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AQA GCSE Geography: Coasts Questions and Answers Graded A How do different waves form? Wind blowing over the sea. Friction with water surface causes ripples that develop into waves. The longer the fetch the more powerful the wave. What is the fetch? The distance the wind blows across the water What is the swash? The wave breaks onto the beach and moves up it What is the backwash? Water rolling back from the beach due to gravity What is a prevailing wind? A wind coming from the predominant di...

SAGE Reading Vocab Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass contrition - Answer- deep regret for doing something wrong Chivalry - Answer- the qualities idealized by knighthood such as bravery and gallantry toward women promontory - Answer- a high ridge of land jutting into a body of water; a headland luminous - Answer- bright; brilliant; glowing supplication - Answer- the action of asking or begging for something earnestly or humbly poised - Answer- balanced, suspended; calm, controlled; re...

Fetch correct answers The distance that the wind has traveled across open water wave form correct answers water particles rotate in a circular/ellipitcal movement as water masses through wave crest correct answers Highest point of a wave wave trough correct answers Lowest point of a wave wave height correct answers the vertical distance from the crest of a wave to the trough wave length correct answers the distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave ...

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...

LUOA Earth Science Module 3 Test Review (2022/2023) Already Passed Conventional oil a power source of fuel that provides lots of energy but burning it releases carbon dioxide, green house, and other oil pollution Benefit: High energy yield 2 recycled metals aluminum and copper Advantages of Solar Energy it is free, net energy is not too high, quick installments, no carbon dioxide admission, very low air and water pollution, and very low land disturbance Disadvantages of Solar Energy it needs ...

Geography (AQA GCSE) Latest Update Already Passed How are waves formed The wind blowing over the sea, friction with the surface of the water causes ripples to form and these develop into waves Constructive waves Low waves that surge up the beach, powerful swash weak backwash, deposit large amounts of material, crests far apart, gently sloping wave front Destructive waves Formed by local storms near the coast, powerful backwash, closely spaced, high and steep, weak swash, narrow the beach, stee...

LUOA Earth Science Module 3 Test Review Latest Update Graded A+ Conventional oil a power source of fuel that provides lots of energy but burning it releases carbon dioxide, green house, and other oil pollution Benefit: High energy yield 2 recycled metals aluminum and copper Advantages of Solar Energy it is free, net energy is not too high, quick installments, no carbon dioxide admission, very low air and water pollution, and very low land disturbance Disadvantages of Solar Energy it needs to ...

Make sure flash cards have spatial and temporal factors -Answer - Make sure flash cards have spatial and temporal factors - have synoptic links - recent news about them (extra reading stuffs) - need to add stats to Sundarbans Key points about the Holderness coastline (1) -Answer - Located in East Yorkshire *page41 on googledocs* - 60km long between Flamborough (North) & Spurnhead (South) - 1 metre of erosion occurs per year (excluding storms) = powerful waves across long fetch of...

SAGE Reading Vocab Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass contrition - Answer- deep regret for doing something wrong Chivalry - Answer- the qualities idealized by knighthood such as bravery and gallantry toward women promontory - Answer- a high ridge of land jutting into a body of water; a headland luminous - Answer- bright; brilliant; glowing supplication - Answer- the action of asking or begging for something earnestly or humbly poised - Answer- balanced, suspended; calm, controlled; re...

contrition ☑: deep regret for doing something wrong Chivalry ☑: the qualities idealized by knighthood such as bravery and gallantry toward women promontory ☑: a high ridge of land jutting into a body of water; a headland luminous ☑: bright; brilliant; glowing supplication ☑: the action of asking or begging for something earnestly or humbly poised ☑: balanced, suspended; calm, controlled; ready for actio