.

True.

Mention different methods that can be used to reduce coastal erosion

Beach rebuilding, sea walls, rip-raps, groynes.

Mention some problems coastal erosion can cause.

(Your own answers).

True or False? Hard rock areas of the coast become HEADLANDS due to erosion.

True.

Explain how Rip-rap works. Mention advantages and disadvantages.

(Your own answers).

Define erosion landforms.

Features of the landscape created by the wearing away of the land.