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Arch Ocean Beach Pier Cave Spit Cliff Stack Coast Sustainable Current Tide Groyne Tombolo Harbour Wall Tourists Hazard Wave Lagoon		beaches 11 coast 5 deposition 11 erosion 9 hazard 15 lagoon 12 ocean 4 spit 12 stack 10 tourism 13 wave 7
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Arch: formed where waves continue to erode a cave completely through a headland. cave arch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

	Beach: the area covered by sand or pebbles deposited by the sea. The beach acts as a buffer zone between the land and the sea. The shape of a beach is always changing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cave: formed where waves and the material that they carry hit a weak part of the cliff. cave

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current:

a volume of warm or cold water moving in one direction within the ocean.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

	Cliff: a high and steep rock face sometimes under attack by the sea.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

	Coast: a zone where the land meets the sea.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

	Groyne: a wood or stone structure, built by humans, that sticks out into the sea to stop pebbles and sand being washed along the beach by the waves and current (longshore drift).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hazards:

dangers from the physical features or human activities in the environment .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harbour wall:	a stone or concrete structure built to protect the harbour from strong sea waves, currents and winds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lagoon: where a spit has joined two pieces of land and sea water is trapped behind to form a lake.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ocean:

a large quantity of salt water surrounding land. More than 66% of the Earth's surface is covered by the ocean.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stack: formed where the roof of the arch collapses, leaving a steep tower of rock surrounded by the sea. cave arch stack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pier: a structure built from the land out into the sea. Used by humans as a breakwater, landing stage or as a promenade with shops and amusements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spit: formed when sand and pebbles are built out from the beach. As more materials are deposited because of the current, the spit grows further into the sea.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sustainable:

an environment which is managed (changed) by humans so that it can continue to be used in the same way without further damage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tide:

changes in the sea level which happen every day. They are controlled by the moon's gravitational pull on the Earth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tombolo: a beach which reaches out to join an island to the mainland.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

	Tourists: people that visit for the day or stay on holiday in interesting places.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wave:	formed as the wind blows across the sea's surface. Waves carry sand and pebbles when they are close to the beach.