Ecosystems & Biodiversity (Cambridge O Level Biology)

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Which of the following is a correct example of a population?

  • All the animals in a forest.

  • All the goldfish in a pond.

  • All the species of animals in Europe.

  • All the people born in Scotland over a 150-year period.

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Which of the following is an example of a community?

  • All the populations of all species in a forest.

  • All the goldfish in a pond.

  • All the wheat and corn in a field.

  • All the plants in a forest.

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The graph below shows the growth of the human population globally since 1630.

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Which of the following options represents the longest time period taken for the population of humans to double?

  • 100 years

  • 200 years

  • 300 years

  • 400 years

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The graphs below show how the number of carnivores change over a period of time in a habitat.

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At point X the herbivores in the habitat are removed.

Which graph correctly shows the effect of this on the number of carnivores?

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    A scientist grew some bacterial cells in ideal growth conditions.

    Each bacterial cell can reproduce itself once in a 30 minute period. 

    For an initial population of 10 bacterial cells, how many cells will be present in the population after 8 hours of cell reproduction? You can assume that 10% of the bacterial cells die in the final few minutes before the end of the growth period. 

    • 655 360 cells

    • 589 824 cells

    • 144 cells

    • 65 536 cells

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