DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL STUDIES

YEAR-8
TOPIC- GEOGRAPHY: COAST

1. Many early settlers chose to settle on the coast. Why?

2. Name one word for the following:

a) a violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or
snow-
b) a low wall or sturdy barrier built out into the sea from a beach to check erosion and drifting.

3. Complete the statement. The National Trust has bought 1200 km of coastline-in order to give us
access ________________________________________________.

4. Name at least five jobs that people can do at the coast or the sea but not inland.

5. Fill in the blanks.

a) The end products of erosion are _______, _________and _____.

b) The winds and high-water level caused a __________.

c) _______has caused rising sea levels around the British Isles.

d) Slit and mud collect in the sheltered area behind a spit forming a ________.

6. Answer the following questions

a) Explain the waves at work.

b) What is storm surge? How is it caused?
c) Sea walls would not work for Happisburgh. Why?

ANSWERS
1. Many early settlers chose to settle on coasts due to access to fishing, trade, travel by boat, water
for washing, and sea view for enjoyment.

2. a) Storm
b) Sea Walls

3. in order to give us access to it and protect it from development.

4. Examples include - deep sea fishing, beach –guard, lobster farming, oil rig working, harbor
master, and surfing instructor.

5. Fill in the blanks

a) Pebbles, sand, and mud.

b) storm-surge
c) Global Warming
d) salt marsh.

6. Answer the following questions:

a) Waves continually shape the coastline by eroding, transporting, and depositing material. The
Waves erode the rock by hammering into the cracks at high temperature (hydraulic action)
dissolving any soluble material (solution) and flinging pebbles and sand at it, which scrape it
away(abrasion).

b) A storm surge is a large surge of seawater that can overwhelm coastal defenses and flood low-
lying areas.
A storm surge is caused by a combination of low pressure, high tides, and strong winds, therefore
are more common in the winter months in the UK.

c) Happisburgh is located on the north Norfolk coast, in an area that suffers from severe coastal
erosion, also erosion is severe along this coast because the cliffs consist of sand above the clay,
which means they are very soft, easily waterlogged and weakened by rain vulnerable to strong
waves.