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Year 10
Edexcel B
The influence of sediment transportation and deposition on coastal landscapes
I can explain the role sediment transportation and deposition play in forming coastal depositional landforms.
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Year 10
Edexcel B
The influence of sediment transportation and deposition on coastal landscapes
I can explain the role sediment transportation and deposition play in forming coastal depositional landforms.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Sediment transportation (longshore drift) and deposition (constructive waves) operate at the coast.
- Processes of transportation and deposition influences coastal landforms (spits, beaches, bars).
Keywords
Water column - refers to the vertical section of water from the surface to the sea bed
Prevailing wind - the most frequent wind direction a location receives
Deposition - the sea dropping sediment (or material) being carried by the water at the coastline
Common misconception
Spit formation occurs solely from sediment deposition.
Longshore drift, wave and wind direction play an important role in the formation of spits, and a change in direction of the coastline is required.
GIS could be used in this lesson to examine the impacts of longshore drift along coastlines.
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Starter quiz
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6 Questions
Q1.
Identify the answer that correctly describes constructive waves.
Constructive waves have equal swash and backwash, maintaining beach levels.
Constructive waves have a stronger backwash than swash and erode the coastline.
Constructive waves occur mostly during storms and erode the beach rapidly.
Constructive waves break frequently and move material offshore from beaches.
Q2.
What is the term used to describe the distance a wave has travelled?
Q3.
Which of these is an example of a sedimentary rock?
Slate - formed when shale is heated and compressed by tectonic processes.
Basalt - a volcanic rock that forms from rapidly-cooling lava.
Granite - formed from cooled magma.
Marble - formed when limestone is heated and compressed by tectonic processes.
Q4.
Reorder the statements to provide labels for these diagrams, from left to right.
Q5.
Which of the following are required for a spit to be formed?
Destructive waves removing sediment from the beach.
No change in direction in the coastline (concordant coast).
Q6.
What process is being described when a loss of energy causes sediment being transported by waves to be dropped?
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4 Questions
Q1.
What process of sediment transportation is show in this diagram?
Q2.
The most frequent wind direction a location receives is known as the wind direction.
Q3.
Which of the following landforms is not caused by deposition at the coast?
spit
bar
beach
Q4.
Reorder the statement to explain how a spit is formed.