Coastal Management Strategies

Name this coastal management strategy

• Groyne

• Sea Wall

• Rock Armour

• Beach nourishment

Sea walls are often curved in shape. This helps to deflect the force of _____ from eroding the base of cliffs and damaging properties on the coast. What is the missing word?

• Waves

• Water

• Rain

• Tides

Name the coastal management strategy shown in this image

• Dune regeneration

• Gabions

• Beach nourishment

• Rock armour

Which of the following strategies is an example of soft engineering?

• Rock armour

• Sea wall

• Dune regeneration

• Groynes

Which process do groynes directly prevent happening along the coastline?

• Erosion

• Longshore Drift

• Deposition

• Weathering

Which hard engineering strategy has a further benefit of providing habitat for sea creatures such as crabs?

• Rock armour

• Groynes

• Sea wall

Which of these strategies can be easily damaged by major storms?

• Sea wall

• Rock armour

• Dune regeneration

• Gabions

Name the strategy being described - "wire cages filled with rocks, which are installed at the base of cliffs to create a protective barrier"

• Rock armour

• Sea wall

• Gabions

• Beach nourishment

Managed retreat is not 'free'. Landowners such as farms and people living in houses will need ____________

Which two properties of rock armour make it effective at reducing coastal erosion?

• Spaces between rocks

• Resistant rock type

• You can fish off it

• It is not concrete so it looks more natural