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Summary 3.2 Sources of energy at Coast AQA Physical Geography
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Key notes on Unit 3.2 Sources of energy at the Coast in AQA Physical Geography A level. Includes key definitions, diagrams etc and provided a final A* grade.

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  • Unit 3.2
  • May 2, 2023
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  • frictional drag
  • waves
  • constructive
  • destructive
  • fetch
  • duration of wind
  • wind strength
  • tides
  • wind
  • currents
  • high energy
  • environments
  • low energy
  • wave refraction
  • positive feedback
  • negative feedback
  • dynamic

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3.2 - Sources of Energy at the Coast
Factors that affect wave energy:
1. Wind strength – determined by pressure gradient
2. Duration of wind – the longer the wind blows, the more powerful waves become
3. Fetch – the distance of open water over which the wind blows

How waves are formed:
Wind blows over the surface of the
sea and that friction gives the water
a circular motion

Frictional drag= when air moves
across the water and disturbs the
surface forming ripples or waves

Outputs: e.g. sediment can be washed out to sea or deposited further along the coast.
Flows/transfers: e.g. processes such as erosion, weathering, transportation or deposition.

Different types of waves:
Constructive
 Low frequency (6 to 8 per minute)
 Low trough
 Long wavelength
 Elliptical profile
 Powerful swash
 Weak backwash
 Swash carries and deposits materiel up the beach

Destructive
 Higher frequency (10 to 14 per minute)
 High and steep trough
 More circular profile
 Weak swash
 Strong backwash
 Strong backwash removes materiel from the beach


How a wave breaks on a beach:
1. The wave becomes shallower and the circular orbit of the water particles change to an
elliptical shape.
2. The wavelength and the velocity slow down, and the wave height increases.
3. Water starts to back up from behind
4. The water rises to a point where it starts to topple over (break)
5.The water then rushes up the beach as swash
6.It then flows backwards towards the sea as backwash.

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