The biosphere — IGCSE Environmental Management (0680) questions by topic
Reading domestic and international tourist trends from a dual-line graph, explaining how a biosphere reserve near the Aral Sea conserves biodiversity, defining ecosystem terms like niche and community, and converting a land-use table into a completed pie chart are the tasks here, worth 6 to 22 marks across 10 real questions from 2024 to 2025 papers.
Suggest, state, describe, complete and explain lead the command words, and complete on a pie chart means calculating each sector's angle correctly and adding a matching key, not just shading a rough estimate. Because chart-completion and definition questions are quick to attempt in sequence, submitting several for instant marking is an efficient way to check the arithmetic behind each sector against the mark scheme.
May–June 2025, Paper 11
Define these components of an ecosystem: biotic factor ............................................ community ............................................ niche…
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2025, Paper 12
The photograph shows a carp (a large freshwater fish held by a person). Carp were first released into Australian rivers in the 1800s. Australia is a country in Oceania. Before…
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2025, Paper 13
Define these components of an ecosystem: biotic factor ........................................... community ........................................... niche…
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2024, Paper 22
The government of Uzbekistan has introduced strategies to conserve biodiversity. One strategy is a biosphere reserve in an area close to the Aral Sea. Explain how biosphere…
Answer this question and get it marked →October–November 2024, Paper 11
The pie chart shows data on fish populations for 104 species caught by one European country in 2021. The key has four categories: limited data available, sustainable population,…
Answer this question and get it marked →Pooters are used to collect insects by sucking them into a container. The diagram shows a pooter: a container with a lid, two tubes (one with an arrow showing 'insect sucked in',…
Answer this question and get it marked →October–November 2024, Paper 12
Light pollution from artificial lights affects ecosystems. The night-time activity of fresh water organisms in a lake decreases as artificial light increases. This reduces the…
Answer this question and get it marked →The diagram shows a pitfall trap: a container sunk below ground level, with a flat rock held above it on wooden supports, and a small hole in the base of the container. Suggest…
Answer this question and get it marked →October–November 2024, Paper 21
A report records how land is used in Türkiye: land use percentage of land --- --- arable 30 pastoral 20 other 35 forest 15 Plot the data in the table as a pie chart and complete…
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The graph shows the number of domestic and international tourists staying in hotels in Chile between 2010 and 2020 (key: domestic tourists solid line; international tourists…
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