AS & A Level Marine Science (9693) — October–November 2024, Paper 23

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Question 1 · 12 marks · Open ocean / pelagic zones / light intensity / depth

Photosynthesis by organisms in the epipelagic zone of the oceans produces carbon-containing substances. Some of this carbon is transported to the mesopelagic zone and bathypelagic…

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Question 2 · 11 marks · Open ocean / food web / trophic levels / pyramid of biomass

Scientists investigated food webs in the open ocean. Organisms were captured, and their trophic level was identified. The total biomass of organisms at each trophic level was then…

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Question 3 · 10 marks · Open ocean / phytoplankton / sampling methods / systematic sampling / transect

Scientists collected a series of measurements from a ship travelling across the Atlantic Ocean from locations 1 to 12. They recorded the temperature, concentration of nitrate ions…

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Question 4 · 10 marks · Marine chemistry / ocean acidification / underwater vents / pH measurement

Scientists investigated the thickness of the shells of sea snails around two underwater vents, test sites A and B. The vents release carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide from the vents…

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Question 5 · 10 marks · Marine organisms / echinoderms / brittle star / biological drawing

Fig. 5.1 shows a brittle star which belongs to the echinoderm phylum. Make a large drawing of the brittle star shown in Fig. 5.1. Do not include the markings on the arms.

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Question 6 · 11 marks · Marine organisms / cartilaginous fish / shark anatomy / dorsal fin

A survey was carried out to estimate the total population of the shark Carcharias taurus in the coastal waters off south-east Australia. Scientists attached numbered tags to a…

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Question 7 · 11 marks · Coastal hazards / earthquakes / plate tectonics / convergent boundary / subduction

A major earthquake resulted in the formation of a tsunami. The earthquake occurred at the plate boundary shown in Fig. 7.1 (showing oceanic crust being subducted beneath…

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