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- 1. Multiple Choice
When was the Holderness Coast last covered in ice?
8000 years ago
18,000 years ago
80,000 years ago
800,000 years ago
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the geology of the Holderness Coastline?
Granite and boulder clay
Sandstone and chalk
Boulder clay and chalk
Limestone and chalk
- 3. Multiple Choice
Boulder clay is a resistant rock
True
False
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which of the following are found at Flamborough Head?
Sea wall
Stacks
Mass movement
Caves
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which are hard engineering strategies?
Beach nourishment
Managed retreat
Rock armour
Groynes
- 6. Multiple Choice
Why does Hornsea have so many sea defenses?
It has a very small population
It is a tourist destination
It has many farms that need protecting
Famous people live there
- 7. Multiple Choice
How do groynes prevent erosion?
They deflect the energy of the waves
They provide platforms for fishing
They trap sediment and build up the beach
They increase long shore drift
- 8. Multiple Choice
Why do residents think erosion has increased at Cowden?
More destructive waves are hitting the coast
The groynes at Mappleton are trapping sediment
Weathering has made the cliff softer
Animals have been trampling down the cliff
- 9. Multiple Choice
On average, how much land is lost to the sea on the Holderness coast each year?
0.3m
1m
2m
3m
- 10. Multiple Choice
Where is the Holderness Coast located?
South Wales
Western Scotland
East Yorkshire
North Linconshire
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which are evidence of mass movement on cliffs?
A wave-cut platform
A sunken layer of grass
Cracks on the surface
A gentle slope
- 12. Multiple Choice
Why was £2 million spent to protect Mappleton?
The B1242 runs through it
It has a very large population
Pig farmers live here
It is a big tourist attraction
- 13. Multiple Choice
Why do you think the North Sea brings many destructive waves?
It has a strong swash
It has very calm weather
It has a long fetch
It is very shallow
- 14. Multiple Choice
What do we call that break onto and up a beach?
Longshore drift
Backwash
Swash
Fetch
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which are depositional landforms?
Spits
Wave-cut platforms
Beaches
Caves
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which is the correct order?
Stack, stump, cave, arch
cave, arch, stump, stack
cave, stack, arch, stump
cave, arch, stack, stump
- 17. Multiple Choice
What determines the direction of longshore drift?
The position of the moon
The prevailing wind
The fetch
The position of groynes
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which processes directly erode the coastline?
Hydraulic action
Attrition
Abrasion
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