Shaping the Landscape
Aims To know and understand the different types of erosion and how this causes changes to the landscape To know and understand the different types of waves and how much damage they might cause
Starter Copy down the following statement: Weathering and erosion work together. Weathering breaks up and weakens the surface of rocks while erosion wears away and removes the loosened material. List the following in order of how hard they are. Give the hardest first and the softest last chalk, rubber, sandstone, granite, gold, soap, wood, steel and diamond Choose any three from your list and say how they might be worn down.
Copy out the following table ( it should cover one page landscape ) Sketch Description River Ice Sea Wind
Task As a class read Connections p6-7 or Earthworks 24-25 and now complete the table you have just drawn
Swash and backwash Backwash Swash Note: Backwash is always at right angles to the beach
Types of waves Destructive Waves backwash>swash Constructive Waves swash>backwash
Plenary Write down in no more than fifty words what you have learnt about coasts so far. You only have two minutes!