1) The movement of waves down the beach a) Erosion b) Backwash c) Longshore Drift d) Abrasion e) Swash 2) The movement of the surface of the sea created by wind dragging over its surface a) Waves b) Swash c) Constructive wave d) Solution 3) Water forces air into cracks in rocks which weakens it a) Abrasion b) Erosion c) Backwash d) Hydraulic Action e) Solution f) Longshore drift 4) The wearing away of a landscape by the movement of waves over its surface a) Abrasion b) Solution c) Attrition d) Wave e) Swash f) Erosion 5) Swash is greater than backwash and builds up the beach a) Abrasion b) Constructive Wave 6) Swash is weaker than backwash so waves erode the beach a) Erosion b) Destructive Wave c) Longshore Drift 7) The transport of sediment along the coastline a) Attrition b) Longshore Drift c) Swash 8) Sediment carried in the waves is bashed together a) Solution b) Attrition c) Abrasion

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