plumiSuccession: OCR A‑Level Biology A questions
OCR A-Level Biology A past-paper questions on 6.3.1.4 Succession, 2016–2025, with mark schemes and examiner’s reports where available.
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Q20(b)(i)
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All 6 questions on Succession, as a list
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q20(b)(i) (6 marks): The teacher described the mixed woodland as a climax community that had resulted from succession. Succession involves a series of changes in community over time
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q20(b)(ii) (1 mark): Succession involves changes in the species that live in an area over time. State one other change that takes place in the same area over the same time. [1]
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q20(b)(iii) (1 mark): Suggest what was present in the area that is now occupied by mixed woodland before the pioneer community arrived. [1]
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q17(d) (6 marks): Heather is a plant with a woody stem that grows on upland areas of the UK such as the North York Moors. These areas are often described as heather moorland. Hea
- June 2018, Paper 3, Q5(c)(i) (1 mark): State the collective name of the animal and plant populations that are present at the end of primary succession. [1]
- June 2017, Paper 2, Q7 (1 mark): The first stage of primary succession is the pioneer community. Which of the following statements about a pioneer community are correct? 1 species produce large
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