11 mark
What type of coast is shown from The Foreland to Durlston Head, where the rocks are at right angles to the sea?
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Coasts (CIE IGCSE Geography)
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2 marks
2 marks
Fig 1 - Photographs of two contrasting coastal areas
Using Fig. 1, suggest two opportunities for people that a coastline provides
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34 marks
Fig 1- Diagram of a spit
Study Fig 1, which shows a spit
(i)
Suggest how sediment size and shape will change between X and Y
[2]
(ii)
Explain the reasons for size and sediment change
[2]
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43 marks
Explain how landform W, in Fig. 3.1, was formed.
Fig 3.1
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52 marks
Study Fig. 3.1 which is a photographs showing a method of coastal protection.
Fig 3.1
(i)
Describe the beach material in Fig. 3.1.
[1]
(ii)
Describe the evidence in Fig. 3.1 that the wooden structure is reducing longshore drift.
[1]
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66 marks
Fig. 3.2 shows two methods of coastal protection, F and G.
Fig 3.2
(i)
Describe the structures F and G.
F ................................................................................................................
G ...............................................................................................................
[2]
(ii)
Explain how structure G protects the coast.
[2]
(iii)
Some people think that the coastal protection methods seen in Fig. 3.2 should not have been built.
Explain why people might be opposed to this coastal protection scheme.
[2]
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72 marks
Suggest how the feature in the centre of the photograph may change in the future.
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16 marks
Fig. 4.1 (below) shows a coast in Scotland.
Fig. 4.1
Fig. 4.2 shows a student’s field sketch of the coast.
Fig. 4.2
Using Fig. 4.1 to help you, add labelled arrows to Fig. 4.2 to describe the features of the coast.
[6]
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13 marks
Study Fig 1, which shows a beach area
Fig 1 - a beach
Describe the beach shown
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23 marks
Fig 1, St Bees, Cumbria
Study Fig 1, which shows a photograph taken at St Bees, Cumbria
Describe this area
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34 marks
Fig 1 - Sea defences
Study Fig 1, which shows sea defences
Explain how two of the coastal management strategies shown protect the coast from erosion
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45 marks
Fig 1
Study Fig 1, which shows a discordant coastline
Explain how The Foreland will change over time. You may include a diagram in your answer
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54 marks
Describe and explain the process of longshore drift which is shown in Fig. 2.8 (below).
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64 marks
Students measured a beach profile from the edge of the sea to the cliff.
Describe how they would measure the profile using the following equipment:
• two ranging poles
• a clinometer
• a tape measure
• a clinometer
• a tape measure
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74 marks
Suggest reasons why people live along the coastline.
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88 marks
Study Fig. 4.5, which shows the Godavari sand spit in Andhra Pradesh, India.
(i) Describe how the Godavari sand spit changed between 1889 and 2015.
[3]
(ii) Suggest how coastal processes changed the Godavari sand spit between 1889 and 2015.
[5]
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