Field Work

Question 1

What was the enquiry question for the urban area

Answer 1

How does quality of life vary in Guildford

Question 2

What is the hypothesis in the urban fieldwork

Answer 2

The quality of life will increase as the distance from Guildford town centre increases

Question 3

What quantitive primary methods were used in the urban fieldwork

Answer 3

Traffic count and litter count

Question 4

How reliable were traffic count and litter count

Answer 4

A bit reliable but only counted at one point during the day and only covered a small area

Question 5

What was the procedure for litter count

Answer 5

Count how much litter you see in a certain area for 10 minutes

Question 6

Describe the traffic count

Answer 6

Quantitive stratified sampling method
Set a timer for 3 minutes and count how many vehicles drove past in a certain direction within the 3 minutes. The data will tell us how much pollution there is
Results recorded for all 3 sites
Pen paper and IPad

Question 7

Describe the decibel reading

Answer 7

Quantitive random sampling
Stood in a field with my iPad with the decibel reading app and stayed silent when the decibels were being read
Recorded minimum, average, max and what it sounded like eg loud street
The reading tells us how much noise and air pollution there is

Question 8

Describe the bi-polar environmental survey

Answer 8

Quantitive stratified sampling
Went to a site and gave our opinions on the site eg graffiti and ticked the level we thought it was at
Pen and paper
Gave an overall base on what quality of life was like in our opinion

Question 9

What are some risks of the urban field work

Answer 9

Getting lost
Hit by a vehicle
Mimi bus crash
Fighting members of public

Question 10

What was a problem with the traffic count

Answer 10

Only measured traffic at one ready at each site and only vehicles travelling on one side of the road

Question 11

Problems when doing the decibel reading

Answer 11

It was windy

Question 12

Problems with the litter count

Answer 12

We only saw a small area within the 10 minutes

Question 13

What was a problem with the bio polar survey

Answer 13

Was done by us so therefore was bias

Question 14

What was a problem with the field sketch

Answer 14

Area could look different on other days

Question 15

What river did I study

Answer 15

River tillingbourne

Question 16

What sites of the river did I investigate and what are some facts

Answer 16

Abinger hammer, crossways farm, gomshall

50km squared drainage basin

Question 17

Why were these sites specially chosen for the river field work

Answer 17

Very accessible
Local
It’s safe

Question 18

What were the primary quantitive data collection methods in the river fieldwork

Answer 18

Width, depth, velocity

Question 19

What were qualitative primary date collection methods

Answer 19

Field sketch

Question 20

Problems with measuring the width and solution

Answer 20

Hard to measure as tape measure kept being dragged by current therefore use a chain or something tighter to make the measurement more accurate

Question 21

Problems with measuring the depth and a solution

Answer 21

Stones could be in the way of the ruler therefore move all rocks from the river channel before measuring

Question 22

Problems with measuring the velocity and solution

Answer 22

Hydroprop stopped spinning due to debris in the river therefore remove debris in the river

Question 23

Problems with field sketch and solution

Answer 23

Only went on one day at one time therefore go see the river more than once

Question 24

Problems with secondary data

Answer 24

Data will be outdated therefore get secondary data from more recently

Question 25

Describe gomshall site

Answer 25

Concrete road so increased surface run off
Flood wall so prevents flooding to protect roads snd houses
Channelised to decrease risk of flooding

Question 26

Describe abinger hammer site

Answer 26

2.9 metres wide
Grass and permeable rock
Been channelised to increase the velocity and decrease the flood risk

Question 27

Crossways farm description

Answer 27

1.5-2 metres wide
Grass and permeable rock so easy to erode
Interception due to small amount of trees so decrease flood risk

Question 28

Describe width of river procedure

Answer 28

Took 0 end of the tape measure and put it at the water line at one bank and straightened and pulled the tape measure to the other end of the water line and bank

Question 29

Describe the velocity procedure

Answer 29

Put ruler at bottom of river in line with stream and put my foot on it to keep it straight. Then put cork at start of ruler and measure how long it takes to get to end of ruler

Question 30

Depth of river procedure

Answer 30

Metre stick and vertically put it up to measure the depth in 5 areas across the width of the river

Question 31

What is the hypothesis of the river field work

Answer 31

Flood risk increases downstream on the river tillingbourne due to the faster flow and more discharge thid is because when the river flows faster the discharge will increase