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WorksheetsHCC Paper 1 and 3 Birling Gap
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which Coastline Is Birling Gap located on?
East Essex
East Sussex
East Hampshire
East Surrey
What are the seven sisters?
a series of hills from Cuckmere Haven to Hastings. These form part of the North Downs National Park
a series of hills from Cuckmere Haven to Eastbourne. These form part of the South Downs National Park.
a series of hills from Cuckmere Haven to Birling Gap. These form part of the South Downs National Park.
a series of hills from Cuckmere Haven to Pevensey Bay. These form part of the South Downs National Park
How many people live at Birling Gap
more than a 1000 people
Between 50-100 people
less than 20 people
Between 10,000 and 12,000 people
Who owns the Birling Gap Visitor centre and looks after the surrounding landscape?
East Sussex County Council
Eastbourne County Council
Historic England
National Trust
What is the average rate of cliff erosion here a year?
0.1m
0.7m
1.5m
3.6m
What is the name of the weakest rock that makes up the cliffs at Birling Gap?
Clay
Granite rock
Chalk
Coombe rock
How was Coombe rock formed here?
By the weathering of the chalk over time
By outwash rivers from glaciers further North that deposited a mix of loose material in Birling Gap valley
By mining activities for flint within the valley
By bees years ago, as they formed their hives out of honeycomb
What is the predominate/prevailing wind at Birling Gap?
South West
North West
South East
North East
The waves here have high energy to erode as the prevailing wind direction matches what?
The longest line of vegetation
The longest line of houses
The longest line of fetch
The longest line of hard engineering
Birling Gap main landforms due to erosion are?
tall cliffs and wave cut platforms
arches and stacks
caves and stumps
spits and bars
Birling Gap`s depositional landform is a
stack
beach
spit
arch
Why is the beach at Birling Gap so small?
The waves are not powerful enough to bring shingle that far up as there is a large sand bar out to sea stopping them.
The shingle has been lost over many years due to tourists throwing stones back into the sea. This is despite warning signs by the cliffs telling people not to do this.
Longshore drift moves the shingle to the East and little gets replaced because it is trapped behind the breakwaters at Newhaven and Seaford further to the West.
The beach has made its way West to Eastbourne by longshore drift. At Eastbourne they have built groynes to stop the shingle from moving back round to Birling Gap in a loop.
What is the predominate direction of longshore drift at Birling Gap?
West to East
North to South
South to East
East to West
What are the 2 main ways that waves erode the Birling Gap cliffs?
Abrasion
Suspension
Hydraulic Action
Attrition
When a cliff is undercut between the low and high water mark by the sea this is called a..
cliff cut nitch
wave cliff cutch
cliff wave notch
wave cut notch
What is the name of the sea erosion that causes beach shingle to get smaller and more rounded?
Attrition
Solution
Traction
Abrasion
What type of rocks do you call Chalk, Flint and Coombe rock that make up the Birling Gap Cliffs?
Igneous rocks
Metamorphic rocks
Sedimentary rocks
Parent rocks
When Birling Gap cliffs erode the rocks that fall benefit Eastbourne because..
Longshore drift moves the material South towards Eastbourne helping to top up the Town`s beaches.
Longshore drift moves the material North West towards Eastbourne helping to top up the Town`s beaches.
Longshore drift moves the material East towards Eastbourne helping to top up the Town`s beaches.
Longshore drift moves the material South West towards Eastbourne helping to top up the Town`s beaches.
What rock makes up most of the beach at Birling Gap?
coombe rock
chalk
flint
limestone
What is a wave cut platform at Birling Gap?
The base of the old cliffs exposed at low tide
The area of the old settlement that used to be here in Roman times.
The viewing area for tourists especially in the winter when the sea is most rough.
The old caves that once used to be a stack and an arch
Sliding, slumping and rock falls are all part of....
deposition
mass movement
saltation
longshore drift
The Birling Gap, Eastbourne coastline is mainly a series of headlands and bays because different hard/soft rock types face the sea at right angles. What is the correct term for this?
contagious coastline
discordant coastline
disorientated coastline
concordant coastline
The cliffs at Birling Gap are also weakened by weathering. Which 2 of the following cause this?
freeze thaw
Wetting and drying
Exfoliation
Abrasion
Hard engineering examples of coastal management are..
Gabions, beach nourishment and rip raps
Rock armour, sea walls and dune restoration
Groynes, gabions and rock armour
coastal re-alignment, sea walls and revetments
Soft engineering examples of coastal management are..
dune regeneration, beach nourishment and reprofiling
beach nourishment, groynes and gabions
beach nourishment, reprofiling and sea walls
coastal re-alignment, beach reprofiling and rip raps
What type of coastal management is used at Birling Gap?
Do nothing
Hard engineering
Soft engineering
Managed re-alignment
What are the benefits of coastal re-alignment at Birling Gap?
High cost of moving steps, loss of valuable wildlife, smaller sheep farms and helps top up Eastbourne beaches
Cheap to do, loss of historic coastguard cottages, attractive for tourists and steps can easily be moved back as erosion happens
Attractive, cheap to do, sustainable, small population and houses can be safely dismantled.
Keeps area looking natural, too expensive to protect just a few homes, unsustainable and helps top up Eastbourne beaches
What best sums up the costs of managed re-alignment at Birling Gap?
loss of coastguard cottages, cheap to move steps back as cliffs erode, house prices drop and erosion tops up Eastbourne beaches
cost of moving steps back and demolishing houses before they fall into the sea, loss of wildlife habitats and sheep farms
expensive to build the sea wall needed to protect the eroding cliffs, cost of demolishing homes and loss of Eastbourne beaches
looks unattractive so less tourists, car park gets smaller and National Trust will have to rebuild their visitor centre further away from the cliff edge
Which stakeholders (groups) might be against coastal re-alignment at Birling Gap?
Coastguard cottage owner, sheep farmer
National Trust ranger, Eastbourne resident
Tourist, National Trust ranger
Birling Gap resident, Tourist
When people disagree over how the Birling Gap Coast should be managed, this is called...
Cookies
Confluence
Conference
Conflict
