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WorksheetsCoastal Management
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which key word? 'This involves building artificial structures which try to control natural processes of erosion. '
Hard engineering
Soft engineering
Managed retreat
Regeneration
Which key word? 'This does not involve building artificial structures, but takes a more sustainable and natural approach to managing the coast.'
Hard engineering
Soft engineering
Managed retreat
Regeneration
Wooden/rock structures running at right angles to the shoreline. They trap sediment and build beaches.
Rip-rap
Revetment
Groyne
Sea wall
What is the optimum shape for a seawall?
Concave
Convex
Straight
45 degree angle
Identify the soft engineering approach to coastal management?
Breakwater
Rip-rap
Beach nourishment
Gabions
Some coastlines eroded faster than others due to the fetch. What is the fetch?
The change of seasons.
The rock composition along a coastline.
The distance over which the wave has traveled.
The average wave height of approaching waves.
Which of the options below is an example of a natural sea defence?
Breakwater
Promenade
Rip-rap
Sand dunes
Which of the following is an example of 'advancing the line'?
Sea wall
Breakwater
Managed retreat
Gabions
What is an example of a less resistant rock?
Limestone
Boulder clay
Chalk
Granite
Which of the following examples would be the most appropriate choice for managed retreat?
Open farmland and fields
A small coastal village
A caravan park
A section of land with a minor road on it
