DP Biology (first assessment 2025)
Question 21N.2.SL.TZ0.1e
Date | November 2021 | Marks available | [Maximum mark: 1] | Reference code | 21N.2.SL.TZ0.1e |
Level | SL | Paper | 2 | Time zone | TZ0 |
Command term | State | Question number | e | Adapted from | N/A |
e.
[Maximum mark: 1]
21N.2.SL.TZ0.1e
(e)
This study was carried out over six years on the Australian Great Barrier Reef. State one advantage of field investigations compared with mesocosm experiments to study ecological processes.
[1]
Markscheme
real environmental conditions / larger scale investigations / more variables studied;
Examiners report
In 1e most were able to give a reason why the study was better than a mesocosm.
