WorksheetsY12 Coast Quiz 2
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Bangladesh is a country at risk from coastal flooding, what percentage of their population live less than 10m above sea level?
36%
46%
56%
66%
Which factor does NOT increase the risk of coastal flooding?
Subsidence
Removing Vegetation
Height
Number of inland rivers
What was the name of the cyclone which swept into Bangladesh from the Bay of Bengal on 15 November 2007?
Cyclone Sahil
Cyclone Sidr
Cyclone Suli
Cyclone Srav
Select the TWO possible approaches to help deal with the risk of rising sea levels together with more intense and more frequent storms
Mitigation
Prevention
Adaption
Interception
Hard or Soft Engineering?
Hard
Soft
Eustatic Change is...
when the sea level itself rises or falls
land rises or falls relative to the sea
expansion of sea water
submerged coast
Isostatic Change is...
when the sea level itself rises or falls
when the land rises or falls relative to the sea
expansion of sea water
submerged coast
The geology of Holderness consists mainly of
chalk
boulder clay
granite
sandstone
What coastal defenses have been deployed along the Holderness coastline
rock armour, groynes and a sea wall
rock armour, groynes and rip rap
groynes only
What is the Littoral Zone?
a beach profile
the boundary between the sand and the land
the boundary between the land and the sea
the boundary between the waves
