Q1.
Moose are animals that eat grass. Figure 1 shows a moose.
Figure 1
Figure 2 shows a food chain.
Figure 2
Grass Moose Wolves
(a) Name the secondary consumer shown in Figure 2.
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(b) Figure 3 shows how the moose population and wolf population have changed in
one area.
This is a predator-prey cycle.
Figure 3
In 2004 the line on Figure 3 for wolves is above the line for moose.
How does Figure 3 show that there are more moose than wolves in 2004?
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(c) Suggest why the moose population decreased between 2002 and 2004.
Use information from Figure 3.
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(d) The number of wolves is one biotic factor that could affect the size of the moose
population.
Give two other biotic factors that could affect the size of the moose population.
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2. _________________________________________________________________
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(e) Moose have distinct characteristics such as antlers.
Describe how moose may have evolved to have large antlers.
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(Total 10 marks)
Q2.
Organisms have adaptations that enable them to survive in extreme conditions.
(a) The photograph shows an arctic fox.
This fox lives in the arctic, where it is very cold.
Suggest two ways in which the arctic fox is adapted for life in very cold conditions.
Explain how each adaptation helps the arctic fox to survive in very cold conditions.
Adaptation 1 ________________________________________________________
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How this adaptation helps the arctic fox to survive in very cold conditions.
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Adaptation 2 ________________________________________________________
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How this adaptation helps the arctic fox to survive in very cold conditions.
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(b) The photograph shows an antelope that lives in a sandy desert.
The antelope is prey to large cats such as cheetah.
Suggest two adaptations that help this antelope to avoid being killed by predators.
Explain how each adaptation helps the antelope to avoid being killed by predators.
Adaptation 1 ________________________________________________________
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How this adaptation helps the antelope to avoid being killed by predators.
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Adaptation 2 ________________________________________________________
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How this adaptation helps the antelope to avoid being killed by predators.
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(Total 8 marks)
Q3.
Organisms have adaptations that enable them to survive in extreme conditions.
(a) The photograph shows an arctic fox.
By Algkalv (Own work) [CC-BY-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
This fox lives in the Arctic, where it is very cold.
Suggest two ways in which the arctic fox is adapted for life in very cold conditions.
Explain how each adaptation helps the arctic fox to survive in very cold conditions.
Adaptation 1 ________________________________________________________
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How this adaptation helps the arctic fox to survive in very cold conditions.
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Adaptation 2 ________________________________________________________
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How this adaptation helps the arctic fox to survive in very cold conditions.
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(b) The photograph shows an antelope that lives in a sandy desert.
By Sun417 at zh.wikipedia [Public domain],
from Wikimedia Commons
The antelope is prey to large cats such as cheetahs.
Suggest one adaptation that helps this antelope avoid being killed by predators.
Explain how this adaptation helps the antelope avoid being killed by predators.
Adaptation __________________________________________________________
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How this adaptation helps the antelope avoid being killed by predators.
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(Total 6 marks)
Q4.
Seals are adapted for life in the sea. Use information from the drawings to answer the
questions. This drawing shows seal X.
(a) Give two ways in which seal X is adapted for swimming.
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(b) This drawing shows seal Y, drawn to the same scale as seal X.
Seal Y lives in much colder seas than seal X.
Explain one way in which seal Y is adapted for surviving in cold seas.
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(Total 4 marks)
Q5.
The photograph shows a musk ox.
Photograph supplied by iStockphoto/Thinkstock
The musk ox lives in the Arctic. An adult musk ox is 2.5 m long and 1.4 m high at the
shoulder. Adults usually have a mass of about 400 kg.
Use this information and information from the photograph to explain two ways in which a
musk ox is adapted for survival in the Arctic.
(a) (i) Adaptation 1 ____________________________________________________
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(ii) How this adaptation helps the musk ox to survive in the Arctic.
