Y9 Geography: Coastal Management Vocabulary

Here are the vocab words for this unit. They are divided up into 4 groups. You will have 4 quizzes for this unit - 1 for each group. They will happen every 3 classes starting next week. Knowing key terms will be essential for your success on the assessment at the end of this unit.

Quiz #1
7.1
breakwaters
silting -
tidal flushing -
sea change
urban stormwater
silting
tidal flushing
dredging
introduced plants


7.2
ground swell -
plunging waves -
spilling waves -
surging waves -
wind swell -
wave height
wavelength
fetch
surf and swash zone



Quiz #2
7.3
aeolian -
spinifex -
constructive waves
corrasion
corrosion
refraction
deposition
destructive waves
erosion
hydraulic action
longshore drift

Quiz #3
7.4
erosion-accretion cycle
groynes -
revegetation -
sea walls -

7.5
rock wall
beach nourishment
sand bar

7.7
environmental impact study -
impact assessment -

Quiz #4
7.8
bitou bush -
marram grass -  
noxious weed -  
foredune

hind dune
tertiary species
fore dune
off-shore bar
incipient dune
beach berm
secondary species

7.9
anemometer -
hygrometer -