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1. Which processes result in organisms gaining carbon compounds, and in the addition of carbon
dioxide to the atmosphere?

organisms gaining carbon addition of carbon dioxide

compounds to the atmosphere

A photosynthesis and combustion respiration by animals

B photosynthesis and combustion respiration by plants
C photosynthesis and feeding dead organisms changing to fossil fuels
D photosynthesis and feeding respiration by plants

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2. The diagram shows part of the water cycle.

Where is osmosis occurring?

clouds
A

water
soil
vapour
D C
plants

lake

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3. The diagram shows energy passing through an ecosystem.

Which arrow shows energy leaving the food web?

decomposers
B

A first second C third

Sun producer
consumer consumer consumer

heat energy - mainly from respiration

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434. The diagram shows a food web.

snakes birds

squirrels toads lizards beetles

grasshoppers greenfly snails

green plants

Which organisms will increase in number, if the number of snakes increases?

A birds
B grasshoppers
C lizards
D squirrels

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5. The diagram shows some feeding relationships in a woodland area.

Which of the labelled animals are in competition with seed-eating insects for their food?

C birds of prey

B swifts D finches

A insects insects

flowers (nectar) seeds

woodland plants

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6. The diagram shows the water cycle.

clouds rain, hail and snow

water vapour X ground

water

living living
plants animals

rivers and
streams
sea, lakes and ponds

Which process is represented by X?

A osmosis
B photosynthesis
C respiration
D transpiration

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7. The diagram shows the carbon cycle.

Which process produces carbon dioxide from substances made by photosynthesis millions of
years ago?

carbon dioxide
dissolved in
seas and lakes

carbon dioxide
gas in the air
A
B C D
carbon compounds carbon
coal and in decaying compounds
oil organisms in plants

carbon compounds
in animals

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8. The graph shows part of a growth curve for a bacterial population.

population
size

time

What is missing from the graph?

A the death phase

B the exponential phase
C the lag phase
D the stationary phase

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9. Which diagram shows energy passing along a food chain?

primary secondary tertiary

A producer
consumer consumer consumer

primary secondary tertiary

B producer
consumer consumer consumer

primary secondary tertiary

C producer
consumer consumer consumer

primary secondary tertiary

D producer
consumer consumer consumer

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10. Which statement about population growth is correct?

A The rate of population growth decreases as disease increases.

B The rate of population growth increases as food supply decreases.
C The rate of population growth increases when predation increases.
D The rate of population growth is not affected by social conditions.

50 The diagram shows what happens to the energy that enters the atmosphere from the Sun.
11.

2% is absorbed by plants

16% is reflected
Sun’s energy
32% warms the ground

50% evaporates water

How much of the Sun’s energy is not used for photosynthesis?

A less than 2%
B about 32%
C about 66%
D more than 98%

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(c) Plants are producers in food chains.

(i) Circle two of the words in bold to give the correct definition of producers.

Producers are organisms that make their own organic / trophic nutrients,

usually using energy / food from sunlight, through the process of photosynthesis.

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(ii) Circle the type of consumer that feeds on a producer in a food chain.

primary quaternary secondary tertiary

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(d)
(iii) Plants growing in lakes and ponds are sometimes affected by eutrophication.

Tick (✓) two boxes to identify correct descriptions of two parts of the process of eutrophication.

increased aerobic respiration by decomposers in the water

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decreased availability of nitrates in the water

increased decomposition of dead producers in the water

increased aerobic respiration by plants

increased concentration of dissolved oxygen in the water

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