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Date November 2021 Marks available [Maximum mark: 2] Reference code 21N.2.HL.TZ0.5a
Level HL Paper 2 Time zone TZ0
Command term Compare and contrast Question number a Adapted from N/A
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21N.2.HL.TZ0.5a
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Compare and contrast the mode of nutrition of detritivores and saprotrophs.

[2]

Markscheme

Accept not autotrophic/not photosynthetic instead of heterotrophic.

Do not accept that both groups are decomposers or consumers for the similarity.

Examiners report

About half of candidates answered correctly and there were some well-informed answers, but also many that showed a lack of familiarity with nutrition in detritivores and saprotrophs.

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