CHAPTER 10: COASTAL PROCESSES, PATTERNS AND LANDFORMS
OL Long Questions 18. Select any one of the following surface processes: (a) Sea/marine action (b) River action (c) Glacial action (d) Mass movement. Explain the formation of any two Irish landforms caused by your selected process with the aid of diagrams.
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19. Describe and explain how humans attempt to control one of the following surface processes:
• River processes • Coastal processes • Mass movement
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20. Examine how human processes can have an impact on the operation of one of the following natural processes: (a) Mass movement processes (b) River processes (c) Coastal processes.
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21. Explain any two processes of erosion for each of the following: rivers, ice, sea.
22. (a) Identify one erosional and one depositional landform evident in the photograph on the top right.
(b) Describe and explain the process at work in the formation of any one of these landforms.
23. With the aid of a labelled diagram, examine the processes that have led to the formation of any one Irish landform of your choice.
24. Isostatic processes involve adjustments to the balance between land and sea. Discuss how these processes have shaped the Irish landscape over time.