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6. What did the spit provide?

  • Place for people to stay
  • Place for erosion to take place
  • A sheltered place for sediment accumulation away from strong winds and coastal erosion
  • Place for scientists to study

7. When is the climax of a salt marsh reached?

  • When a more complex set of plants colonise
  • When the pioneer colonising plants help trap sediment
  • When a community of ader and ash trees is reached with a fully developed creek system
  • When organic matter is contributed

8. Where does it lie?

  • Between a sea wall built in 1990s
  • On the west coast
  • After groynes on the beach

9. How much was spent on increasing the height of the spit?

  • £5 million
  • £7 million
  • £2 million

10. Do animals graze on the salt marsh?

  • Sometimes
  • Yes
  • I don't know
  • No

11. What do pioneer colonising plants (eel grass) do?

  • Bring other plants to a habitat
  • Help trap sediment which starts to build up a salt marsh
  • Discover new land