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Holderness Coast Flashcards

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1
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What is the geology of Flamborough Head?

A

Chalk

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2
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What is attacked by the marine erosion?

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Joints

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3
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When waves are refracted, they result in less erosion. True or false.

A

False, they result in more erosion

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4
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How was Selwicks Bay created?

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Faults -> displacement of whole sections through weathering and erosion

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5
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What was left behind when the ice sheet, which covered the north of the UK, melted?

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Boulder clay

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6
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Which key settlements does rhe SMP want to protect?

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Bridlington, Hornsea & Withernsea

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What is the key coastal road, which goes through Mappleton, called?

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B1242

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How much of the UK’s gas comes from Easington?

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25%

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9
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How much is the coastal management which protects the B1242 road worth? What is it?

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  • £2m Rock Armour

- 2 rock groynes.

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10
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Where is cliff regrading used?

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Easington

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Who is Spurn Head owned by?

A

Yorkshire Wildlife

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12
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Why is Spurn Head so vunurable?

A

Eustatic change & sea defences

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13
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Spurn Head protects Hull from storm surges. True or false?

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True

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14
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How was the North Sea created?

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Eustatic change during the Holocene period.

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15
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What are the rates of erosion?

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1m per year

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16
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Why is there so much erosion on the Holderness Coast?

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  • Weak and unconsolidated geology
  • Long fetch
  • Powerful destructive waves
  • Rotational Slumping (especially from saturated cliffs)
  • Narrow beaches
17
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What is created when the sea suffers from depressions that funnel water?

A

Powerful storm surges that are several metres high

18
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These events dont lead to significant erosion. True or false?

A

False

19
Q

In 1953, how manh people died due to a storm surge?

A

300

20
Q

How many jobs are provided by tourism in Bridlington?

A

2,200

21
Q

How long is the sea wall in Hornsea?

A

1.7km

22
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What protects Withernsea? What do they do?

A
  • Groynes - To make the beach wider

- Sea Wall - To protect the coast

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