This task is about using information in a text to show your understandings.
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Read "How Steep is Steep?", pages 24-26, School Journal Part 4, No. 3, 1996.
Then answer the following questions.
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What are two things that have been done to help people cope with the steepness of Baldwin Street?
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What does gradient measure? ____________________________________________________
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Explain what a gradient of 1:7 means?
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Do you think that very steep hills should be developed for housing? Yes / No (Circle one)
Give three reasons in the space provided to support your position. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ |