Hydraulic Action - A type of erosion where the force of the water breaks up rocks, Solution - A type of erosion where rocks are dissolved, Abrasion - A type of erosion where rocks scour away against each other, Attrition - A process of erosion where rocks bang against each other , Destructive wave - This wave has a short wave length, high frequency, a strong backwash and weak swash, Constructive wave - This wave type has a longer wavelength, strong swash and weak backwash, Fetch - The distance that the wind travels over the sea, Longshore Drift - The zig-zag movement of sediment along a beach, Prevailing wind - Direction of the predominant wind, Mechanical Weathering - Weathering that occurs as a result of freeze-thaw, Biological Weathering - Weathering that occurs as a result of plants colonising bare rock and animals burrowing into weak rocks, Chemical Weathering - Dissolving of rocks as a result of slightly acidic rain water.,

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