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WorksheetsGCSE Thanet Earth Case study - Resource management (LD)
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
In what year was the vision and plan for Thanet Earth created?
2004
2001
2005
2007
Which two European countries, in the early 2000's, were taking a big share of the UK salad growing market
Holland and Spain
Spain and France
Spain and Italy
Holland and France
How many of the greenhouses are used soley for the growing of tomatoes?
4
1
3
2
'We harvest around 400 million tomatoes a year in a greenhouse space that would fitmore than...
35 football pitches
20 football pitches
40 football pitches
25 football pitches
Hydroponics involves
Spraying a nutrient rich solution at the roots of the plants
The roots of the plants sitting in a nutrient rich solution
Talking to the plants
The advantages of hydroponic farming include (Tick the correct answers)
It uses less nutrients
It is cheaper than normal farming
It is less sustainable
It uses less water
What device has been installed in the greenhouses to reduce the light pollution experienced in the winters?
Light meters
Blinds
Barometers
Besides creating enough electricity to light and heat their greenhouses Thanet Earth has the capacity to generate enough electricity to power how many homes?
50,000
45,000
5,000
15,000
Bees are used to help which plant grown at Thanet to pollinate?
Cucumbers
Tomatoes
Peppers
Onions
During the seasonal peaks up to 900 people may be employed at Thanet Earth. What type of benefits could this be described as
Environmental benefit
Political benefit
Economic benefit
Social benefit
How many hectares of glass are there at Thanet Earth?
45 hectares
50 hectares
55 hectares
60 hectares
How is carbon dioxide brought into the greenhouses?
Through tubes
Through pipes
Through sprays
Through irrigation canals
What is the simple test for seeing if a cucumber is too bent to be sold to supermarkets?
If you can fit your index finger under it
If you can fit a ruler on its side under it
If you can fit your hand under it
The one worker in the video clip gave two reasons why cucmbers bend. The two reasons are:
They bend because of the extra sunlight they get in the greenhouse
They bend if they become too heavy
They bend if a bad bug has taken a bite of them, some of the plant cells at that section then die
They bend if part of the plant (stem/branch) gets in the way of a growing cucumber
Which county is Thanet Earth found in?
Surrey
East Sussex
Kent
Essex
Rainwater harvesting is
Collecting water from the ground
Collecting water from roofs
Collecting water from trees
Collecting water from lakes
Tick two disadvantages of the Thanet Earth large scale agricultural development
The hydroponics is automated
Most of the profits go to big TNCs
It makes a lot of noise
A lot of natural habitat was removed to build the greenhouses