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(b) (i) Adaptation 2 ___________________________________________________
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(ii) How this adaptation helps the musk ox to survive in the Arctic.
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(Total 4 marks)
Mark schemes
Q1.
(a) wolves
1
(b) moose and wolves are on different scales
1
(c) wolf population has increased so more moose are eaten
do not accept there are more wolves than moose
1
(d) any two from:
• (other) predators
allow correct examples
allow ‘humans hunting moose’
• (new) pathogens
allow diseases
• competition
2
(e) any four from:
• variation (within species) of antler size
allow description relating to antlers
• (caused by) different genes
• as a result of sexual reproduction / process of meiosis / mutation
• (phenotype) most suited to environment most likely to survive and breed
ignore natural selection unqualified
• genes for large antlers (more likely to be) passed on to next generation
4
reference to mate selection
or
fighting
or
gaining territory
or
competition for mates
or
avoiding predation
1
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Q2.
(a) 1 mark for each adaptation and 1 mark for its correct linked advantage
• long / thick hair / fur (1)
for insulation (1)
allow keeps warm
• small ears (1)
for reduced heat loss (1)
• small feet (1)
for reduced heat loss (1)
ignore wide feet
ignore prevent sinking
• white fur / coat (1)
for camouflage / poor emitter (1)
• small SA/V ratio (1)
reduces heat loss (1)
• thick layer of fat (1)
insulates / keeps warm (1)
max 4
(b) 1 mark for each adaptation and 1 mark for its correct linked advantage
• horns (1)
for defence (1)
• long legs (1)
for speed / escape / vision (1)
• light colour (1)
for camouflage (1)
allow pattern
• eyes on side of head (1)
for wider field of vision (1)
• hooves (1)
for speed / escape (1)
• large ears (1)
to hear predators better (1)
max 4
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Q3.
(a) 1 mark for each adaptation and 1 mark for its correct linked advantage
• long / thick hair / fur (1) for insulation (1)
allow keeps warm
• small ears (1) for reduced heat loss (1)
• small feet (1) for reduced heat loss (1)
ignore wide feet
ignore prevent sinking
• white fur / coat (1) for camouflage / poor emitter (1)
• small SA/V ratio (1) reduces heat loss (1)
• thick layer of fat (1) insulates / keeps warm (1)
Max 4
(b) 1 mark for an adaptation and 1 mark for its correct linked advantage
• horns (1) for defence (1)
• long legs (1) for speed / escape / vision (1)
• light colour (1) for camouflage (1)
allow pattern
• eyes on side of head (1) for wider field of vision (1)
• hooves (1) for speed / escape (1)
• large ears (1) to hear predators better (1)
Max 2
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Q4.
(a) any two from:
• streamlined / smooth
allow description eg long and thin ignore slimy / oily skin
unless qualified
• flippers
allow fins or webbed feet
• flattened / long / large / powerful tail
tail must be qualified to gain credit
2
(b) 1 mark for each adaptation and 1
mark for its correct linked
advantage
correct advantage mark can be awarded if adaptation is
attempted but not awarded the mark
eg
fat / blubber (1)
ignore skin / fur
insulates (1)
allow keeps warm
or
large mass to area ratio or small area to mass ratio (1)
ignore large body unqualified
allow volume for mass
heat loss reduced (1)
ignore keeps warm
2
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Q5.
1 mark for each adaptation and 1 mark for its correct linked advantage
fur / long hair / thick coat (1)
for insulation / reduces heat loss (1)
allow keeps warm for insulation point
large body / large mass / small (1) SA:V ratio
ignore layer of fat
retains heat / loses less heat (1)
ignore keeps warm
short legs (1)
reject short (height) / small (height)
reduces surface area / heat loss (1)
ignore keeps warm for this point
small ears (1)
reduces surface area / heat loss (1)
ignore keeps warm for this point
horns (1)
defence (1)
large shoulders (1)
to move through snow (1)
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