4.4 Human Activity

Question 1

4.4a) Name a few types of Development indicators

Answer 1

Human Development Index,
GDP
GDP per Capita

Question 2

Name three types of coastal management

Answer 2

Sea Wall, Groynes, Rock Armour, Beach nourishment, Slope stabilisation

Question 3

How is industry effected by the coast?

Answer 3

Tourists provide jobs for locals, and shop workers, while Ports can be home to a large number of fishermen and sailors.

Question 4

How is agriculture effected by sea level rise?

Answer 4

If the sea level rises and floods farmland, it will become salty, making it hard for anything to grow there.

Question 5

4.4b) Name a coastal landscape

Answer 5

Swanage

Question 6

Name one type of physical process contributing to erosion

Answer 6

Weathering

Question 7

Name one type of human process contributing to erosion?

Answer 7

Groynes (sped up erosion past the terminal groyne.