Coastal Management

Coastal Management

9th Grade

11 Qs

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Coastal Management

Coastal Management

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which key word best describes "man made structures that are designed to reduce erosion"

Hard engineering

Soft engineering

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which key word best describes "natural strategies that are designed to reduce erosion"

Hard engineering

Soft engineering

3.

CATEGORIZE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

Sort these coastal management strategies into hard and soft engineering.

Groups:

(a) Hard engineering

,

(b) Soft engineering

,

(c) Other

gabions

groynes

sea wall

managed retreat

dune regeneration

beach reprofiling

beach nourishment

rock armour / rip rap

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is beach reprofiling?

Reshaping the beach profile to make it a little steeper to reduce wave power

A method of increasing sand temperature to reduce wave power

A technique for building sandcastles to reduce wave power

A process of removing debris from the beach to reduce wave power

5.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A sea wall is a ​ (a)   engineering strategy that is ​ (b)   . This means that it sends the wave back out to sea, this is called ​ (c)   and reduces ​ (d)   .

hard
soft
curved
straight
wave refraction
erosion
deposition

6.

DROPDOWN QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Groynes are like ​ or ​ (a)   fences that trap sediment from ​ (b)   . This means that a beach builds up and it acts as a ​ (c)   , which means that erosion is ​ (d)   . However, places further along the coast will experience more ​ (e)   as there is less sediment to protect it.

rock
longshore drift
buffer
reduced
erosion

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is beach nourishment?

Adding sand to a beach to act as a buffer and reduce erosion.

The process of removing sand from the beach to reduce erosion.

A technique for building seawalls to reduce erosion.

A method of planting trees along the shoreline to reduce erosion.

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