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Goats are often kept as livestock. Some types of livestock are farmed intensively. Underline three statements that describe advantages of intensive livestock production compared to non‑intensive livestock production. • Less agricultural land is needed. • Livestock grow faster. • Livestock must have food provided for th...
See it on the paper →Using the information in Table. 5.1, suggest the advantages to the environment of polyculture farming compared to monoculture farming.
See it on the paper →Describe how herbicides can increase the yield of crop plants.
See it on the paper →Using the data in Table 3.1, calculate the percentage change in the potato crop yield when the mass of fertiliser used was increased from 60 kg per hectare to 285 kg per hectare. Give your answer to three significant figures. Space for working. %
See it on the paper →State three methods that humans use to increase crop plant production.
See it on the paper →Discuss the advantages of intensive livestock production.
See it on the paper →One disadvantage of intensive livestock production is that antibiotics are often used. Suggest why antibiotics are needed in intensive livestock production.
See it on the paper →State the letters of the countries in Fig. 5.1 that used less than the suggested limit of 50 mg of antibiotics per kg of livestock in 2016. (i)
See it on the paper →Calculate the percentage increase in antibiotic use in country A in Fig. 5.1 between 2010 and 2016. Give your answer to two significant figures. Space for working.
See it on the paper →Fish can be managed as a sustainable resource. Describe what is meant by the term sustainable resource.
See it on the paper →Describe the change in land covered by forest between 1982 and 2013 in Fig. 6.1.
See it on the paper →Fishing can be managed to promote the conservation of fish stocks. Explain one way that fishing can be managed to conserve fish stocks.
See it on the paper →Describe other factors that could have caused famines since the 1970s.
See it on the paper →Crops are often grown as monocultures. State what is meant by a monoculture.
See it on the paper →Which factors are believed to have contributed to the rise in sea levels?
See it on the paper →What will happen if none of these insects are present?
See it on the paper →Intensive livestock production could be one way of preventing famine. Describe the causes of famine.
See it on the paper →Outline factors, other than plant diseases, that can cause famines.
See it on the paper →State three examples of modern technology that are used to increase food production.
See it on the paper →Many candidates gave answers that were too vague and could not be credited.
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0610/33 Q7(e) (Cambridge)
Most candidates correctly described the decrease in forested area. A few candidates also described the change in the pattern of the forested areas as an increase in fragmentation and a loss of forest from the coastal areas.
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0610/43 Q6(a)(i) (Cambridge)
Many candidates were able to describe different methods to conserve fish stocks. Fewer were able to provide more detail on how their stated method was able to conserve fish stocks. The best responses often related to allowing young fish to survive in order to breed to replenish the population.
— Examiner report, February/March 2024, 0610/42 Q6(c)(ii) (Cambridge)
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