Coasts - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

WAVE CREST This is the top of the wave as water in a wave rises causes crest WAVE TROUGH As water in a wave falls WAVE HEIGHT Distance between the wave crest and trough WAVE PERIOD Time between waves WAVE FREQUENCY Number of waves that break on a beach in a given period of time WAVE STEEPNESS WAVE HEIGHT/WAVE LENGTH cannot exceed 1:7(this is the point at which the wave breaks) WAVE ENERGY In deep water the energy of a wave is proportional to the wave length X by the wave height(sq...

A* standard AQA Geography handwritten detailed notes on coasts (paper 1), covering the whole specification. I used these to revise and achieved an A* in 2022.

Coasts Edexcel A Level Study Guide Rated A+ The littoral zone Backshore Foreshore Nearshore Types of coasts Classification of coasts Primary coasts Secondary coasts Emergent coasts Submergent coasts Low energy High energy Cliffed coastline Sandy coastline Esturaine coastline Geological structure Discordant coastlines Concordant coastlines Dalmation type of concordant coasts Haff type coastlines Cliff profile influences Folding Rock types - lithology Permeable rocks Imper...

Littoral Zone - ANSWER Area of shoreline where land is subject to wave action Littoral Zone Subdivisions - ANSWER - Offshore - Nearshore - Foreshore - Backshore - Beach Offshore - ANSWER Where waves begin to break in the deeper water. Friction between the waves and the sea bed may cause some distortion of the wave shape. Nearshore - ANSWER Friction between the seabed and waves distorts the wave sufficiently to cause it to break. Possible breakpoint bar formation. Foreshore - AN...

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List some lowlands and rivers in the UK correct answers Tray, Clyde, Mersey, Thames, Severn, Wye List some uplands found in the UK correct answers Lake district, Snowdonia, Dartmoor, Pennines, Grampian mountains List some coastlines in the UK correct answers the Holderness forest, Dorset coast Define Landscape correct answers an extensive area of land regarded as being visually and physically distinct define relief correct answers shape of the land whether it is high or low define...

Test Bank for Geology and the Environment 8e 8th Edition by Paul Bierman, Richard Hazlett, Dee D. Trent. Full Chapters test bank are included. Chapter 1 to 12 (Complete chapters) Section I: OUR PLANET. 1. People, Geology, and the Environment. 2. Earth as a System. 3. Climate Change. Section II: THE SOLID EARTH. 4. Rocks and Minerals. 5. Volcanoes. 6. Earthquakes. Section III: THE SURFACE EARTH. 7. Soil. 8. Water. 9. Erosion. 10. Coasts and Oceans. Section IV: EARTH AND SOCIETY. ...

Ocean 100 Final – SDSU Latest Version Already Graded A Euphotic zone first 200 meters -where photosynthesis can take place -suns radiation can be absorbed Seed Plants -true plants -not very abundant -grasses, eelgrass and surfgrass -mangroves -like warm, muddy waters -have a root system Protists a) large algae(seaweed) -brown algae(kelp), green (sponge weed), red (rhodophyta) b) phytoplankton(small algae) -most producers -diatoms -coccolithophores -dinoflagellates ...

wave form correct answers Wind blowing over the sea. Friction with water surface causes ripples that develop into waves. The longer the fetch the more powerful the wave. fetch correct answers The distance the wind blows across the water swash correct answers The wave breaks onto the beach and moves up it backwash correct answers Water rolling back from the beach due to gravity prevailing wind correct answers A wind coming from the predominant direction constructive wave correct an...

Coasts Revision Geography A Level Exam With Correct Answers Constructive waves - Correct Answer low frequency, 6 - 8 per minuet, low and long, stronger swash, builds up beaches Destructive waves - Correct Answer high frequency, 10 - 14 waves per minuet, high and steep, stronger backwash, carries sediment away from the beach. Elliptical wave profile - Correct Answer is an oval shaped wave (constructive waves). Fetch - Correct Answer The distance over the sea which the wind travels t...