Biology · BGCSE / Ecology and the environment
StructuredPast exam questionForm 5 · BGCSE
Fig. 4.1 shows part of a food web from a woodland: mango trees → badgers, mice and horses; grass → horses; mice → badgers and owls; badgers → owls; owls → ticks; horses → ticks.
- aState the principal source of energy for the web. [1]
- bIdentify an organism that is both a primary and secondary consumer. [1]
- cIdentify an organism that is a tertiary consumer. [1]
- dSuggest the effect of killing all badgers on the population of mice. [1]
- eGive an explanation for your answer. [2]
You'll mark your own answer against the marking guide when you hand it in.
Source: BEC BGCSE Biology 2017, Paper 3, Question 4
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