ESS exam questions with correct
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answers ||
Outline
two
negative environmental impacts of aquaculture 2b -
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CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅Loss/degradation of natural
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habitats;
disease spread through farm || || ||
Describe
two
strategies for the management of sustainable capture
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fisheries 2c - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅regulation of
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quotas/minimum size of fish caught. restriction to fishing || || || || || || || ||
seasons
/ to let stocks recover.
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Outline the factors that contribute to total biodiversity of
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an ecosystem 6a - CORRECT
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ANSWERS(S)✅✅biodiversity includes the diversity of || || || || ||
species, habitat and gene. species diversity involves both
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the variety/number of species/richness and their
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relative proportions/evenness; ||
,habitat diversity refers to the range of different habitats
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in an ecosystem or
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biome
Outline how energy drives the hydrological cycle 7a -
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CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅primary source of energy
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driving hydrological cycle is solar energy;
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solar energy causes changes of state in water.
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Outline
two
|| reasons why the species within pioneer communities in
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Figure 1 ||
are more ||
likely to be || ||
r
-strategists than ||
K
-strategists 1a - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅r- strategists
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produce greater numbers/many offspring/fast population
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growth;
r- strategists distribute themselves more widely/colonize
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more quickly; ||
, r- strategists mature quickly/reproduce earlier/establish
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themselves fast ||
r- strategists better adapted to harsh/low
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-nutrient conditions/less specialised niche
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Outline
|| two
|| reasons why the climax community in
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Figure 1 ||
|| is more stable than the
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intermediate community. 1b - CORRECT || || || || ||
ANSWERS(S)✅✅greater number ||
of species/habitat/ecological niches/genetic diversity
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more complex/diverse energy pathways/food webs
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Distinguish between zonation and succession 1c -
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CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅succession is the process of
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changes in community/ecosystem over time,
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whereas zonation is the process of changes over an
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environmental
gradient
/space
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answers ||
Outline
two
negative environmental impacts of aquaculture 2b -
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CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅Loss/degradation of natural
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habitats;
disease spread through farm || || ||
Describe
two
strategies for the management of sustainable capture
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fisheries 2c - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅regulation of
|| || || || || ||
quotas/minimum size of fish caught. restriction to fishing || || || || || || || ||
seasons
/ to let stocks recover.
|| || || ||
Outline the factors that contribute to total biodiversity of
|| || || || || || || || ||
an ecosystem 6a - CORRECT
|| || || || ||
ANSWERS(S)✅✅biodiversity includes the diversity of || || || || ||
species, habitat and gene. species diversity involves both
|| || || || || || || ||
the variety/number of species/richness and their
|| || || || ||
relative proportions/evenness; ||
,habitat diversity refers to the range of different habitats
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in an ecosystem or
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biome
Outline how energy drives the hydrological cycle 7a -
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CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅primary source of energy
|| || || || ||
driving hydrological cycle is solar energy;
|| || || || ||
solar energy causes changes of state in water.
|| || || || || || ||
Outline
two
|| reasons why the species within pioneer communities in
|| || || || || || ||
Figure 1 ||
are more ||
likely to be || ||
r
-strategists than ||
K
-strategists 1a - CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅r- strategists
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produce greater numbers/many offspring/fast population
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growth;
r- strategists distribute themselves more widely/colonize
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more quickly; ||
, r- strategists mature quickly/reproduce earlier/establish
|| || || || ||
themselves fast ||
r- strategists better adapted to harsh/low
|| || || || ||
-nutrient conditions/less specialised niche
|| || ||
Outline
|| two
|| reasons why the climax community in
|| || || || ||
Figure 1 ||
|| is more stable than the
|| || || ||
intermediate community. 1b - CORRECT || || || || ||
ANSWERS(S)✅✅greater number ||
of species/habitat/ecological niches/genetic diversity
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more complex/diverse energy pathways/food webs
|| || || ||
Distinguish between zonation and succession 1c -
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CORRECT ANSWERS(S)✅✅succession is the process of
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changes in community/ecosystem over time,
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whereas zonation is the process of changes over an
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environmental
gradient
/space
