Past Papers

May 2017

includes Paper 1 case study on Brazil and cash cropping and ecological footprints

Paper 2 questions on water scarcity, DDT and foodchains, mitigation and adaptation strategies in climate change. The essays have questions on net productivity and natural income, either acid deposition or eutrophication, approaches to conservation and human carrying capacity. 

November 2017

Includes Paper 1 case study on Iceland and puffins, Paper 2 questions on and mark schemes. The questions on Paper 2 focus on destabilisation of earth's ecological systems, the carbon and nitrogen and tropical biomes

May 2018

Includes Paper 1 case study on Madagascar, trying to find more sustainable agricultural methods so lots on soil degradation (topic 4). The Paper 2 has questions on carbon capture and storage, soil triangle, water scarcity and food production systems.

November 2018

Includes the case study on the Algonquin Provincial Park, Canada and how wolves and coyotes are threatened and lots of stuff about how beavers can affect abiotic conditions in the ecosystem. Paper 2 focuses on water stress ozone and plastic and has some nice Paper 2 essays on biodiversity , energy production and security and food production.

May 2019

This case study focuses on coral reefs and biodiversity in tropical biomes. How deforestation has a negative affect on the coral and sustainable development helps solve many economic issues including overfishing. In Paper 2 there are questions succession, solid domestic waste and a practical question on how to clean up oil spills.

November 2019

This case study focuses on estuarine ecosystems and the habitats of the beluga and right whale. It looks at NPP and overfishing. Then in Paper 2 you will find questions on soil layers, sustainability and ecological footprint, then essays on access to freshwater, energy and climate policies, food production and conservation.

May 2020

November 2020

May 2021

November 2021

May 2022

November 2022