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6. What is a footloose industry?

  • An industry that relocates frequently
  • One with no headquaters
  • One that can locate anywhere as it is not tied to resources
  • An industry that only operates online

7. Which of these is not a main reason why Holderness erodes so quickly?

  • A long fetch of waves hitting the coast
  • Boulder Clay erodes easily
  • The enclosed sea and deep sea floor generate destructive waves
  • Flambourgh Head dissolves and adds no new sediment to the beaches of Holderness

8. Which of these is not a pressure for development at the Southampton "honeypot" location?

  • Nuclear industry development
  • Expansion of suburbs and villages
  • Sailing and leisure craft
  • Industrial development of oil and shipping

9. When did Bournemouth have its regeneration era?

  • 1995
  • 1980
  • 2008
  • 2002

10. Which of these is not a problem caused by the Fawley Oil Refinery?

  • 50,000 trees and shrubs planted
  • June 2010 20 barrels of vacuum gas oil leaked into Southampton Water
  • Salt marsh reduced by the growing refinery
  • Warm effluent affecting the foodweb and ecosystem
  • A 1989 oil spill that killed 800 birds

11. How many people work at Fawley?(2016)

  • 250
  • 3000
  • 2300
  • 1500

12. When was the Bournemouth Pier built?

  • 2010
  • 1980
  • 1880
  • 1904

13. Where is sinking due to isostatic rebound?

  • SE England
  • NW England
  • NE Scotland
  • The Midlands

14. Which of these is not a marine/cliff-foot process of erosion

  • Freeze-thaw
  • Abrasion
  • Hydraulic action
  • Attrition

15. How much can sea walls cost per metre?

  • Around £1,500
  • Up to £10,000
  • Under £5,000
  • Over £200,000

16. Which of these was not an opposition to the development of Dibden?

  • 3000 jobs would be lost
  • It is an SSSI, home to 50,000 birds
  • There could be more oil spills and pollution from anti-fouling paints
  • Traffic and congestion would increase
  • Local homes would loose a sea view

17. What percentage of the Dorset employment is in tourism?

  • 30%
  • 80%
  • 15%
  • 5%

18. Which of these describes the process by which algae blooms are created by nutrient run off from farms?

  • Plant succession
  • Eutriphication
  • Attrition
  • Effluent

19. How much is sea level predicted to rise by, by 2100?

  • 0.5mm
  • 1m
  • 30cm
  • 7m

20. What has Abbot's Hall Farm done in response to rising sea levels?

  • Held the Line and built farm buildings on stilts to compensate for flooding
  • Planted mangroves to reduce flooding
  • Retreated the Line to allow wetland to develop
  • Advanced the Line to increase the farm's capacity