plumiConservation and preservation: OCR A‑Level Biology A questions
OCR A-Level Biology A past-paper questions on 6.3.2.2 Conservation and preservation, 2016–2025, with mark schemes and examiner’s reports where available.
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Q19(a)(ii)
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All 6 questions on Conservation and preservation, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q19(a)(ii) (1 mark): The Farne Islands can be seen as an environmental resource that is affected by human activities. Identify one example of conservation that is necessary as a dir
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q20(d)(i) (2 marks): Explain why the reintroduction of beavers to Britain is an example of conservation. [2]
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q20(d)(ii) (1 mark): Suggest a situation in which preservation of a habitat would be necessary. [1]
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q17(c)(ii) (1 mark): Apart from regular burning, suggest another procedure that could be carried out to conserve the heather moorland habitat. [1]
- November 2020, Paper 3, Q5(c) (2 marks): The peat bog habitat had been damaged by peat extraction and by management of the neighbouring farmland. Ecologists decided to treat the peat bog in the followi
- June 2018, Paper 2, Q22(d) (2 marks): Listed below are three approaches, A, B and C, that can be taken to maintain biodiversity: A ex situ conservation B in situ conservation C preservation For each
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