Coastal landforms

What does ‘managed retreat’ mean?

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Study Figure 14, a 1:50 000 Ordnance Survey map of Dawlish Warren, Devon.

Using Figure 14, which one of the following grid squares shows a shingle beach?

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Using Figure 14, identify one method of hard engineering shown in grid square 9879.

The area labelled X shows a coastal spit.

Using Figure 14, describe the size and shape of the spit.

You have studied a coastal management scheme in the UK.

Explain the effects of the scheme.

Study Figure 15, a photograph showing features of a coastal landscape.

Explain how coastal landscapes are formed by different processes.

Use Figure 15 and your own understanding.

Which one of the following is a process of erosion in coastal areas?

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A Hydraulic power

B Longshore drift

C Rock fall

D Slumping

Give one type of weathering that takes place in coastal areas.

Study Figure 11, a 1:25 000 Ordnance Survey map showing part of northern Scotland.

Using Figure 11, what is the straight-line distance between Hill of Crogodale, marked X, and Duncansby Head, marked Y ?

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A 2.25 km

B 2.75 km

C 3.25 km

D 3.75 km

Study Figure 12, a photograph looking northwards along the coastline towards Duncansby Head.

Using Figure 11 and Figure 12, describe two pieces of evidence that show that this coastline is being eroded.

Explain how spits and bars form along the coast as a result of deposition.

Study Figure 13, a photograph of coastal defences in Withernsea in eastern England.

Discuss the costs and benefits of hard engineering strategies for coastal management.

Use Figure 13 and your own understanding.

Study Figure 11, a map showing the changing coastline of the Holderness area, Yorkshire.

The Holderness coastline is made up of soft boulder clays (till) left behind after the ice sheets melted.

Using Figure 11, what is the mode of annual rate of erosion along the Holderness coastline?

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A 1.0 –1.9 metres per year

B 2.0 –2.9 metres per year

C 3.0 –3.9 metres per year

D 4 metres and above per year

Using Figure 11, describe how the rate of erosion changes from north to south.

Using Figure 11, what is the coastal landform that has formed at Spurn Head?

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A Bar

B Stack

C Spit

D Cliff

Using Figure 11, suggest why there is a headland at Flamborough Head.

Study Figure 12, a photograph showing cliffs at Aldbrough on the Holderness coast.

Using Figure 12, give one reason why the rate of erosion of the Holderness coast is high.

Explain how a wave cut platform is formed as a cliff is eroded.

Use one or more diagrams to support your answer.

Study Figure 13, a diagram showing some coastal processes and coastal management strategies.

Figure 13

Assess the effectiveness of strategies used to protect coastlines against erosion.

Use Figure 13 and your own understanding.

Study Figure 8, a 1:50 000 Ordnance Survey map of part of the coastline in Norfolk.

Using Figure 8, how long is the coastline between points X and Y ?

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A 2.4 km

B 2.8 km

C 3.2 km

D 3.6 km

Using Figure 8, what direction would you be facing from the lighthouse at 676421 to the dunes at 690433?

Using Figure 8, describe one piece of evidence which suggests that Hunstanton is a tourist resort.

Study Figure 9, a photograph taken along the stretch of coastline shown in Figure 8

Suggest one type of mass movement that is affecting these cliffs.

Explain the formation of a spit.

Study Figure 10 and Figure 11, photographs showing soft engineering strategies.

Discuss the costs and benefits of soft engineering strategies in protecting coastlines.

Use Figure 10 and Figure 11 and your own understanding.

Study Figure 11, diagrams of destructive and constructive waves.

Figure 11

Using Figure 11, compare two features of destructive and constructive waves.

Suggest one reason for the difference in sediment size between location X and location Y.

Study Figure 13, a photograph showing sea defences in Hornsea, Yorkshire.

Explain how the sea defences shown in Figure 13 help to protect the coastline from erosion.

Study Figure 14, a photograph showing a coastal landscape in Pembrokeshire, South Wales.

Explain how different coastal landforms are created by erosion.

Use Figure 14 and your own understanding.