A process is an ordered series of actions, events or changes that make something happen.

Erosion is the process of Earth’s surface, e.g. rock or soil, being worn away and transported from its original site.

Deposition is when material such as sand, mud or rocks is dropped by the water that was carrying it.

Transportation is when water moves sand, mud and rocks.

Processes shaping the coastline

Geography

The UK's coastline

Waves and tides

Erosional coastal landforms

Depositional coastal landforms

Threats to the UK's coastline

GIS: Visualising and Analysing coastal erosion

Protecting the UK's coastline

Coastal management

Tuvalu: An island nation

The impacts of climate change on Tuvalu

The future of global coasts

This unit teaches pupils how physical and human processes shape our coastline. Pupils will also learn about the threats and challenges coastlines face in a warming world.

Coasts: what shapes life at the coast?

{{}} is the process where material is worn away and transported from its original site.

rocks in waves knocking against each other

Match the type of erosion to the descriptions.

The process of {{}} adds material to parts of the coast.

when small particles of rock are carried along, floating in seawater

 minerals from rocks dissolve into seawater and are carried along

larger, heavier rocks are dragged along the seabed 

medium sized rocks bounce along the seabed 

Match the four types of transportation with their definition.

{{}} describes the process that moves material that has been eroded in one place to another at the coast. 

The process of deposition occurs when waves have _________ energy and can no longer carry their load.

it can create new landforms and habitats.

it moves material from one area of the coast to a new area.

Natural {{}} that happen at the coast help to shape coastlines.

Processes shaping the coastline

Lesson outcome