12 marksSignificance and Environmental Impacts of Resource Exploitation

CAPE Environmental Science Unit 1 · 2009 · Paper 2 · Question 7(c)

Discuss THREE factors (excluding environmental) that the Government should consider before permitting the extraction of these two resources.

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7(a)Based on the results depicted in Figure 5, compare the environmental impact of extracting these two resources, including FOUR points.[4 marks]
7(b)Account for the difference in the level of noise pollution when these two resources are extracted, including FOUR points.[4 marks]

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