WLA Year 9 geography Update 2 2023

What does the term urbanisation mean?

• The increase in the size of urban areas

• The growth in the number of people living in cities

• The increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas

• The uncontrolled spread of cities into the countryside

Which of the following are formed by longshore drift?

• Stumps

• Headland

• Spit

• Arch

Which 3 of the following are true for hard engineering?

• It works with nature

• It stops the natural processes at the coast

• It often involves building a phsical barrier

• It can create habiata such as saltmarshes

• It is often very expensive

Which best describes the most urbanised areas of the UK?

• A broad band from Manchester and Leeds in the North to London in the South East

• Mainly Northern Scotland and Wales

• Mountainous areas

• Just the South East of England

Groynes are a form of hard engineering, how do they work?

• They prevent destructive waves hitting the coast

• The encourage the formation of san dunes

• They prevent longshore drift so allow the beach to build up and protect the coast

• They provide a solid rock barrier to absorb the impact of waves

Which part of a rivers course will you find both lateral and vertical erosion?

• Lower course

• River mouth

• Upper course

• Middle course

Which of the following is a soft engineering strategy?

• Flood warnings

• Flood gates

• Flood walls

• Dredging

What is a point bar?

• The edge of a water fall

• The deposited material on the inside of a meander bend

• The place where two rivers meet and deposit bedload

• The bottom section of an interlocking spur

Which of the following is a metamorphic rock>

• Granite

• Chalk

• Slate

• Limestone

What is natural increase?

• When birth rates fall

• When death rates fall

• Birth rates are higher than death rates

• Death rates are higher than birth rates