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IGCSE GEOG: 2.3 An area of coastline

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where is the Holderness Coast located?

a)

North East England on the North Sea

b)

North-West Scotland on the North Sea

c)

North Norfolk on the North Sea

d)

In Cornwall on the Atlantic Ocean

2.

The northern end of the Holderness Coast is marked by a chalk headland called ___________ Head.

a)

Spurn Point

b)

Flamborough Head

c)

Hornsea

d)

Mappleton

3.

The southern end of the Holderness Coast is marked by a ________ called Spurn Point.

a)

Spit

b)

Headland

c)

Tombolo

d)

Bar

4.

What is the soft rock called that constitutes most of the coastline?

a)

Chalk

b)

Granite

c)

Limestone

d)

Boulder Clay

5.

Why is the Holderness Coast eroding so quickly?

a)

Strong winds particularly from the north east.

b)

A long fetch.

c)

Boulder clay if not very resistant to erosion.

d)

The number of tourists that visit the area.

6.

What is the average erosion rate on the coastline?

a)

10-20 metres per year

b)

5-10 metres per year

c)

1-2 metres per year

d)

6-8 metres per year

7.

_____________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

a)

Slumping

b)

Pumping

c)

Lumping

d)

Crumping

8.

How many settlements have ben lost to erosion since Roman times?

a)

31

b)

16

c)

29

d)

3

9.

Which of the landforms are found at Flamborough ead

a)

Caves, arches, stacks and stumps

b)

Wave-cut notch

c)

Wave-cut platform

d)

Cliff

e)

Spit

10.

What is the landform behind Spurn point?

a)

Lake

b)

Pool

c)

Salt marsh

d)

Lagoon

11.

Which location has a gas terminal?

a)

Mappleton

b)

Easington

c)

Bridlington

d)

Spurn Point

12.

What are the sea defenses at Mappleton

a)

Gabions

b)

Recurved sea wall

c)

Breakwater

d)

Rip Rap groynes and a rip rap seawall

13.

The process by which sediment moves down the coastline in a zig-zag way is called?

a)

Long-shore drift

b)

Shore-drift long

c)

Alligned swash

d)

Alligned backwash

14.

Which defenses can be seen at Hornsea?

a)

Gabions

b)

Breakwaters

c)

Concrete sea wall and wooden groynes

d)

Revetments

15.

Which form of management traps sediment which can affect the coastline to the south?

a)

Groynes

b)

Sea walls

c)

Gabions

d)

Breakwaters

16.

What management can be seen at Withensea?

a)

Recurved sea wall

b)

Breakwaters

c)

Gabions

d)

Rock armour sea wall and groynes

17.

Easington has the following forms of management?

a)

Revetments and rock armour

b)

Revetments and breakwaters

c)

Revetments and Gabions

d)

None

18.

What percentage of natural gas in the UK is supplied is supplied from Easington?

a)

35

b)

55

c)

25

d)

16

19.

The coastline suffers from the following issues?

a)

Rapid erosion

b)

Slumping

c)

Strong storm waves

d)

Coastal flooding

20.

Most of the engineering used is?

a)

Hard engineering

b)

Soft engineering