Yr8 elearn hard engineering

Which of these is not a hard engineering strategy?

• Dams

• Dredging

• Flood walls

• Afforestation

What is the correct spelling for the gates that allow a controlled flow of water out of a dam?

• Sluice

• Sleuss

• Slouse

• Sluise

Which word refers to whether something looks pretty?

• aesthetics

• aethereal

• aerolitic

• aecidial

Which type of hard engineering would have least impact on tourism?

• Embankments

• Sluice gates

• Dredging

• Flood storage channels

Which type of hard engineering can also be used to produce HEP (hydroelectric power)?

• Dams

• Dredging

• Embankments

• Channelisation

Which of these is NOT a benefit of dams?

• Villages are flooded

• Tourists can do water sports on the lake

• Drinking water supply

• Leisure facility for locals

Which of these disadvantages of dams is ENVIRONMENTAL?

• Fish cannot get upstream to spawn

• Housing is flooded to create the lake

• It is expensive to build

• It makes shipping difficult

Which statement is NOT true about channelisation?

• It involves cutting off meanders

• It can cause flooding downstream

• It makes shipping harder

• It increases erosion rates downstream

Which hard engineering strategy would NOT be suitable in a highly populated floodplain area?

• Dams and sluice gates

• Dredging

• Flood walls

• Embankments

Which TWO hard engineering strategies would be. inappropriate in an upper course v-shape valley?

• dredging

• dams and sluice gates

• channelisation

• flood storage reservoirs