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Where is the Holderness Coast located ?
east Yorkshire
west Yorkshire
south Yorkshire
north Yorkshire
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What is the main plant found in the Sundarbans?
oak trees
tropical trees
pine trees
mangrove trees
3
What are main opportunities for construction in the Sunderbans?
burning forest
logging and building
mining minerals
hunting tigers
4
What is an example of mechanical weathering on the Holderness Coastline?
wetting and drying
Wetting and freezeing
plant roots
chemical dissolve rocks
5
How are people being protect from cyclones in the Sunderbans?
233 new cyclone shelters
222 new cyclone shelters being built
221 new cyclone shelters being built
230 new cyclone shelters being built
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What percentage of the world's tropical fish are born in mangroves?
75%
80%
65%
70%
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How far has the boulder clay cliffs retreated since roman times?
1 mile
5 km
4,000 meters
20,000 feet
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What does the landscape look like at Flamborough headland?
chalk headland
granite headland
limestone headland
clay headland
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How are they improving access to the Sunderbans?
build more houses
learn to swim
high tech boats
build more road and bridge
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How are the Sunderbans adapting?
people move away
education of farms to grow salt tolerant rice crops
NGOs provide education on how burn mangrove effectively
NGOs provide education for preparation of natural disasters.
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Where are Sundarbans located?
southwest Bangladesh
south east India
north east India
north west Bangladesh
12
How making communication and warning system links better in the Sunderbans?
putting nuclear power plant
putting in coal power plant
putting in hydroelectric dam
putting in solar pannels
13
What does the landscape look like at Spurn Head?
chalk headland
saltmarsh
sandspit
boulder clay headland
14
What are the Economic challenges in the Sunderbans?
lots of illegal jobs
lack of employment
lack of income opportunities
easy to get rich
15
How much of the Holderness coast is protect with hard engineering?
52.3 km out of 70km coastline
14.1 km out of 610 km coastline
1.2 km out of 23 km coastline
11.4 km out of 61 km coastline
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How are the Sunderbans mitigating against natural hazard?
destroying mangroves
building cyclone shelter
replanting pine forest
replanting mangroves
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What is the main transportation Process on the Holderness Coastline?
erosion
currents
longshore drift
wind
18
What does the landscape look like at Bridlington to Spurn Head?
granite cliffs
limestone cliffs
chalk cliffs
boulder clay cliffs
19
How did the government save money along Holderness Coastline?
carried on protecting Flamborough Headland
carried on protecting Spurn Head
stopped protecting Flamborough Headland
stopped protecting Spurn Head
20
How are the they preventing death from preventable diseases in the Sunderbans?
education about water sanitation and water borne diseases
learn about how leaving sunderbans is only way you will survive
learn how it good to get waterborne disease
learn about how deforestation leading more destruction from cyclones
21
What are the Social challenges in the Sunderbans?
increase population lead more water
lots of fresh water and declining population
lack of fresh water due growing population
salty water
22
What is the negative of building more roads and bridges?
less risk of being eaten by a tiger
less deforestation
more deforestation
harder to fish
23
What are example management strategies along the Holderness Coast ?
Mapleton 1 rock groynes and 100 m long revetment cost £1 million
Mapleton 10 rock groynes and 10 km long revetment cost £10 million
Mapleton five rock groynes and 1 km long revetment cost £5 million
Mapleton 2 rock groynes and 500 m long revetment cost £2 million
24
What is the main inputs on the Holderness coastline?
North Sea current circulate round UK
Atlantic current circulate round UK
Pacific current circulate round UK
english channel current circulate round UK
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What soft engineering strategy that they are thinking of using on the Holderness coastline?
grow trees
build rock beaches
managed retreat
growing bushes