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The diagram shows oil tankers A and B. oil tanker A oil tanker B oil oil sea State the advantage of using oil tanker B compared to oil tanker A for transporting oil.
See it on the paper →Explain how booms reduce the impacts of the oil spill on the island.
See it on the paper →State one other method of reducing the impacts of an oil spill.
See it on the paper →State two other methods of dealing with oil spills on the ocean surface.
See it on the paper →Use the photograph to describe how the boom is used to deal with the oil spill.
See it on the paper →State two other methods of dealing with oil spills.
See it on the paper →strategies to reduce the risk of oil spills.
See it on the paper →Suggest two reasons for the differences in the number of oil tanker spills between 1976 and 2016.
See it on the paper →It was clear that a good proportion of candidates understood the use of booms. Many weaker responses did not apply this knowledge to the specific example. In this case, the booms were being used to protect the island rather than to enclose the spill itself.
— Examiner report, February/March 2025, 0680/12 Q4(a)(i) (Cambridge)
This question required candidates to name other ways of reducing the impact of oil spills. The use of double-hulled ships was often given but this is a strategy to reduce the likelihood of an oil spill rather than reducing the subsequent impact.
— Examiner report, February/March 2025, 0680/12 Q4(a)(ii) (Cambridge)
In this question, candidates needed to describe how the boom worked. Many knew that the boom collected the oil spill and needed to add that the boats were towing the boom, for full credit.
— Examiner report, May/June 2022, 0680/11 Q3(a) (Cambridge)
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