Pollution and Environmental Health · CSEC Human and Social Biology

38 past-paper questions on Pollution and Environmental Health, part of Section E: The Impact of Health Practices on the Environment, from every CSEC Human and Social Biology paper on Quelpr.

1. 4(b)2 marks· CSEC Human and Social Biology · 2021 · Paper 2State TWO ways in which human activity could negatively impact water supplies.
2. 6(a)5 marks· CSEC Human and Social Biology · January 2008 · Paper 2Identify the hydrological processes labelled A, B, C, D, and E in Figure 2.
3. 6(c)2 marks· CSEC Human and Social Biology · January 2008 · Paper 2Describe how one could demonstrate the presence of bacteria in a water sample.
4. 9(a)(i)1 mark· CSEC Human and Social Biology · January 2008 · Paper 2Define what is meant by a 'pollutant'.
5. 9(a)(ii)2 marks· CSEC Human and Social Biology · January 2008 · Paper 2State TWO causes of water pollution.
6. 9(b)(i)1 mark· CSEC Human and Social Biology · January 2008 · Paper 2Name ONE process or activity, other than motor vehicle combustion, that produces carbon monoxide.
7. 9(b)(iii)2 marks· CSEC Human and Social Biology · January 2008 · Paper 2Suggest TWO measures a community can take to reduce the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.
8. 12(c)3 marks· CSEC Human and Social Biology · January 2008 · Paper 2Explain how agricultural runoff from farming near a river can result in the biological death of the river (eutrophication).
9. 10(c)(i)1 mark· CSEC Human and Social Biology · January 2009 · Paper 2Identify one source of sulphur dioxide responsible for reducing smog.
10. 10(c)(ii)2 marks· CSEC Human and Social Biology · January 2009 · Paper 2Describe one harmful effect of reducing smog and one harmful effect of photochemical smog on human health.
11. 10(a)3 marks· CSEC Human and Social Biology · January 2010 · Paper 2Complete Table 1 by identifying the missing origin of carbon dioxide (i), the pollutant from car exhaust toxic to the nervous system (ii), and an effect of sulphur dioxide (iii).
12. 12(c)6 marks· CSEC Human and Social Biology · January 2011 · Paper 2Explain how a community can prevent water pollution, including THREE distinct methods.
13. 1(a)2 marks· CSEC Human and Social Biology · January 2012 · Paper 2Fill in the blanks using terms from the list (evaporates, condenses, evaporation, condensation) to describe water vapour formation and cooling.
14. 1(b)2 marks· CSEC Human and Social Biology · January 2012 · Paper 2State TWO agricultural practices that could lead to water contamination.
15. 1(d)(i)3 marks· CSEC Human and Social Biology · January 2012 · Paper 2Using the provided grid in Figure 1, plot a histogram displaying the data presented in Table 1.
16. 6(a)4 marks· CSEC Human and Social Biology · January 2013 · Paper 2Define the term 'pollutant' and identify TWO sources of chemical pollutants.
17. 6(d)(i)1 mark· CSEC Human and Social Biology · January 2014 · Paper 2Suggest the possible type of pollution resulting from cell phone towers erected close to residential homes.
18. 6(d)(ii)1 mark· CSEC Human and Social Biology · January 2014 · Paper 2Suggest a possible adverse effect of this pollution on humans.
19. 6(d)(iii)1 mark· CSEC Human and Social Biology · January 2014 · Paper 2Suggest an action humans could take to reduce the impact of this pollution.
20. 6(a)(i)3 marks· CSEC Human and Social Biology · January 2016 · Paper 2Identify the processes occurring at locations A, B, and C in Figure 5.
21. 6(a)(ii)3 marks· CSEC Human and Social Biology · January 2016 · Paper 2Define the term 'pollutant' and identify TWO ways in which human activities contaminate the water cycle.
22. 6(b)(ii)3 marks· CSEC Human and Social Biology · January 2016 · Paper 2Suggest THREE measures humans can take to reduce air pollution.
23. 2(d)(i)3 marks· CSEC Human and Social Biology · January 2017 · Paper 2Suggest three pollutants that may run off from the garden into the river.
24. 2(d)(ii)2 marks· CSEC Human and Social Biology · January 2017 · Paper 2Outline two effects of these pollutants on living organisms in the aquatic ecosystem.
25. 7(a)(i)2 marks· CSEC Human and Social Biology · May/June 2009 · Paper 2Define the term 'pollution'.
26. 7(a)(ii)1 mark· CSEC Human and Social Biology · May/June 2009 · Paper 2Name ONE type of pollution other than air pollution.
27. 7(b)2 marks· CSEC Human and Social Biology · May/June 2009 · Paper 2Suggest TWO pollutants resulting from vehicles, other than carbon dioxide.
28. 6(a)(i)2 marks· CSEC Human and Social Biology · May/June 2013 · Paper 2Define the term 'pollutant', and give an example of a pollutant that CANNOT be seen or touched.
29. 6(a)(iii)5 marks· CSEC Human and Social Biology · May/June 2013 · Paper 2Explain how water can become polluted after a hurricane.
30. 6(b)7 marks· CSEC Human and Social Biology · May/June 2013 · Paper 2Describe a test for determining if your school's water supply is contaminated with bacteria, and explain how the results of the test are to be interpreted.
31. 6(a)(i)3 marks· CSEC Human and Social Biology · May/June 2014 · Paper 2Define the term 'pollution' and give ONE example of a water pollutant.
32. 6(a)(ii)3 marks· CSEC Human and Social Biology · May/June 2014 · Paper 2Describe the process of eutrophication.
33. 3(a)(i)1 mark· CSEC Human and Social Biology · May/June 2015 · Paper 2Identify the largest source of air pollutants in the world today.
34. 3(c)(iv)2 marks· CSEC Human and Social Biology · May/June 2015 · Paper 2State whether training in a city with polluted air would adversely affect performance and give a reason.
35. 6(a)6 marks· CSEC Human and Social Biology · May/June 2016 · Paper 2Describe THREE processes by which water cycles between the Earth and the atmosphere.
36. 6(b)5 marks· CSEC Human and Social Biology · May/June 2016 · Paper 2Explain why the fish in the pond are dying, detailing the stages leading to their mortality.
37. 6(c)4 marks· CSEC Human and Social Biology · May/June 2016 · Paper 2Explain the impact of these dumped chemicals on the aquatic food chain.
38. 6(c)6 marks· CSEC Human and Social Biology · May/June 2017 · Paper 2Explain three actions that a community can implement to decrease or prevent water pollution.