Coastal Management

Longshore drift is defined as...

• the wearing away of soil and rock by wind and water.

• Fore dunes

• the movement of sand and other materials along the shore

• hollow eroded by the impact of waves at the foot of a cliff

The geological process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a landform or mass is called...

• Erosion

• Deposition

Sea Walls, Groynes and Beach Nourishment are all examples of what?

• Coastal Landforms

• Coastal Processes

• Coastal Management

• Biotic Processes

A constructive wave occurs when...

• the swash is stronger than the backwash.

• The backwash is stronger than the swash.

• there is a storm.

• it breaks over a reef.

What impact can groynes have along the coast?

• They starve the beaches of sand further along the coast

• They increase the amount of sand further along the coast

A tombolo is formed when a spit connects the mainland coast to what?

• Headland

• Bay

• Jetty

• Island

What often involves building artificial structures which try to control natural processes?

• Hard Engineering

• Soft Engineering

Which soft engineering strategy re-shapes the profile of a beach?

• Off Shore Reefs

• Beach Nourishment

• Dune Regeneration

• Beach Reprofiling

Dune regeneration provides a barrier between land and sea.

• True

• False

Off shore reefs are expensive

• True

• False