Pollution Monitoring, Policy, and International Conventions · CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2

35 past-paper questions on Pollution Monitoring, Policy, and International Conventions, part of Pollution of the Environment, from every CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 paper on Quelpr.

1. 12(a)3 marks· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2005 · Paper 1What is the 'Montreal Protocol'?
2. 9(d)(i)2 marks· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2005 · Paper 2What are 'effluent discharge regulations'?
3. 9(d)(ii)1 mark· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2005 · Paper 2State how effluent discharge regulations protect water quality.
4. 12(a)4 marks· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2006 · Paper 1Legislation
5. 12(b)3 marks· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2006 · Paper 1Incentive
6. 9(b)(i)3 marks· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2006 · Paper 2What is the 'Basel Convention'? Include at least TWO of its features in your response.
7. 9(b)(ii)5 marks· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2006 · Paper 2Explain why the Basel Convention was developed.
8. 7(a)4 marks· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2008 · Paper 2State FOUR inferences that may be drawn from the data in Table 1.
9. 9(c)5 marks· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2009 · Paper 2Explain how a named international treaty functions to protect the ozone layer and reduce ozone depletion.
10. 6(b)(i)4 marks· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2011 · Paper 2Assess the effectiveness of legislation as a mitigation measure or solution for environmental pollution.
11. 6(b)(ii)4 marks· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2011 · Paper 2Assess the effectiveness of policy incentives as a mitigation measure or solution for environmental pollution.
12. 6(b)(iii)4 marks· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2011 · Paper 2Assess the effectiveness of public awareness and education as a mitigation measure or solution for environmental pollution.
13. 5(b)(i)5 marks· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2013 · Paper 2What were the overall rates of increase in the per capita gross national income over the period 1990-2000 and 2000-2005?
14. 5(c)(i)1 mark· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2013 · Paper 2State the name of the group of pollutants that the Montreal Protocol is used to control.
15. 5(c)(ii)6 marks· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2013 · Paper 2Describe the way in which the Montreal Protocol works to control the type of pollution identified in (c)(i) AND provide ONE reason for its success.
16. 5(c)(i)1 mark· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2014 · Paper 2State how long it took for the river to show the effects of the rainfall event.
17. 5(c)(ii)1 mark· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2014 · Paper 2State when turbidity was at its maximum.
18. 5(c)(iii)3 marks· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2014 · Paper 2Assess the statement: 'Five hours is a suitable experimental time for the river to achieve its pre-rainfall event turbidity.'
19. 6(c)(ii)2 marks· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2014 · Paper 2State what the Kyoto Protocol is.
20. 6(c)(iii)3 marks· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2014 · Paper 2Suggest ONE reason why the Kyoto Protocol has not been very successful.
21. 6(d)(ii)2 marks· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2014 · Paper 2Identify the period during which the Montreal Protocol began to have an effect on the atmospheric levels of CFC-11.
22. 5(b)(iii)4 marks· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2015 · Paper 2The two lakes supply drinking water for nearby communities. Explain how technological and legislative measures can be applied to solve the pollution issue in Lake Tranquility and Spring Lake.
23. 6(b)5 marks· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2015 · Paper 2Present an outline of a research project designed to determine the effectiveness of legislation introducing a deposit-refund system on plastic bottles to reduce environmental litter, indicating specifically what will be…
24. 6(c)(i)4 marks· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2015 · Paper 2Explain why CARICOM countries would NOT want hazardous waste shipped through the Caribbean Sea.
25. 6(c)(ii)4 marks· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2015 · Paper 2Outline the basis of the Basel and Cartagena Conventions, and use this information to indicate which convention is better suited to address the issue of hazardous waste shipment raised in the headline.
26. 5(c)4 marks· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2016 · Paper 2Explain how public awareness/education programmes AND technological processes can be used to mitigate the impacts of pollution on drinking water.
27. 6(b)(i)3 marks· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2016 · Paper 2Complete Table 1 using the values from the calibration curve in Figure 5.
28. 6(b)(ii)2 marks· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2016 · Paper 2Given the environmental standard is 75 ppb SO2, state your conclusion about the air quality in January with respect to SO2 and give a reason.
29. 6(b)(iii)6 marks· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2016 · Paper 2In May, new legislation was implemented to reduce automobile SO2 emissions. Evaluate its effectiveness using the values in Table 1.
30. 6(c)6 marks· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2016 · Paper 2Explain why international agreements are required to solve air pollution problems like global warming and ozone depletion.
31. 5(d)6 marks· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2017 · Paper 2Explain how the Montreal Protocol helps to reduce ozone depletion.
32. 5(b)(iii)1 mark· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2019 · Paper 2State ONE method of mitigating the problem of pollutants produced by coal combustion in an electrical power plant, other than technological solutions.
33. 6(d)4 marks· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2019 · Paper 2Identify the MOST suitable international convention that applies to the harvesting and management of fisheries in Oyster Bay, and explain how it works to protect the fishing grounds.
34. 5(b)(i)3 marks· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2021 · Paper 2Describe the general trend of the data shown in Figure 5.
35. 5(b)(ii)3 marks· CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2021 · Paper 2Calculate the difference in the volume of oil spilled from tankers between the 1970s and 1980s.