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5 marksSignificance and Environmental Impacts of Resource Exploitation

CAPE Environmental Science Unit 1 · 2018 · Paper 2 · Question 6(b)(i)

Table 1 provides data on the amount of bauxite mined (in thousands of tonnes) in a Caribbean country from 1995 to 1999.

Use the grid provided on page 27 to draw a line graph to illustrate the data in Table 1.

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  1. 6(a)List THREE exhaustible natural resources, except bauxite, found in the Caribbean.[3 marks]
  2. 6(b)(ii)Suggest ONE reason for the decline in the amount of bauxite mined in the Caribbean country during the period 1998–1999.[1 mark]
  3. 6(b)(iii)Use TWO examples to explain the possible effect of this decline in bauxite production on the economy of this Caribbean country.[6 marks]
  4. 6(c)Suggest how rehabilitation could be used to improve the former mine following its closure.[5 marks]

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