3.3 Buildings on the coast Flashcards
The eastern coast of England is made of _______ and, in places, erosion is occurring rapidly.
very soft rocks
What type of rock is the western coasts of the British Isles are made of?
The western coasts of the British Isles are made of hard rocks.
Dunwich is a small village in _______ on the eastern coast of England.
Suffolk
What is the first step that they have to do before building walls of brick?
The Dutch people cut off sections of the delta of the river Rhine from the sea.
How do you call walls of brick and stone they use?
Walls of brick and stone called dykes.
What did they do after they build walls of brick and stone?
They then used pumps to lift the water into the canals.
How do you call the fields reclaimed from the sea?
The fields reclaimed from the sea are called polders.
Which is the world’s largest man-made island?
Palm Jumeriah in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates is the world’s largest man-made island.
It stretches into the Arabian Gulf in the shape of a _______.
palm tree
What parts does Palm Jumeriah consist of?
It consists of a trunk and a crown with sixteen fronds.
What is surrounding Palm Jumeriah?
A curve of rock that forms an II-kilometer-long breakwater.
Where did they get the sand that Palm Jumeriah was built on?
They used the sand dredged from the bottom of the Arabian Gulf.
Where did they get the rock that Palm Jumeriah was built on?
They got the rock from local quarries.
