Humanities Alive 8 VC 3E

FIGURE8 Coastal landforms at Cape Peron

Penguin Island

Collapsed bridge

Sandy beaches

Offshore reefs and stacks

Cliffs

13.4 SkillBuilder activity COMMUNICATING This lesson requires you to create several examples of annotated diagrams, such as FIGURES2 and 5 . Create your own annotated diagram showing at least six erosional or depositional landforms, or a combination of both landform types.

Depositional landforms

Erosional landforms

• a spit • abeach • sanddunes • abay • sandbar or ridge

• adelta • an estuary • a tombolo • a lagoon

• a cave • a cliff

• a rock platform

(wave-cut platform) • a headland (point, cape or promontory)

• an arch • a stack • ablowhole

Annotations should include details of how each was formed. Find two examples of each landform from various parts of the world and add them to your diagram. Include the location of each feature in your annotations.

13.4

Exercise

Learning pathways LEVEL1 1, 4, 5

LEVEL2 3, 6, 7, 9, 10

LEVEL3

2, 8

REMEMBER AND UNDERSTAND 1. Select the correct term: A beach / coast / river / cliff is the zone or border between land and ocean. 2. Place the following landforms in the order in which they would be created: arch, cave, headland, stack a. blowhole, cave, cliff b. 3. Explain the difference between constructive and destructive waves.

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