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 (a)  

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