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How do waves form?

L.O. To describe the causes of waves, to identify they types of waves, explaining what happens
when they reach the coast and evaluate what impacts they have.

G Geographical Evidence:
This picture was taken at low tide, how ,might it
look different at high tide?

E Earlier in the topic:


What are the 3 types of clouds?

O Older units:
What are the 4 types of settlement?

G Geographical Knowledge:
What are some famous coastlines in the UK?
Waves are created by the wind
Describe
how a wave
forms.
How does a
wave become
larger and
more
powerful?

Fetch – the length of water the wind blows over, before it


reaches land.
In pairs, explain what is happening in each picture

As the wave travels up to a beech, it loses space and so its energy is forced upwards, causing the wave to appear
bigger. The wave eventually collapses onto itself in the form of a swash, that pushes up the beech. With no more
energy of forward momentum, gravity then forces the water back in what we call, the backwash.

Challenge - Write your definition for swash and backwash


Swash Vs Backwash
Swash – movement of Backwash – movement of
water up the beach water down the beach

Happens after the swash, when the


Happens when the wave breaks: water is draining back into the sea.
water rushes up the beach 4
Task: With a partner, discuss how and why these coasts are different.

Remote beaches in Greece Rugged North Cornish coast

Whilst the Mediterranean, Ionian or Adriatic The Cornish coast lies on the Atlantic ocean
oceans are large, they are quite small and and so the fetch is huge. It also is in the way of
sheltered, resulting in small waves due to the several prominent air masses resulting in a
weaker winds and smaller fetch. large energy being passed into the waves.
Which parts of the British Isles will receive the biggest waves and why?

Think about the FETCH


(length of the water)

Extension: Which parts of the British


Isles will receive the smallest waves
and why?

tc h
Fe

The Republic of Ireland, and South-West England (Cornwall) receive the biggest waves as
the fetch stretches across the Atlantic Ocean.
Look at the image, does A,B or C
produce the strongest waves? Explain
your choice
Types of waves
Compare the 2 types of waves using describing words
Constructive waves Destructive waves

Constructive wave - Where the swash is stronger than the backwash the beach
will be built up
Destructive wave - Where the backwash is stronger than the swash the beach
will be removed
Task: What type of wave does each diagram show?
Task: Stick this diagram in your books. Annotate using the boxes on the board the features the
different wave types posses.

Classify the statement according to whether they would be Weaker winds Long fetch Short fetch
associated with constructive or destructive waves.

Strong winds High energy Low energy Backwash stronger than Swash Erosion greater

Swash stronger than Backwash Deposition greater Wave frequency: 11-15 per Low waves
minute.

High waves Short wave length Long wave length Wave frequency: 6-9 per minute.
Tides (nothing to do with waves!)
High tide Low Tide

Keyword:
TIDES – The rise and fall of the sea, due mainly to the gravitational
pull of the moon.
High tides!
Bay of Fundy, Canada largest tides in
the world at 15 meters!
How do waves form?
L.O. To describe the causes of waves, to identify they types of waves, explaining what happens
when they reach the coast and evaluate what impacts they have.

Using your
planners, what is
the highest level
of the Lesson
objective do you
think you have
met today.

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