GLY105 Human Interference Quiz

Question 1The term applied to various sizes of boulders that are commonly used in structural material to provide protection to the shoreline is:

gabions

longard tubes

rip-rap

jetties

Question 2Wire baskets filled with rocks are called:

gabions

longard tubes

rip-rap

jetties

Question 3One of the oldest and most successful seawall construction projects is located in:

New Orleans, LA

Biloxi, MS

Galveston, TX

Corpus Christi, TX

Question 4A structure built with the specific duty of dissipating wave energy before it reaches the shoreline is known as a:

groin

jetty

seawall

breakwater

Question 5A salient can be found behind which structural feature?

breakwater

jetty

groin

seawall

Question 6The difference between groins and jetties is the fact that jetties:

run parallel to the shoreline

do not interrupt the littoral drift of sediment

are typically smaller

are larger and found near tidal inlets

Question 7Beach nourishment is accomplished most of the time by:

offshore dredging

purchasing sand to haul in

pushing the dunes seaward

natural processes

Question 8Mining coastlines around the world is typically avoided due to the environmental damage it causes.

True

False

Question 9What does eutrophication mean?

an inability to replace oxygenated water with anoxic water

an inability to replace anoxic water with oxygenated water

to built and develop an area via dredge and fill

beach nourishment projects

Question 10The majority of the problem is that coastlines are experiencing:

major storms

tsunamis

construction/ development

earthquakes