A Quarry Case Study - facts and figures

This is to test knowledge of the case study for ordanary quarrying, this is NOT FOR QUARRY RESTORATION

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1. How much limestone is quarried from there?

  • 1 million tons per Year
  • 2 million tons per Year
  • 2 million tons per Month
  • 1 million tons per Month
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2. How much was spent to improve transport there?

  • £ 13 billion
  • £12 million
  • £15 million
  • £13 trillion

3. Where is this quarry?(Nearby town)

  • Castleton
  • Cattlewick
  • Crewe
  • Congleton

4. Where is this quarry? (County)

  • Surrey
  • Derbyshire
  • North Yorkshire
  • Wenslydale

5. Which one of these did not happen there?

  • Quiet machines have been used to cause minimum disturbance to nearby houses
  • Landscaping, by planting trees and plant to reduce visual pollution.
  • Efforts have been made to reduce dust, washing the lorries regularly.
  • One old quarry is used as a nature reserve
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