Starter quiz
- What is reliable data?
- data which can be sorted into exclusive categories
- data which has the potential to answer the enquiry question
- data which would be the same were the data collection method to be repeated ✓
- data which does not follow the general pattern or trend
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- Geographers should always look at the ______ and moral impacts of their enquiry.
- 'Ethical' ✓
- Which of the following should not be mentioned in an evaluation?
- whether the enquiry question is suitable for the location
- elements of the data collection that could be improved
- how attractive the data presentation is ✓
- how the choice of analysis technique impacted the final conclusion
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- A field sketch is a good way of recording and presenting __________ data.
- stakeholder
- observer ✓
- discrete
- continuous
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- Which of these is not an example of secondary data?
- responses to your online questionnaire ✓
- data in a weather report from last week
- an old photograph of your field site
- data collected by another student last year
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- Which dimension that is measured in physical geography enquiries, is missing from the following list? Depth, length, width, height and ______.
- 'gradient' ✓
Exit quiz
- What is a clinometer?
- a square device that is placed on the ground to sample sediment
- a red and white pole used to mark out sections of a transect
- a device that shows the angle of a slope ✓
- a special tape measure for measuring the height of a cliff
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- 'How has the new sea wall affected how people use the beach?' This is an enquiry question focusing on coastal ______.
- ' management' ✓
- Sort these stages of measuring the angle of a beach into the correct order.
- 1⇔Select a transect across the width of the beach.
- 2⇔Place two ranging poles at a set distance apart.
- 3⇔Position the clinometer alongside one ranging pole.
- 4⇔Angle the clinometer to point at the same point on the opposite ranging pole.
- 5⇔Read the gradient from the dial on the clinometer.
- If a geographer wants to study the effectiveness of a groyne, they can measure from the ______ of the groyne to the top of the beach sediment on either side of the groyne.
- 'Top' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- There are many geographical enquiry questions that you can investigate at the coast.
- Data collection techniques at the coast look at beach and wave morphology and coastal management.
- Secondary data can provide contextual information about particular coastlines and comparable data.
Common misconception
Enquiries that focus on coastal management have to discuss effectiveness.
While many coastal enquiries focus on how effective management strategies are, the concept of effectiveness is far broader. Enquiries could study how coastal defences look, if they prevent access to the beach, or how sustainable it is to build them.
Keywords
Coastal morphology - the physical shape and size of a beach, a cliff, waves and beach sediment
Transect - an imaginary line along which samples of data are collected
Ranging pole - a metal pole (traditionally red and white striped) that is used to mark a point in a survey
Clinometer - a hand-held device used to measure the gradient of a slope
Quadrat - a square frame used at ground level to show the limits of a sample area
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