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This document provides information about coastal landforms and their formation. It discusses how fetch, or the distance over which wind blows, affects wave size, with a longer fetch producing larger waves. It also describes several coastal landforms that form through erosion, such as wave-cut platforms and stacks, and explains how rising sea levels could increase erosion and negatively impact coral reefs. The document emphasizes how the composition and structure of underlying rocks influence the rate of coastal erosion.

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Window to World Geography – Class 8

Chapter 4 Coastal Features and Formation


Activity I
Students are expected to gather online research to complete this activity.
Guiding Points:
• Limestone is weaker and can easily be eroded.
• Granite is much tougher and harder to erode.
Activity II
Students are expected to read page 58 of their textbooks to complete this activity.
a) This fetch would produce larger waves as longer winds form larger waves. The distance
between Madagascar and Sri Lanka is 4,750 km.
b) This fetch would produce shorter waves as shorter winds form smaller waves. The distance
between Myanmar and Sri Lanka is roughly 2000 km only.
We observe that the fetch in part a produces larger waves as the wind travels much larger distance.
Reflecting
1. Tides are mainly caused by the effects of the gravitational pull of moon and the sun on the
Earth. Low tides are experienced between high tides. The oceans are pulled towards the
Moon’s gravity slightly, creating a bulge or a high tide on the side of the Earth closest to the
moon.
2. A rise in sea level would increase the erosional processes as the water will contact the cliffs
and rocks that are found in the backshore. This would result in features like wave-cut
platforms, headlands, bays, arches and stacks to form.
3. Coral Reefs will be negatively affected by the acidity level rise in oceans, taking up the supply
of fresh oxygen in the oceans. Coral reefs produce much needed oxygen for the oceans to
keep many species that live in the oceans alive. Acidic water makes it harder for some
creatures like oysters, corals, and mussels to form shells. Therefore, the chance of survival of
marine animals would be drastically reduced.
4. A wave-cut platform is usually formed at the base of a cliff. A wave-cut platform is a sloping
rock feature that juts out in the sea. It slowly enlarges as the processes of wave erosion on the
cliff and push it inland. A wave-cut platform is usually only exposed during low tide.
5. A beach forms when materials are deposited on the shore by powerful constructive waves.
These may be deposited one day by constructive waves and may be eroded away the next
day by powerful destructive waves.
6. Geology refers to the arrangement and composition of rocks. Rock composition determines the
hardness of a rock and its resistance to erosion, which affects the rate of change along coasts.
More resistant rocks such as granite and basalt will erode slower than less resistant rocks
such as limestone and shale.
7. Rocks with many lines of weakness speed up erosion by hydraulic action.

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