1. Coastal Landforms

2. Landforms created by erosion

4. Landforms of erosion

7. Wave-cut platform

8. Cliffs and wave-cut platform

9. Caves, arches, stacks and stumps

10. Caves, arches, stacks and stamps

11. When caves are formed on both sides of a headland, their back join and an arch is formed.

13. The sea continues to erode the bottom of the arch
The sea continues to erode the bottom of the arch. Weathering also take place on the bare rock faces. As the sea undercuts the bottom of the arch, a wave-cut notch will form.

14. The arch will collapse, in time, as it is pulled down by the pressure of its own weight and gravity. This leaves behind a column of rock not attached to the headland, called a stack.

15. Continued wave erosion and weathering will lead to the formation of a stump that is only visible at low tide.

16. How to answer 6 mark questions (GCSE)?
The questions are level marked.
This means that the detail of your answer counts rather than making 6 separate points.

17. Level 1 answers 1/2 marks out of 6 The answer is BASIC
It contains descriptions rather than explanations
It does not contain case study examples

18. Level 2 answers 3/4 marks out of 6 The answer is CLEAR
It contains descriptions and some explanations
It does contain case study examples in a basic way. It may not include statistics (data).

19. Level 3 answers 5/6 marks out of 6 The answer is DETAILED
It contains descriptions and thorough explanations
It contains case study examples and uses data to back up points that have been made.

20. When you answer a question that requires a longer answer, remember the PEEL technique.
Make your POINT E
Give your EVIDENCE E
EXPLAIN your evidence L
If possible, LINK to your next statement or the original point.

21. GCSE Geography Unit 2: Coastal Landforms of erosion
Explain how geology affects the formation of coastal landforms of erosion. (6)

22. Movement of sediment along the coast

23. Longshore drift

25. Impacts of longshore drift

26. What is an estuary?

27. What is dredging? to remove material from the bottom of the sea or a river.

28. Landforms of deposition (constructive waves)

29. Beaches

30. Sandy beach

31. Durdle Door : a shingle beach separated by the famous “door” Dorset UK

32. Seaside resorts often build groynes to keep beaches in place and to reduce the effects of longshore drift

35. On the land side, silt and alluvium are deposited and salt marshes form.

36. Bars

38. Slapton Ley Bar in Devon

39. Example in Cyprus: Larnaca Salt lake is a lagoon with the bar on the East