Unit 1: People and the Physical World: Coasts Coastal Management Quiz
Coastal Management Multiple Choice Quiz
Select from A-D below
1. What is beach nourishment?
A.
?
Where groynes are added to a beach
B.
?
Where new sand dunes have been created
C. ?
Where marram grass is planted
D. ?
Where beach material has been dredged from the sea
2. What is the name of the coastal management feature shown?
A.
?
Gabions
B.
?
Sea Wall
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C. ?
Beach Nourishment
D. ?
Revetments
3. Which of these techniques is a soft form of coastal management engineering?
A.
?
Recurved sea wall
B.
?
Revetments
C. ?
Gabions
D. ?
Sand Dunes and marram grass
4. What problems can groynes cause?
A.
?
Encourage sand to be deposited building up a beach
B.
?
Increase the amount of sand deposited further up the coast
C. ? Stop longshore drift supplying beaches further down the coast
with material
D. ?
Cause pollution
5. What do revetments do?
A.
?
stop longshore drift and build up a beach
B.
?
replace beach material
C. ? break the force of the wave and trap beach material behind them
to protect the base of a cliff
D. ?
deflect wave energy
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6. What is the name of the coastal management feature shown?
A.
?
Rock Armour (Rip rap)
B.
?
Revetment
C. ?
Gabions
D. ?
Sea Wall
7. What are Groynes?
A.
?
Long walls designed to reflect wave energy
B.
?
boulders wired together in cages to dissipate wave energy
C. ?
long wooden features built out into the sea to trap beach material
D. ?
large boulders on the beach to absorb wave energy
8. Which of these is a hard engineering technique against coastal erosion?
A.
?
Re-curved sea wall
B.
?
Sand dunes and marram grass
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C. ?
Salt Marsh
D. ?
Beach nourishment
9. What is the name of the coastal management feature shown?
A.
?
Sea Wall
B.
?
Beach
C. ?
Gabions
D. ?
Groynes
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10.What is the name of the coastal management feature shown?
A.
?
Groynes
B.
?
Rock Armour
C. ?
Gabions
D. ?
Sand Dunes
11.What is the name of the coastal management feature shown?
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A.
?
Sand Dunes
B.
?
Rock armour
C. ?
Gabions
D. ?
Revetments
12.What is the name of the coastal management feature shown?
A.
?
Beach replenishment
B.
?
Recurved Sea Wall
C. ?
Gabions
D. ?
Revetments
Acknowledgements: Courtesy of St Ivo School Geography Department