Erosional landforms Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

CIE International Geography A2 level (Advanced Physical Options - coastal environments). With these notes you'll have the necessary material to get an A+.

The document includes notes on pretty much everything you will need to know on the Coasts topic for CIE geography. Complete with both summary notes and facts, examples and statistics needed for the highest possible marks on essay questions.

permafrost - Answer-forms when soil or rock temperatures remain below 32 degrees for at least 2 years glacier - Answer-large mass of perennial ice resting on land or floating shelflike in sea formed from accumulation and recrystillazation of snow snowline - Answer-where the lowest elevation where snow remains year arounf alpine glacier - Answer-glacier in a mountain range cirque - Answer-scooped-out, amphitheater-shaped basin at the head of an alpine glacier valley; an erosional landform ...

GEOG 1111 FINAL EXAM Questions With 100% Correct Answers permafrost - answerforms when soil or rock temperatures remain below 32 degrees for at least 2 years glacier - answerlarge mass of perennial ice resting on land or floating shelflike in sea formed from accumulation and recrystillazation of snow snowline - answerwhere the lowest elevation where snow remains year arounf alpine glacier - answerglacier in a mountain range cirque - answerscooped-out, amphitheater-shaped basin at the hea...

GEOG 1111 FINAL EXAM Questions With 100% Correct Answers permafrost - answerforms when soil or rock temperatures remain below 32 degrees for at least 2 years glacier - answerlarge mass of perennial ice resting on land or floating shelflike in sea formed from accumulation and recrystillazation of snow snowline - answerwhere the lowest elevation where snow remains year arounf alpine glacier - answerglacier in a mountain range cirque - answerscooped-out, amphitheater-shaped basin at the hea...

Explain some factors that create an erosional coastline (4 main factors) - Answer- - Rock hardness- softer and uncemented sediment and rock more vulnerable to cliff retreat e.g. boulder clay along Holderness -Geological orientation- Discordant coasts have different rates of erosion resulting in headlands + bays, e.g. Eastern Dorset coast of Isle of Purbeck Wave type- Destructive waves are stronger and therefore when water is driven into cracks in rocks it can compress air and cause blasts (Hy...

AQA A-level GEOGRAPHY 7037/1 Paper 1 Physical Geography Mark scheme 2023 Question 1: Which of the following landforms is formed by the process of abrasion? A) Arch B) Cave C) Stack D) Stump Answer 1: A) Arch Explanation: Abrasion is the process of rocks being carried by waves and thrown against the cliff face, wearing it away. This mainly creates erosional landforms. An arch is formed when a cave is eroded right through a headland. Abrasion widens and deepens the cave, event...

GEOG 1111 FINAL EXAM Questions With 100% Correct Answers permafrost - answerforms when soil or rock temperatures remain below 32 degrees for at least 2 years glacier - answerlarge mass of perennial ice resting on land or floating shelflike in sea formed from accumulation and recrystillazation of snow snowline - answerwhere the lowest elevation where snow remains year arounf alpine glacier - answerglacier in a mountain range cirque - answerscooped-out, amphitheater-shaped basin at the hea...

Moving from the earth's crust towards the earth's core, temperature _____________ and pressure _______________. - increases; increases Large crystal size is associated with what type of rock? - Intrusive igneous Rocks found within the core of a mountain range formed along a continental-continental convergent plate boundary are likely to be: - Metamorphic processes associated with a mid-ocean ridge - Mantle convection Plate divergence Crustal formation When oceanic crust collides ...

A level Geography Paper 1 - Coastal systems and landscapes (Questions and Answers A+ Graded 100% Verified) What is a system? ANSWER: A set of interrelated components working together towards some kind of process. What is an open system? ANSWER: Where matter and energy can be transferred from the system across and beyond the boundary into the surrounding environment. What is a closed system? ANSWER: These have transfers of energy both into and beyond the system boundary but not transfer o...