Coastal Management - Hard and Soft Engineering

Coastal Management - Hard and Soft Engineering

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Cameron Shaw

Geography

9th - 11th Grade

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1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

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Methods of managing the coastline that involve the construction of significant structures to try and prevent or reduce natural processes are known as:

coastal management

hard Engineering

soft Engineering

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Strategies used by people to prevent coastal erosion and flooding are known as:

coastal management

hard Engineering

soft Engineering

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Methods of managing the coastline that involve understanding and working with natural processes rather than trying to prevent them are known as:

coastal management

hard Engineering

soft Engineering

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Managed retreat allows an area of land to flood to protect other areas. Which of these describes the likely use of the land nearby?

There is a large town behind the beach, so it doesn't matter if it floods.

There is a holiday park behind the beach so it doesn't matter if it is eroded.

There is low quality farm land behind the beach so it doesn't matter if it floods.

5.

Multiple Select

30 sec

1 pt

Why are beaches important? (Choose 2)

They cause long shore drift.

They attract visitors, and therefore bring economic opportunities to an area.

They can protect the coastline from erosion by forming a barrier.

They are made by destructive waves.

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

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In Bournemouth, groynes have been constructed across the beach. How do groynes work?

They trap sediment being carried by longshore drift and so build up the beach.

They form a barrier between the sea and the cliffs.

They absorb wave energy so the cliff is not eroded.

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