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This is a question from the 2006 NCEA exam. You need to develop an answer for the processes of ‘Wave Erosion’ and ‘Dune Formation’. Submit your answer as a comment, so that it can be marked. (ONE LESSON)

Human Actions

Comprehensively analyse the success or otherwise of the actions of people have taken to modify TWO natural processes in your selected geographic environment.

You must provide specific information from your selected geographic environment in your answer. For Achievement with Merit or Achievment with Excellence, maps and/or diagrams should be used to enhance your answer.

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Here are the instructions for your self-selected research issues

Environmental Issue Assignment

1. What is the issue?

2. Where is this issue occurring? Show on a map

3. What will happen if nothing is done about the problem?

4. Who are some people with different views about the issue?

5. Use the following heading to explain the affects of this issue:

• Economic – money making activities
• Social – people and their well-being
• Environmental – land, water and air

Try to show links between these impacts.
How impacts affects or causes another

6. What are people trying to do about it?

You must also hand in a one page research log which contains the following:

• What and why are you studying the issue
• A reference section
• An evaluation of the data collected e.g. how accurate you think the information is and why, conflicts of information, anything more you think should be found out.
• An evaluation of the inquiry process e.g. strengths and difficulties in finding information and working in a pair

1 “Mardy Fish pulled off a whale of an upset” is most likely to be from a story on
a) rugby league b) tennis c) golf.
2 Torquay beach, Jan Juc beach, and Port Phillip Bay are located in
a) Victoria b) Tasmania c) New South Wales.
3 The mozzarella cheese in Italian style neapolitan pizza comes from the milk of
a) goats b) buffaloes c) sheep.
4 The nickname of would-be US President, Barack Obama, is
a) Ballin b) Basset c) Barry.
5 Thimphu is the capital of
a) Vanuatu b) Madagascar c) Bhutan.
6 The Olympic torch that has begun its journey to Beijing, was lit in
a) Athens b) Crete c) Olympia.
7 The legalised annual slaughter in the Gulf of St Lawrence and around
Newfoundland has been set at 275,000 harp seals by the government of
a) Sweden b) the USA c) Canada.
8 Drones, or UAVs, which have been under development in the USA for
decades, are used
a) in the sky b) in the ocean c) on the land.
9 The NZ Olympic Committee’s decision to allow the women’s soccer team to
compete in Beijing could be seen as surprising because
a) the team has not yet been selected
b) the men’s team is not allowed to compete
c) the team did not meet the selection standards.
10 Carla Bruni is the wife of the
a) French President b) Italian Prime Minister c) Sultan of Brunei.

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