IGCSE Marine Science (0697) — May–June 2025, Paper 22

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Question 1 · 8 marks · Diversity of marine life - classification of marine organisms

Fig. 1.1 shows shrimps on sale at a fish market (a black-and-white photograph of a pile of whole shrimps with a 5 cm scale bar). Shrimps are crustaceans. State two main…

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Question 2 · 9 marks · Physical oceanography - dissolved gases / practical skills

A student investigates the effect of temperature on the solubility of carbon dioxide gas in water. The student uses this method: - Place a bottle of fizzy, carbonated water in a…

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Question 3 · 16 marks · Marine ecosystems - food webs and trophic levels

Fig. 3.1 shows an ocean food web. The web shows: dinoflagellates eaten by shrimps, mackerel and copepods; copepods eaten by mackerel; shrimps eaten by tuna; mackerel eaten by tuna…

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Question 4 · 15 marks · The oceans and the lithosphere - structure of the Earth

Fig. 4.1 shows the structure of the Earth with the core and the crust labelled. A cut-away diagram of the Earth shows three concentric layers: the outermost is labelled crust, an…

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Question 5 · 17 marks · Human impacts on marine environments - pollution and regulation

Fig. 5.1 shows an oil tanker (a photograph of a large oil tanker on the sea near a coastline). Oil tankers must be built in line with the MARPOL standards for ship design.…

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Question 6 · 15 marks · Marine vertebrates - life cycles and migration

Female leatherback turtles lay eggs in nests on sandy shores. Fig. 6.1 shows eggs in a turtle nest (a photograph of several rounded white turtle eggs partly covered in sand inside…

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