Mock test

Question 1

Explain how coastal landscapes can be viewed as systems

Answer 1

. Open system
. Inputs of energy
. Processes
. Stores
. Outputs
. Can exist in state of equilibrium

Question 2

Study Fig.1 which shows the relationship between spending on coastal management and time in England

(i) Comment on one advantage of this data presentation technique
(ii) Describe the relationship shown

Answer 2

(i) Easy to identify anomalies so that these can
be explained or examined further

(ii) Strong positive correlation

Question 3

Study Fig.2 which shows a correlation coefficient calculated for the data in Fig.1 and a table of critical values for a significance test.

(iii) With reference to Fig.2 test the significance of this relationship
(iv) suggest one reason for this relationship.

Answer 3

(iii) bruh

(iv) Materials or transport may have increased in price over time so further spending is required to continue the same level of protection

Question 4

(c)* To what extent are long-term changes more influential on coastal landscape systems than short-term changes?

Answer 4

Long term changes e.g:
. Changes over millenia
. Climate change

Short term changes e.g:
. Changes over seconds
. Human changes