Lesson 3.1.3.4
3.1.3.4 Coastal management Quiz: AQA Geography, Unit 1
20 questions
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The 20 questions
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Which coastal management strategy is an example of hard engineering?
- Dune regeneration
- Managed retreat
- Sea wall
- Beach nourishment
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Which coastal management technique is an example of soft engineering?
- Gabions
- Beach nourishment
- Sea wall
- Rock armour
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What is the primary function of coastal groynes?
- Reflect wave energy
- Trap longshore drift
- Absorb offshore surges
- Store cliff groundwater
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What issue often occurs at the base of a sea wall due to wave reflection?
- Sediment accretion
- Cliff slumping
- Beach scour
- Dune blowouts
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Which framework balances environmental, social and economic interests across an entire coastal zone?
- SMP
- ICZM
- EIA
- GIS
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Which plan sets long-term coastal defence policies across specific sediment cells?
- Shoreline Management Plan
- Strategic Environmental Assessment
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Local Development Framework
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Which coastal management policy intentionally allows low-lying land to flood naturally inland?
- Hold the line
- Managed realignment
- No active intervention
- Advance the line
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What key human challenge complicates sustainable coastal management decisions?
- Conflicting stakeholder interests
- Excessive rock armour
- Predictable wave directions
- Declining sea levels
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Which technique evaluates the economic and environmental viability of coastal management schemes?
- Sediment budget audit
- Wave refraction analysis
- Tidal range calculation
- Cost-benefit analysis
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What term describes the accelerated erosion caused further along the coast when drift is trapped?
- Downdrift erosion
- Hydraulic action
- Sub-aerial weathering
- Wave scouring
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Which coastal management technique involves planting marram grass to stabilise natural barriers?
- Cliff regrading
- Rock armour
- Offshore breakwater
- Dune regeneration
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Which shoreline management policy involves maintaining existing coastal defences in their current positions?
- Managed realignment
- Hold the line
- No active intervention
- Advance the line
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Which storm-driven event causes extreme high sea levels and severe coastal flooding?
- Wave refraction
- Storm surge
- Rip current
- Longshore drift
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Which advantage is associated with soft engineering methods like beach nourishment?
- Works with nature
- Permanently stops erosion
- Requires zero maintenance
- Eliminates all waves
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Which shoreline management policy allows coastal processes to operate without any human defence?
- Hold the line
- Managed realignment
- No active intervention
- Advance the line
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Which hard engineering structure traps sediment and accelerates downdrift erosion?
- Sea walls
- Gabions
- Revetments
- Groynes
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Which Shoreline Management Plan option involves maintaining existing coastal defences?
- No active intervention
- Managed realignment
- Hold the line
- Advance the line
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Which physical issue can wave reflection at the base of a revetment cause?
- Cliff slumping
- Toe scouring
- Beach nourishment
- Longshore drift
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What is a primary benefit of community consultation in integrated coastal management?
- Reduced erosion rates
- Faster wave dissipation
- Guaranteed funding
- Increased public support
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Which coastal management policy involves breaching existing defences to create saltmarshes?
- Hold the line
- Managed realignment
- Advance the line
- Do nothing
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