plumiSustainable management of resources: OCR A‑Level Biology A questions
OCR A-Level Biology A past-paper questions on 6.3.2.3 Sustainable management of resources, 2016–2025, with mark schemes and examiner’s reports where available.
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All 12 questions on Sustainable management of resources, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q15 (1 mark): Ecosystems can provide resources in a sustainable way. Which option describes the meaning of sustainable in the above sentence? A Cost-effective use of a resour
- 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 2025, Paper 2, Q19(a)(iii) (1 mark): There are no mammalian predators, such as rats and stoats, on the Farne Islands. Mammalian predators eat birds and their eggs. Part of the conservation work inv
- June 2024, Paper 3, Q2(c) (1 mark): Timber can be produced sustainably to maintain biodiversity in woodland. Describe one way in which timber can be produced sustainably. [1]
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q19(b)(i) (3 marks): List three other strategies that governments could use to increase the sustainability of commercial fishing. 1 2 3 [3]
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q19(b)(ii) (1 mark): International agreements are an important approach to sustainability. Suggest why international agreements are particularly important in the case of sustainable
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q17(b)(ii) (1 mark): Since 2004, the population of red grouse in the UK has been relatively stable and it is not thought that the population has been affected by changes in climate.
- 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]
- June 2019, Paper 2, Q18(b)(i) (1 mark): Using Fig. 18, estimate the percentage of land that is covered by woodland and forest. estimate = % [1]
- June 2019, Paper 2, Q18(b)(ii) (2 marks): Timber can be produced economically by a technique called clear felling. Clear felling can damage biodiversity. Explain how it is possible to produce timber sus
- June 2019, Paper 2, Q18(b)(iii) (6 marks): The Lake District is the largest National Park in England, covering an area of 2362 km2. It contains a wide variety of species, some of which are under threat o
- June 2017, Paper 2, Q16(b) (3 marks): The Madidi National Park is also home to approximately 260 000 humans who support themselves by means of cattle-farming, and the production of timber and brazil
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