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A-LevelBiologyBiodiversity and conservationFeb/Mar 2021Paper 5 Q122 Marks

Students at a college often took a shortcut between the library and the tennis courts across an area of open land. The area of open land was covered by a large number of plants of a variety of different species. Walking over this area many times damaged the plants by trampling. As a result, a shortcut path formed across the area of open land between the library and tennis courts. This path was approximately one metre wide. Fig. 1.1 shows a map of the area. [Figure 1.1] Some students decided to investigate the effect of trampling on the biodiversity of plant species growing in the area of open land.

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This structured question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Biology (9700) Feb/Mar 2021 examination, Paper 5 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Biodiversity and conservation and is worth 22 marks.

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