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CAMBRIDGE IGCSE™ BIOLOGY: END-OF-CHAPTER TEST ANSWERS

Answers for end-of-chapter 19 test


Question Answer Marks

1 C [1] 1

Monoculture describes agricultural land on which only one type of crop is grown
2a (e.g. palm oil plantations). [1] The advantage of this is that harvesting / pest control 2
is easier. [1]

2b To replace the inorganic substances / named inorganic substances [1] lost by harvesting 2
plants / removing livestock. [1]

Any four from:


Leaching of fertilisers from agricultural land after rainfall can cause these substances to
build up in bodies of water. [1]
Eutrophication encourages the growth of algae. These form a green bloom over the
2ci water surface, [1] 4 max.
preventing sunlight reaching other water plants. These plants die because they are
unable to carry out photosynthesis. [1]
Bacteria decompose the dead plants, respiring and using up the oxygen in the water as
they do this. [1]
The low oxygen levels make it difficult for aquatic insects and fish to live. [1]

In natural fertilisers, nitrogen is still contained in organic molecules that need to be


2 c ii decomposed before they can be absorbed by plants / release is slower. [1] They are less 2
likely to leach / run off (after rainfall) than soluble artificial fertilisers. [1]

2di As the mass of fertiliser increases, the crop yield increases [1] until a peak is reached 2
(at 100 g m–2) after which the crop yield decreases. [1]

2 d ii Percentage change = ((final mass – initial mass) / initial mass) × 100 [1] 2
So ((190 – 70) / 70) × 100) = 171% [1]

2 d iii Some of the fertiliser may have washed from one plot to another OR animals may have 1
fed on the crop seeds more in one plot than another. [1]

2 d iv The water content of plants may vary (which would have an effect on the mass). [1] 1

Any three from:


intensive farming of livestock; [1]
3 use of herbicides; [1] 3 max.
use of pesticides; [1]
development of genetically modified crops. [1]

[Total: 20 marks]

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