Field Work

Question 1

What was the physical location?

Answer 1

Mudeford spit

Question 2

What was the key question for Mudeford spit?

Answer 2

How do groynes manage longshore drift at Mudeford?

Question 3

What is a hypothesis and why is it needed?

Answer 3

A statement you will prove to be true or false. It makes the focus of your study clear and ensures that the study will lead to a clear conclusion

Question 4

What is the hypothesis for Mudeford spit?

Answer 4

Groynes create a wider and gentler beach in a downdrift direction

Question 5

How will you find the width of the beach between a pair of groynes?

Answer 5

Set up 2 vertical ranging poles and measure the distance between them using a tape measure.

Question 6

How do you find the angle of the beach?

Answer 6

Set up 2 ranging poles and measure the angle between them using a clinometer

Question 7

Why do we measure the number of times waves break per minute?

Answer 7

To see whether the waves are constructive (less than 10) or destructive (more than 12)

Question 8

What is the difference between quantitative and qualitative data?

Answer 8

Quantitative- data that can be counted and measured
Qualitative- descriptive and an opinion based on observation

Question 9

What is stratefied data collection?

Answer 9

We deliberately introduced a bias to collect data that was relevant to the hypothesis

Question 10

What is continuous and discrete data we can collect?

Answer 10

Continuous- shows change: coastline
Discrete- pebble size

Question 11

Why is a line graph a suitable way to show the change in beach width?

Answer 11

Because it is east to see how the beach changes

Question 12

What might affect how accurate your results are?

Answer 12

Data requiring interpretation
Bad day
Difficult and wrongly used instruments

Question 13

What is the key question for the human enquiry?

Answer 13

How important is tourism to the economy of Lyndhurst?

Question 14

What is the hypothesis for Lyndhurst?

Answer 14

Most shops and businesses in Lyndhurst provide services for tourists

Question 15

What risks might there be at Mudeford and Lyndhurst?

Answer 15

Cars
The public
Water
Groynes made of rock

Question 16

What are 3 things we measured at Lyndhurst?

Answer 16

Land-use survey
Visitor survey
Traffic count

Question 17

What was the mean beach width in the updrift and downdrift direction?

Answer 17

12.2m
21.9m

Question 18

What was the percentage beach width increase from the updrift to downdrift?

Answer 18

+79.5%

Question 19

What percentage of the visitors were tourists?

Answer 19

75%

Question 20

What percent of shops are for both locals and tourists?

Answer 20

46.1%

Question 21

What percent of shops are just for locals and just for tourists?

Answer 21

Locals- 20.5%
Tourist- 12.9%

Question 22

Does the data prove the hypothesis for Lyndhurst?

Answer 22

No, had to use our judgement and even then very few jobs were aimed at just tourists. However visitor survey suggests that there are many tourists despite this.