Coastal Landforms, Longshore Drift, Stacks and Sea Defences Worksheets

Coastal Landforms and Sea Defences

Included in this resource:

Worksheet 1 -

• Headlands and bays label activity
• Key definitions of the types of erosion
• Identifying caves, arches, stumps and wave-cut platforms
• Arranging the statements for the formation of wave-cut platforms

Worksheet 2 -

• Longshore drift description activity
• Features of a spit
• Famous landforms recall
• Key definitions linked to longshore drift

Worksheet 3 -

• Importance of sea defenses on tourism, construction, wildlife etc.
• Hard and soft coastal engineering
• Advantages and disadvantages of sea defenses
• Beach Nourishment and managed retreat comparison

Set up in A4, these three worksheets come with a full set of comprehensive answers. Ideal to be used as an introductory, summary or revision task. I have also used this as a homework activity to support pre-teaching this topic. No previous knowledge of landforms or defenses is required for students to complete this.

Please note there may be American English spellings in this resource i.e. ‘defenses’

Please feel free to ask any questions - Thanks!