Starter quiz
- ______ are formed by the wind blowing over the surface of the sea.
- 'waves' ✓
- Arches that collapse become ______
- a cave
- a cliff
- a sea stack ✓
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- Put the coastal features in the order they would form.
- 1⇔cave
- 2⇔arch
- 3⇔sea stack
- Harder rocks, like granite, erode ______
- quickly
- extrmely fast
- slowly ✓
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- Harder rocks erode more ______ than softer rocks.
- quickly
- slowly ✓
- often
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- Coastlines made of hard rock will create:
- a beach
- a headland ✓
- a bay
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Exit quiz
- ______ is material that is moved by water or air and settles in another place.
- Sediment ✓
- Erosion
- Deposition
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- ______ is when sand, mud and rocks are dropped by the river.
- Sediment
- Erosion
- Deposition ✓
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- Which process creates coastal features such as cliffs, caves and arches?
- erosion ✓
- transportation
- deposition
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- ______ creates sediment in the sea.
- 'Erosion' ✓
- ______ is the process of moving material from one place to another.
- Erosion
- Transportation ✓
- Deposition
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- Calm seas can only transport ______ particles of sediment.
- 'small' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Coastal communities at risk are deeply affected by changes caused by erosion, flooding or sea level rise.
- The sea transports sediment such as mud, sand and stones: these can create coastal patterns of erosion and deposition.
- Sediment patterns on beaches reflect wave energy and wind direction.
Common misconception
Children may believe prevailing wind is the direction of wind on any particular day.
The prevailing wind is the most frequent wind direction that a location experiences.
Keywords
Sediment - Sediment is material that is moved by water or air and settles in another place.
Erosion - Erosion is the process of Earth’s surface, e.g. rock or soil, being worn away and transported from its original site.
Deposition - Deposition is when sand, mud and rocks are dropped by the river.
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