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An environmental impact assessment is used before a landfill site is created. State three features of an environmental impact assessment.
See it on the paper →Suggest why the waste is compressed.
See it on the paper →Use the diagram to describe three ways the landfill site is managed to reduce impacts on the environment. Give reasons for your answer. Boece
See it on the paper →The photograph shows waste tyres from vehicles at a landfill site. The waste tyres are made into a fine powder and mixed with waste stone from the building industry. The mixture is added to a substance used to make roads. Roads made with this mixture are less likely to crack. 500 waste tyres are used per km of road sur...
See it on the paper →Amining company wants to extract sand from an area near to a village. One person in the village said: | think the mine will benefit the village but it will also have negative impacts. Suggest how the mine will benefit the village and have negative impacts. DONC FIES (4)
See it on the paper →State two benefits to local people of a new coal mine opening in an area.
See it on the paper →State two benefits to local people of a new coal mine opening in an area.
See it on the paper →Comprehensive responses • This question was generally well answered. Answers for benefits were job opportunities and improvement of infrastructure were given. The most popular answer for negative impacts was qualification of a type of pollution with noise and air pollution being the most common. Others were able to correctly identify loss of trees or habitat from the photograph.
— Examiner report, February/March 2026, 0680/22 Q3(b)(i) (Cambridge)
The most common correct response for a benefit of a mine to the local community was more jobs being available. Some also knew that the new mine would improve the local economy or would result in new infrastructure.
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0680/11 Q1(c) (Cambridge)
The most common correct response for a benefit of a mine to the local community was more jobs being available. Some also knew that the new mine would improve the local economy or would result in new infrastructure.
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0680/13 Q1(c) (Cambridge)
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Suggest one reason why subsurface mining is more dangerous than surface mining. (ii)
Describe the social benefits of rock extraction to local people.
See it on the paper →The photograph shows a landscape damaged by rock extraction. State two negative impacts of rock extraction shown in the photograph.
See it on the paper →The waste materials left after the copper is extracted are called tailings. Tailings are a toxic mixture of crushed rock and water. The mixture is taken to tailing ponds near the mine. The diagram shows a tailing pond in the desert near the mine. mixture of crushed rock and water pumped into pond N concrete wall 1 km w...
See it on the paper →A new gold mine is planned in New Zealand. Suggest reasons why some people object to a new gold mine.
See it on the paper →Some people are concerned about uranium mining in Somalia. One local person says: I live in a village near the mine. How will the mine affect me? Suggest how the mine will affect people living in a nearby village.
See it on the paper →disadvantages of this process.
See it on the paper →The country with the largest mass of mining product extracted.
See it on the paper →The mass of iron extracted from Brazil.
See it on the paper →Describe the impacts an open-cast mine can have on the surrounding environment.
See it on the paper →The extraction of coal for power stations causes air pollution. Describe two other ways that the extraction of coal pollutes the environment.
See it on the paper →State two ways that a mine benefits people living in the local area.
See it on the paper →Suggest reasons why local people want diamond mining to continue in the area.
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