Unit 2: The Natural Environment Section A-Topic 1 Coastal Landscapes 1- Outline A- Processes a Types of wave: constructive and destructive. Describe the characteristics of the two wave types. • Explain their impact on beach profiles. • b Types of weathering, erosion and mass movement on the coastline. Define and explain the different types of weathering, erosion and mass movement. • B- Landforms a Landforms of erosion: cliffs and wave-cut platforms, headlands and bays, caves, arches, stacks and stumps. Describe the named landforms. • Explain their formation in terms of sequence and the processes involved, including • the influence of vegetation and geology. b What is the process of longshore drift? The impact of longshore drift Describe the process of longshore drift. • Explain the impact on the coastline in terms of landforms and related issues, e.g. • deposition in estuaries. c- Landforms of deposition: How are beaches, spits and bars formed? Describe the named landforms and explain their formation in terms of sequence and the processes involved. C- Coastal Recession a Differential rates of cliff recession due to factors such as fetch, geology and coastal management. Define cliff recession. • Explain the factors that cause cliff erosion wave action, weathering and mass • – movement. b The effects of coastal recession on people and the environment. Describe the effects of coastal recessions on humans, e.g. insurance and loss of • homes. Describe the effects on the environment, e.g. loss of land. • D- Coastal flooding: Prediction and prevention of the effects of coastal flooding by forecasting, building design, planning and education. Briefly consider what coastal flooding is and what causes it. Factors which increase • vulnerability Identify how the effects of coastal flooding are reduced through planning before the • event. E- How the coast is managed. a The types of hard and soft engineering used on the coastline of the UK, and the advantages and disadvantages of these techniques. Define hard and soft engineering. • Describe hard and soft engineering techniques used in the UK, including groynes, • sea walls, off-shore reefs, riprap, revetments, beach replenishment, managed retreat and cliff regrading b How the coast is managed in a named location. Describe how the coast is managed in a named location. • Consider the costs and benefits of different approaches to protecting the coast in a • named location.
Unit 2: The Natural Environment Section A-Topic 1 Coastal Landscapes 1- Outline A- Processes a Types of wave: constructive and destructive. • Describe the characteristics of the two wave types. • Explain their impact on beach profiles. b Types of weathering, erosion and mass movement on the coastline. • Define and explain the different types of weathering, erosion and mass movement. B- Landforms a Landforms of erosion: cliffs and wave-cut platforms, headlands and bays, caves, arches, stacks and stumps. • Describe the named landforms. • Explain their formation in terms of sequence and the processes involved, including the influence of vegetation and geology. b What is the process of longshore drift? The impact of longshore drift • Describe the process of longshore drift. • Explain the impact on the coastline in terms of landforms and related issues, e.g. deposition in estuaries. c- Landforms of deposition: How are beaches, spits and bars formed? Describe the named landforms and explain their formation in terms of sequence and the processes involved. C- Coastal Recession a Differential rates of cliff recession due to factors such as fetch, geology and coastal management. • Define cliff recession. • Explain the factors that cause cliff erosion – wave action, weathering and mass movement. b The effects of coastal recession on people and the environment. • Describe the effects of coastal recessions on humans, e.g. insurance and loss of homes. • Describe the effects on the environment, e.g. loss of land. D- Coastal flooding: Prediction and prevention of the effects of coastal flooding by forecasting, building design, planning and education. • Briefly consider what coastal flooding is and what causes it. Factors which increase vulnerability • Identify how the effects of coastal flooding are reduced through planning before the event. E- How the coast is managed. a The types of hard and soft engineering used on the coastline of the UK, and the advantages and disadvantages of these techniques. • Define hard and soft engineering. • Describe hard and soft engineering techniques used in the UK, including groynes, sea walls, off-shore reefs, riprap, revetments, beach replenishment, managed retreat and cliff regrading b How the coast is managed in a named location. • Describe how the coast is managed in a named location. • Consider the costs and benefits of different approaches to protecting the coast in a named location.
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