0653.B15.2.02 — Construct and interpret simple food chains: past paper questions
Real questions on 0653.b15.2.02 — construct and interpret simple food chains
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- 0653/01 · Specimen 2025 · Q12[1]
Which row contains the words that can replace X, Y and Z in the description of a food chain?
See it on the paper → - 0653/41 · October/November 2025 · Q2c(i)[2]
Construct a food chain using all the organisms in Fig. 2.2.
See it on the paper → - 0653/43 · October/November 2025 · Q2a(i)[1]
Circle the word that describes the tree in Fig. 2.1.
See it on the paper → - 0653/43 · October/November 2025 · Q2a(ii)[1]
Circle the word that describes the fungi in Fig. 2.1.
See it on the paper → - 0653/43 · October/November 2025 · Q2a(iii)[1]
Identify the animal in Fig. 2.1 that gets its energy from the spider.
See it on the paper → - 0653/32 · October/November 2024 · Q7b(i)[2]
Construct a food chain using all the organisms in Fig. 7.1.
See it on the paper → - 0653/43 · October/November 2024 · Q1b[3]
Explain why food chains usually have fewer than five trophic levels. (b) The food web in Fig. 1.1 contains food chains with fewer than five trophic levels.
See it on the paper → - 0653/43 · May/June 2024 · Q7c(ii)[2]
Circle all the bold words in the sentences about the osprey from Fig. 7.2 which make the sentences correct. The osprey is a secondary / tertiary consumer and is a carnivore / herbivore. This is because the osprey eats large / small fish.
See it on the paper → - 0653/32 · February/March 2024 · Q7a(i)[1]
Identify process B shown in Fig. 7.1.
See it on the paper → - 0653/43 · May/June 2022 · Q7a[1]
Identify the organism at the second trophic level in Fig. 7.1.
See it on the paper → - 0653/42 · February/March 2022 · Q1a(i)[2]
Construct a food chain using Fig. 1.1 that includes the macaw.
See it on the paper → - 0653/42 · February/March 2022 · Q1a(ii)[2]
Describe how energy is transferred from the banana tree to the jaguar.
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What examiners said
Many candidates found this question challenging. The key to obtaining a correct answer involved interpreting the diagram. Incorrect responses included respiration, decomposition and fossilisation. Some of these terms are often found at the bottom of other diagrams of the carbon cycle, but they do not represent process B.
— Examiner report, February/March 2024, 0653/32 Q7(a)(i) (Cambridge)
Most candidates correctly identified the shrimp. The most common mistake was to identify the frog. The frog is a secondary consumer at trophic level three.
— Examiner report, May/June 2022, 0653/43 Q7(a) (Cambridge)
In order to gain full credit, candidates had to refer specifically to consumption of one organism by another. Most candidates did this. A number of candidates described details of energy losses during transfer at trophic levels but gained only partial credit because they did not mention feeding.
— Examiner report, February/March 2022, 0653/42 Q1(a)(ii) (Cambridge)
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