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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?
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)
12. When was the Bournemouth Pier built?
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?
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?
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