Spatial Change Impacts - Coastal Landscapes

What does the acronym S.E.E stand for?

• Social, Extremities, Economy

• Social, Economic, Environmental

• Sustainable, Economic, Ethical

• Spatial, Environmental, Economy

Constructive waves are when...

• Waves help to make infrastructure better.

• The swash is moderately strong

• The swash is more powerful than the backwash

• erosion happens.

Destructive waves happen when...

• The landscape is completely destroyed.

• The swash and backwash are as strong as each other.

• Deposition happens.

• The backwash is more powerful than the swash.

Due to coastal erosion a local beach is now much smaller and the people of the area can no longer use the beach in the same way they used to.

What type of impact (S.E.E) is this?

• Economic

• Social

• Environmental

• Sustainable

What coastal landform is created when both sides of a headland are eroded due to wind and waves?

• Cave

• Stack

• Lagoon

• Arch

Which of the following are management strategies designed to mitigate coastal erosion?

• Rock pools, sea fences and nets.

• Seawalls, groynes and breakwaters.

• Ghost nets, walls and channels.

• More sand, wave barriers and turbines.

Due to coastal erosion a beachside hotel & restaurant popular with locals and tourists has collapsed into the sea and been destroyed.

What type of impact (S.E.E) is this?

• Economic

• Sustainable

• Social

• Envornomental

What type of rock are Cliffs typically found in?

• Softer rock

• Punk rock

• Parallel rock

• Harder rock

Constructive waves are a depositional process and Destructive waves are an erosional process.

• TRUE

• FALSE

After a recent storm surge, a coastal landscape has experienced shoreline erosion, habitat destruction, redistribution of sediment and pollution.

What type of impact (S.E.E) is this?

• Social

• Economic

• Sustainable

• Environmental