OCR Gateway GCSE Biology: Combined Science

Topic Questions

4.1 Ecosystems

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The diagram below shows a food chain

grass → locusts → snakes → eagles

If the number of snakes decreases due to disease, what will happen to the numbers of the other organisms in the food chain?

  grass locusts eagles
A increase increase increase
B increase decrease increase
C decrease decrease decrease
D decrease increase decrease

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The diagram below illustrates part of the carbon cycle.

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Which process is shown by the arrow labelled Y?

  • Photosynthesis

  • Feeding

  • Respiration

  • Combustion

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Which of the following options shows four ecological terms in a logical order, starting with the smallest and ending with the largest?

  • individual → community → population → ecosystem

  • population → individual → ecosystem → community

  • community → population → ecosystem → individual

  • individual → population → community → ecosystem

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There are different levels of organisation within an ecosystem.

What is the correct order of these levels?

  • individual, community, population, ecosystem

  • community, individual, ecosystem, population

  • individual, population, community, ecosystem

  • population, community, ecosystem, individual

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Organisms in an ecosystem are affected by biotic factors.

Which term is a biotic factor?

  • Disease

  • Light intensity

  • Rainfall

  • Wind speed

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Which of these is an abiotic factor that can affect organisms?

  • Food availability

  • Light intensity

  • Pathogens

  • Predators

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The diagram shows the water cycle.q2-paper2f-june2019-ocrgcsebio

Which label, A, B, C or D, represents evaporation?

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Which relationship describes an organism living on an animal and harming it?

  • Decomposition

  • Mutualism

  • Parasitism

  • Predation

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Which process in the carbon cycle takes in carbon dioxide from the air?

  • Combustion

  • Decomposition

  • Photosynthesis

  • Respiration

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Which is the correct definition of a parasite?

  • An organism that is always at the top of a food chain.

  • An organism that kills and eats another organism.

  • An organism that lives on another living organism so that they both benefit.

  • An organism that lives on or in another living organism causing it harm.

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The diagram shows part of a cycle in an ecosystem.

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What is the name of the cycle shown in the diagram?

  • Carbon cycle

  • Hydrogen cycle

  • Nitrogen cycle

  • Sulfur cycle

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Goldfish are a species of fish.

What name is given to all the goldfish living in a pond?

  • A community

  • An ecosystem

  • A habitat

  • A population

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