IB Biology HL 4.2.6 Sustainable resource harvesting Question Bank

Impact: [2 max]

a. overfishing can disrupt food chains/webs/ecosystems;

b. named example from the diagram;

c. decrease biodiversity / OWTTE;

Assessing: [2 max]

d. monitoring/measuring that the rate of harvesting of species is lower than the rate of replacement of species/OWTTE;

e. monitoring/enforcing application of regulations;

f. monitoring population size (over time)

OR

monitoring biodiversity (over time);

e. Accept monitoring of regulations, e.g., size/age of fish, number in a catch,
mesh size of nets, quotas, etc., but not setting of regulations.

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Marking guidance:

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