C/S 18 Holderness (coast opportunities & hazards)

The hard rock on the Holderness coast is chalk. What is the soft rock?

• Glacial till

• Purbeck limestone

• Arenite sandstone

• Delabole slate

The Holderness coastline has the .... rate of erosion in Europe

• fastest

• slowest

• second fastest

• second slowest

What is the name of the spit to the south of the Holderness coast which has the 2nd busiest lifeboat station in the UK?

• Spurn Head

• Thurn Foot

• Prurn Neck

• Blurn Nose

Which direction is the longshore drift on the Holderness Coast?

• North to south

• South to north

• East to west

• West to east

5 stone groynes were built at Mappleton to protect an important coastal transport route. What is the road's name?

• A1242

• B1242

• A2421

• B2421

Spurn Head as been zoned as 'do nothing' to ensure a supply of material further down the coast to which region?

• Dorset

• Lincolnshire

• County Durham

• Merseyside

Which town gets beach nourishment because it is a tourist destination so aesthetics are important?

• Withernsea

• Wathernsea

• Wuthernsea

• Wethernsea

Bridlington has a sea wall but has lost the beach in front of it. This has led tourism revenue to fall by what %

• 25

• 30

• 35

• 40

Which location has a recurved seawall, stone and steel gabions and a concrete revetment?

• Hornsea

• Cowden Farm

• Mappleton

• Easington

Which terminal provides 25% of Britain's natural gas and has revetments protecting it?

• Easington

• Smoothington

• Calmington

• Glidington