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What do waves make when they break rock into tiny pieces?
waves smash against cliffs to make sand.
Does sound produce waves?
Yes sound does produce waves. These special waves are called sound waves.
The energy produced by elctromagnetic waves?
Electromagnetic waves carry energy from place to place, but they don't produce it. You have to produce the energy that you want them to carry.
What is an alliteration for the sound of waves crashing against the rocky sea shore?
wistful waves
Can sound waves be produce under water?
maybe
Voer a long period of time what effect do waves have on a steep rocky coast?
When waves hit a steep, rocky coast, they strike the area again and again.
What are sea cliffs?
Cliffs that are eroded by upward drafts of wind and ocean waves
How and why do cliffs change?
Erosion by the wind, rain and waves will wear cliffs away
How could the type of shoreline affect the types of sediment you find there?
Rocky shorelines have rocks and cliffs, so when the waves crash against the rock fragments and sediments are formed along the shoreline.
What are two results of waves along a coast?
Two results are:A sea arch,when waves erode a layer of softer rock that underlies a layer a hard rock.Another one is a sea cave,which is formed when ocean waves hit against a steep and rocky coast lots of times.
What are four features formed by wave erosion along a coast?
Headlands, bays, sea caves, and sea stacks are four features formed by wave erosion along a coast. Headlands are rocky structures jutting out into the sea, while bays are curved inlets where the land recedes. Sea caves are hollowed-out spaces in coastal cliffs, and sea stacks are isolated rock pillars left behind from eroded cliffs.
How could the type of shoreline affect the types of sediments you might find there?
Rocky shorelines have rocks and cliffs, so when the waves crash against the rock fragments and sediments are formed along the shoreline.
What are two ways waves erode the land?
Attrition - waves hitting the cliffs knocking little pieces off the cliffsHydraulic action - waves hitting the cliffs causing sea caves
What is Ireland's western coastline famous for?
It's mountains, cliffs, bays and other inlets and also its islands. You also get very large waves along parts of Ireland's west coast.
What forms when headlands are eroded rapidly by waves?
sea cliffs
Can waves from the ocean cause cliffs?
after a period of time yes
How coast changes?
coasts are changing because the waves are eating into the rocks an forming cliffs and the sea creates new land with sandy beaches therefore coasts are changing due to weathering and erosion.
