Coastal Processes and Management Concepts

This video tutorial covers coastal processes, including wave formation, types of waves, and coastal erosion processes. It explains the formation of erosional and depositional landforms such as headlands, bays, wave cut platforms, spits, and tombolos. The video also discusses coastal management strategies, comparing hard and soft engineering methods.

What is the term used to describe the movement of waves up the beach?

• Backwash

• Fetch

• Swash

• Erosion

Which type of wave is responsible for building up beaches?

• Destructive wave

• Seismic wave

• Constructive wave

• Tidal wave

What process involves water entering cracks in rocks and breaking them apart?

• Hydraulic action

• Attrition

• Solution

• Abrasion

Which landform is created when softer rock is eroded away, leaving harder rock protruding into the sea?

• Bay

• Headland

• Stump

• Spit

What is the term for the flat area left behind as a cliff retreats?

• Wave-cut platform

• Arch

• Stack

• Cave

What is formed when an arch collapses into the sea?

• Cave

• Stump

• Stack

• Spit

What process moves material along the coast due to the angle of wave approach?

• Attrition

• Longshore drift

• Hydraulic action

• Solution

What is the name of the landform created by deposition at the end of a coastline?

• Headland

• Stack

• Spit

• Bay

Which coastal management strategy involves building structures to protect the coast?

• Managed retreat

• Beach nourishment

• Hard engineering

• Soft engineering

What is a potential downside of using hard engineering methods for coastal protection?

• They are always effective

• They can be intrusive to the natural environment

• They have no impact on tourism

• They are inexpensive