Worksheets5. Coasts: Managing Erosion and Flooding - Geography CIE IGCSE
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is this? Is it an example of hard or soft engineering?
sea wall
revetement
rip-rap
hard engineering
soft engineering
What is this? Is it an example of hard or soft engineering?
Sea wall
revetement
Managed retreat
Hard engineering
soft engineering
What is this? Is it an example of hard or soft engineering?
Planting marram grass
costal realignment
hard engineering
rock armour/rip rap
soft engineering
What is this? Is it an example of hard or soft engineering?
Soft engineering
Gabions
Groynes
Sea wall
Hard engineering
What is this? Is it an example of hard or soft engineering?
breakwater
soft engineering
hard engineering
revetement
groynes
What is this? Is it an example of hard or soft engineering?
breakwater
hard engineering
soft engineering
gabions
sea wall
What is this? Is it an example of hard or soft engineering?
Beach replenishment
planting marram grass
soft engineering
managed retreat
hard engineering
What is this? Is it an example of hard or soft engineering?
rip rap
planting marram grass
costal realignment
soft engineering
hard engineering
What is this? Is it an example of hard or soft engineering?
Managed retreat/coastal realignment
revetement
beach replenishment
soft engineering
hard engineering
give advantages of hard engineering
effective
works with nature
long-lasting
Generally fixes problem very well
cheap
give advantages of soft engineering
looks natural
woks with nature
cheaper
long-lasting
generally fixes problem very well
Give disadvantages of hard engineering
visible
not as effective as soft engineering
ugly
expensive
not permenant
give disadvantages of planting marram grass
grass may not grow
seeds may be blown away
destroys useful land
not as effective as a sea wall, for example
destroys essential habitats
Give disadvantages of managed retreat/coastal realignment
Destroys useful land
difficult to carry out
does not fix problem permanently
could destroy essential habitats
long-lasting
Give 2 disadvantage sof revetements
they can be washed away if the wood rots
they are difficult to construct
they do not deflect the wave energy
they can destroy useful land
they disrupt bird breeding patterns
