Coastal ProcessesTest

GCSE Geography

Main Processes

There are 4 main

processes:

1.

2.

3.

4.

Wearing away the coast

1. What’s the difference between attrition and corrosion?

2. What is abrasion an alternative name for?

3. Which two processes do you think do the most damage to the coast?

Carrying material

1. What’s different between the material carried by suspension and saltation?

2. Which process rolls large pieces along the sea bed?

3. How does solution work?

Sequence of processes

Put the following processes in the order they

may occur in:

deposition corrasion

attrition weathering longshore drift