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WorksheetsIGCSE GEOG: 2.3 An area of coastline
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Where is the Holderness Coast located?
North East England on the North Sea
North-West Scotland on the North Sea
North Norfolk on the North Sea
In Cornwall on the Atlantic Ocean
The northern end of the Holderness Coast is marked by a chalk headland called ___________ Head.
Spurn Point
Flamborough Head
Hornsea
Mappleton
The southern end of the Holderness Coast is marked by a ________ called Spurn Point.
Spit
Headland
Tombolo
Bar
What is the soft rock called that constitutes most of the coastline?
Chalk
Granite
Limestone
Boulder Clay
Why is the Holderness Coast eroding so quickly?
Strong winds particularly from the north east.
A long fetch.
Boulder clay if not very resistant to erosion.
The number of tourists that visit the area.
What is the average erosion rate on the coastline?
10-20 metres per year
5-10 metres per year
1-2 metres per year
6-8 metres per year
_____________is a process whereby the rain water enters the soft rock and the weight causes the rocks to slump in a rotational slip type fashion
Slumping
Pumping
Lumping
Crumping
How many settlements have ben lost to erosion since Roman times?
31
16
29
3
Which of the landforms are found at Flamborough ead
Caves, arches, stacks and stumps
Wave-cut notch
Wave-cut platform
Cliff
Spit
What is the landform behind Spurn point?
Lake
Pool
Salt marsh
Lagoon
Which location has a gas terminal?
Mappleton
Easington
Bridlington
Spurn Point
What are the sea defenses at Mappleton
Gabions
Recurved sea wall
Breakwater
Rip Rap groynes and a rip rap seawall
The process by which sediment moves down the coastline in a zig-zag way is called?
Long-shore drift
Shore-drift long
Alligned swash
Alligned backwash
Which defenses can be seen at Hornsea?
Gabions
Breakwaters
Concrete sea wall and wooden groynes
Revetments
Which form of management traps sediment which can affect the coastline to the south?
Groynes
Sea walls
Gabions
Breakwaters
What management can be seen at Withensea?
Recurved sea wall
Breakwaters
Gabions
Rock armour sea wall and groynes
Easington has the following forms of management?
Revetments and rock armour
Revetments and breakwaters
Revetments and Gabions
None
What percentage of natural gas in the UK is supplied is supplied from Easington?
35
55
25
16
The coastline suffers from the following issues?
Rapid erosion
Slumping
Strong storm waves
Coastal flooding
Most of the engineering used is?
Hard engineering
Soft engineering
