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1. Read the following statement and indicate whether it is False ✔
TRUE or FALSE:
Improvements in fishing methods result in greater
numbers and varieties (sizes and species) of fish
being caught, but fishing in the Southern African
region remains sustainable and no overfishing is
taking place.
2. Read the following: 3. Increased freshwater
Members of a growing settlement near St. Lucia in needs owing to coastal
South Africa have observed that the estuary has dried developments ✔
up; in fact, the estuary has been permanently cut off
from the sea. Sightings of some endemic estuarine
organisms have also decreased, and it seems that the
whole estuary has been lost.
, Evaluate and select the primary cause for this
observation.
1. Shipping and transportation of goods
2. Periodic extended droughts
3. Increased freshwater needs owing to coastal
developments
4. Increased freshwater pollution from various
settlements
3. Durban Bay located in the eThekwini municipality has Increased flooding;
become physically vulnerable especially after April accelerated erosion ✔
2022 primarily due to --- and ---.
1. increased flooding; accelerated erosion
2. increased agriculture; economic growth
3. mineral exploration; shipping
4. pollution; decreased rainfall
4. Read the following: 1. Rapid rate of soil
An urban settlement with surrounding agricultural erosion ✔
areas is located upstream of an estuary. The urban
settlement has been growing quite rapidly and there is
pressure on agricultural activities to sustain the
growing human population. An estuary located
downstream is consequently negatively affected - the