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1.  What are the key differences between currents, waves and tides?  How can a tide be thought of as a kind of wave?  Make some sketches.

 
2.  What happens to waves when they enter shallow water?
 

3.  Name three features of wave erosion.

4.  How can you locate the position of the former coastline that has been eroded back by wave action?

5.  What is longshore transport or longshore drift?  How is longshore transport produced?

6.  Name 2 or 3 natural depositional features produced by longshore transport.

7.  What is shoreline armoring?  Does shoreline armoring decrease or increase erosion along shorelines?

8.  Do groins and jetties increase deposition, increase erosion, or both?  Explain.

9.  Name and briefly describe 4 different kinds of coasts.  Two of them must be tropical to subtropical.

10.  What happens to the position of barrier beaches as sea level increases?  Explain with a sketch.