Part 8: Flooding Flashcards
1
Q
- What does physical mean?
A
a. To do with the natural world
2
Q
- What does human mean?
A
a. To do with people
3
Q
- Name a place which has experienced a river flooding
A
a. Boscastle
4
Q
- Where is Boscastle?
A
a. Southwest England
5
Q
- What is the name of the river in Boscastle?
A
a. Valency
6
Q
- When was the flood in Boscastle?
A
a. 16 August 2014
7
Q
- What caused the flood?
A
a. A 7 mile wide storm
b. 89mm of rain falling in 1 hour
8
Q
- Which physical processes made the flood worse?
A
a. Impermeable rock
b. Extra water from tributaries
c. Boscastle is in a narrow valley
9
Q
- Which human processes made the flood worse?
A
a. Covering the ground in concrete and tarmac for roads and car parks
b. Cutting down trees
10
Q
- What are tributaries?
A
a. Smaller rivers which flow into the main river
11
Q
- What were the effects of the flood?
A
a. 75 cars washed away
b. 6 buildings destroyed
c. 150 people rescued
12
Q
- What were the responses to the flood?
A
a. £4.5m spent on flood defences
13
Q
- What did the flood defences do?
A
a. Raise the car park by the river bank
b. Deepen the river channel
c. Improve drainage
14
Q
- Are these examples of hard or soft engineering?
A
a. Hard
