North Yorkshire and coast golden nuggets

Question 1

Prevailing wind

Answer 1

North East

Question 2

Fetch

Answer 2

over 1500km

Question 3

Sedimnet cell

Answer 3

Sediment cell 1 sub-cell 1d

Question 4

Height of land

Answer 4

up to 400m above sea level

Question 5

Geology

Answer 5

Shale, sandstone, carboniferous rock, glacial till

Question 6

Number of geos

Answer 6

50

Question 7

Rate of retreat of cliffs annually

Answer 7

More erosive up to 0.8m and less erosive 0.1m

Question 8

Low energy areas with beaches

Answer 8

Scarborough and Filey Bay

Question 9

Geology of Robin Hood’s bay

Answer 9

Weak shales and resistant sandstone headlands

Question 10

Cost of coastal defence project and year started

Answer 10

£25.7 million. project began in 2002

Question 11

Where is the Old man of Hoy and what is it

Answer 11

Orkney islands, Scotland, is a stack

Question 12

Age of the Old man of Hoy

Answer 12

Fewer than 400 years

Question 13

Name a tombolo and give its length

Answer 13

Chesil beach (30km)

Question 14

Reasons for limited sediment supply

Answer 14

Slow erosion of cliffs, due to rock type of cliff the sediment erodes instead of becoming beaches.

Question 15

Example of a raised beach

Answer 15

The Isle of Arran.

Question 16

Geology of Flamborough Head?

Answer 16

Chalk and topped with glacial till.

Question 17

Variations in the erosion rate at North Yorkshire.

Answer 17

Most erosive areas, Shale and clay 0.8m and least erosive of sandstone and limestone 0.1m

Question 18

What height do waves exceed during summer months.

Answer 18

4m

Question 19

Why would a beach form in North Yorkshire and give an example.

Answer 19

Sediment movement is intercepted by by headlands, Filey Bay

Question 20

What river adds some sediment to the coast?

Answer 20

The river Esk

Question 21

Describe the North Yorkshire cliffs.

Answer 21

Horizontally bedded, typically 20-30m high

Question 22

Describe the shore platform of Robin Hood’s bay

Answer 22

Varies between 1 to 7 degrees in angle and has a maximum width of 500m

Question 23

Tidal range

Answer 23

4m

Question 24

Example of a stack at North Yorkshire.

Answer 24

green stacks pinnacle.