Processes shaping the coastline
I can name and describe processes that help to shape our coastlines.
Processes shaping the coastline
I can name and describe processes that help to shape our coastlines.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Natural processes that happen at the coast help to shape coastlines.
- There are four types of erosion: abrasion, hydraulic action, attrition and solution.
- There are four types of transportation: traction, solution, suspension and saltation.
- The process of deposition occurs when waves have lost their energy and can no longer carry their load.
Keywords
Process - A process is an ordered series of actions, events or changes that make something happen.
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 material such as sand, mud or rocks is dropped by the water that was carrying it.
Transportation - Transportation is when water moves sand, mud and rocks.
Common misconception
Students frequently mix up the different types of processes, their names and definitions.
Flag up words for processes that sound similar or have similar spellings as you encounter them. Signpost the differences in their meanings, and encourage students to highlight them in a way that is most useful for them, for example by colour coding.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
Exit quiz
4 Questions
rocks in waves knocking against cliffs
rocks in waves knocking against each other
waves forcing air into cracks in cliffs
rocks dissolved by seawater
when small particles of rock are carried along, floating in seawater
minerals from rocks dissolve into seawater and are carried along
larger, heavier rocks are dragged along the seabed
medium sized rocks bounce along the seabed