CAPE Environmental Science Unit 1 · 2014 · Paper 2 · Question 6(a)
Explain why fertile soil can be classified as both a renewable and an exhaustible natural resource.
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- 6(b)State ONE consumptive use and TWO non-consumptive uses of natural resources.[3 marks]
- 6(c)(i)Calculate the combined total net primary productivity achievable from tropical rainforest and savannah ecosystems.[3 marks]
- 6(c)(ii)Identify which ecosystems possess the HIGHEST and LOWEST average net primary productivity.[2 marks]
- 6(d)(i)Identify THREE specific natural resources found in a named Caribbean country.[4 marks]
- 6(d)(ii)Discuss TWO distinct reasons for the importance of EACH of the three natural resources named in Part (d)(i).[6 marks]
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