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What is longshore drift and what coastal defence mechanism is associated with it? Give examples.

The prevailing wind is the known common direction that the wind blows along a coast, whether that is east, south west etc. it is specific to each specific site. Longshore drift is the movement of sediments a...
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Explain one possible reason why average cost per unit may increase as the output level of a business increases.

If a firm has decreasing returns to scale their unit cost will increase as output increases. This is because the firm‘s costs are increasing as they increase their output, so the average (the total cost divi...
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Explain the formation of meanders (4)

Meanders form in the lower regions of a river, where the river profile is flatter and the river bed is wide. There are 'ripples' and 'pools' which are shallow and deep parts of the river bed respectively. As...
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Explain what is meant by a life-cycle assessment.

An assessment of the impact a product will have on the environment throughout each stage of its life cycle, from the cradle to the grave. Examples of these stages are; raw materials extraction, manufacturing...
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In ‘The Handmaids Tale‘ by Margaret Atwood, characters must abandon all moral values in order to survive. Show to what extent you agree with this statement.

The dislocated opening of The Handmaid’s Tale describes a place of imprisonment, presenting a microcosm of the world Offred will be placed in, foreshadowing how her life will be as a handmaid. The initial se...
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