Lesson Y8-U02-L09

Should We Hold the Line? A Coastal Management Decision Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 8

20 questions

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Lesson Y8-U02-L09, Should We Hold the Line? A Coastal Management Decision: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 8: Year 8: Coasts: A Changing Landscape, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What does a Shoreline Management Plan set for each section of coast?

    • Property taxes
    • Management policy
    • Shipping routes
    • Fishing quotas

  2. What does the coastal management policy 'hold the line' mean?

    • Create new land
    • Abandon the coast
    • Keep coastline fixed
    • Move coast inland

  3. What is 'managed retreat' in coastal management?

    • Pumping sand out
    • Building higher walls
    • Stopping all erosion
    • Controlled flooding

  4. What does the coastal management policy 'advance the line' mean?

    • Create new land
    • Retreat inland
    • Stop spending money
    • Hold current position

  5. What does the coastal management policy 'do nothing' involve?

    • No spending
    • Adding rock armour
    • Planting marram grass
    • Building sea walls

  6. What is a cost-benefit analysis used for in coastal management?

    • Comparing financial impact
    • Measuring wave height
    • Mapping rock types
    • Calculating tide times

  7. Which of these is a direct cost of building a concrete sea wall?

    • Increased tourism
    • Maintenance expense
    • Enhanced local jobs
    • Saved residential homes

  8. What term describes any person or group affected by a coastal management decision?

    • Taxpayer
    • Contractor
    • Shareholder
    • Stakeholder

  9. Between a town with 800 homes and low-value farmland, which will a council likely defend?

    • Only the beach
    • Neither location
    • The farmland
    • The town

  10. Which coastal management policy is most favoured by conservation groups wanting new wildlife habitats?

    • Advance the line
    • Managed retreat
    • Hold the line
    • Hard engineering

  11. A homeowner near a crumbling cliff wants to be protected. Which policy do they most want?

    • Do nothing
    • Managed retreat
    • Advance the line
    • Hold the line

  12. Why might a distant taxpayer object to funding a local coastal sea wall?

    • Improved national transport
    • Decreased local flooding
    • High public cost
    • Lower council tax

  13. When a council weighs a sea wall cost against the homes it saves, what is this process called?

    • Risk assessment
    • Environmental audit
    • Geological survey
    • Cost-benefit analysis

  14. Which coastal feature is most suitable for managed retreat?

    • Empty salt marsh
    • Busy port
    • Nuclear power station
    • City centre

  15. Why are busy seafront towns usually protected by coastal defences?

    • High economic value
    • Zero wave energy
    • Low construction cost
    • Natural rock walls

  16. What is the typical management policy for empty farmland behind an eroding cliff?

    • Total hardening
    • Managed retreat
    • Advance the line
    • Hold the line

  17. When is public money justified to defend a single coastal property?

    • Benefits outweigh costs
    • Property is old
    • Owner requests it
    • Sea level drops

  18. Who typically shares the financial cost of major UK coastal defences?

    • Only insurance firms
    • Only local residents
    • Local and national
    • Only international banks

  19. Why might a council choose managed retreat for low-value farmland?

    • Stops all erosion
    • Increases tourism revenue
    • Creates sandy beaches
    • Cheaper than defending

  20. What effect do hard coastal defences often have further down the coast?

    • Higher sea levels
    • Increased deposition
    • Increased erosion
    • Lower wave height

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