rocks, resources and scenery

Question 1

clay/chalk landscape

Answer 1

aquifer in london - beneath london, a syncline made of permeable chalk is lined with impermeable clay

Question 2

granite landscape

Answer 2

farming in dartmoor, devon

Question 3

limestone landscape

Answer 3

tourism in the yorkshire dales

Question 4

dartmoor farming facts (3)

Answer 4

10% of land used for farming sheep - soil too thin to grow crops
makes too little money - farmers need to diversify
dartmoor hill farm project is supporting farmers eg. selling meat

Question 5

yorkshire dales tourism facts (5)

Answer 5

12 million day visitors per year
provides 15,000 jobs
income of £478 million per year
seasonal jobs (summer)
air pollution and congestion from tourists travelling by car

Question 6

aquifer in london facts (3)

Answer 6

water falls on the exposed chalk of the north downs and chiltern hills and collects in the chalk syncline beneath
it provides clean water during drought periods
pumped 200 million litres per day in 2005

Question 7

benefits of ingleton quarry (3)

Answer 7

provides funding to local councils through taxes
local people employed (88), supports a further 30,000 jobs such as truck drivers
65% of the 4 million tonnes of gritstone is sold in Yorkshire alone

Question 8

issues of ingleton quarry (4)

Answer 8

visual pollution
lost habitats
large lorries cause road congestion
dust and noise

Question 9

management of ingleton quarry (4)

Answer 9

trees planted to block the quarry
railways have been built to transport rock
blasting times limited in the day
re-development of habitats once quarry has closed

Question 10

watermark and its uses (5)

Answer 10

150 exhausted quarries now turned into lakes
fishing
nature reserves
inland beach 
water sports

Question 11

sustainability of watermark (3)

Answer 11

nature reserves are environmentally sustainable
local people using the area for leisure and sports is socially sustainable
housing and holiday homes are economically sustainable