What, Where, Why and How?

Coastal Landforms

Lesson Objective:

•To understand which coastal landforms are created through the erosion of our coastlines

Last Cover Lesson

• Describe, draw, annotate, the following coastal features.

• Cliffs• Headlands• Bays• Caves• Arches• Stacks

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• http://geobytesgcse.blogspot.com/2007/08/coastal-erosion-landforms-features-and.html

Your Task

• Produce a presentation on a given coastal feature.

• Successful Presentations will include:• An annotated diagram of the feature.

• A step by step guide to share with the class on how the feature is formed.

• The use of key words taken from previous lessons (erosion processes)

• Good teamwork. All members contribute

• http://geobytesgcse.blogspot.com/2007/08/coastal-erosion-landforms-features-and.html

Exposed lines of weakness in ______ allow Hydraulic Action to form _____small along the base of the cliff. Over time the cave will continue to grow through _______ ______ and meet another cave on the other side of the headland forming a small ______. ______ will continue and undercut the base of the arch until it eventually falls due to lack of support and _______. This leaves behind a stack which will eventually collapse due to ___________and gravity to leave a _____.

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Identify the Coastal Landforms1. 2

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Caves, arches, stacks and stumps

1. The waves erode FAULTS (cracks) in the headland.2. The waves eventually erode through the

headland to form an ARCH.

3. The arch becomes unsupported and collapses to form a STACK.

4. A STUMP is formed from the collapsed stack.

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Match the image with the most appropriate label.

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