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4 marksEnvironmental Impacts and Threats to Agriculture

CAPE Environmental Science Unit 2 · 2004 · Paper 2 · Question 1(a)

An experiment monitored the impact of pesticides on agricultural pests and their natural predators over a period of 110 days, after which a pesticide was applied to the field (shown in Figure 1).

Describe the importance of pesticide use in agriculture in the Caribbean.

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  1. 1(b)Explain the observations after the application of the pesticide as shown in Figure 1.[6 marks]
  2. 1(c)Describe ONE similarity and FOUR differences between using biological and chemical methods to control agricultural pests in the Caribbean.[10 marks]

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