CAPE Environmental Science Unit 1 · 2019 · Paper 2 · Question 1(a)(i)
Definitions related to ecological niches.
Define the term 'fundamental niche'.
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- 1(a)(ii)Define the term 'realized niche'.[2 marks]
- 1(b)Describe TWO ways in which human activities may affect the stages of the water cycle.[4 marks]
- 1(c)(i)Use the information in Table 1 to construct a pyramid of numbers in the space provided.[5 marks]
- 1(c)(ii)Explain why the pyramid of biomass for a marine ecosystem is inverted.[4 marks]
- 1(c)(iii)Describe ONE example of commensalism that may occur in a marine ecosystem.[3 marks]
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