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EQ2: How do characteristic coastal landforms contribute to coastal landscapes? MatchUp

Target Level
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Click on a top box, then click on its match below. Or, drag a top box and drop it onto the correct match. Match all pairs before clicking ‘Check’.

salt marshes
offshore bar
swash-aligned
cuspate foreland
lee
ripples and runnels
bar
barrier islands
dunes
the coast changes direction, but transport does not
sand is blown from a wide beach
Spits form where:
Deposition occurs in the ... of a spit.
Can form behind spits:
Ridge of (submerged) material out to sea offering protection to the coast as waves break on it:
Ridge of material across the coast; may have a lagoon of water behind:
Bumpy deposits of sand on the edge of the land – may have marram grass:
Dunes are most likely when:
Landform where there are gaps in a barrier beach:
Beach formations created by currents:
Beaches shaped by waves:
Triangular-shaped deposit out to sea, created through longshore drift:

This is your 1st attempt! You get 3 marks for each one you get right. Good luck!

Pass Mark
75%