GCSE Biology Specification

OCR B J257

Section B3.4: How are populations affected by conditions in an ecosystem?

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#B3.4.1

explain how some abiotic and biotic factors affect communities, including environmental conditions, toxic chemicals, availability of food and other resources, and the presence of predators and pathogens

#B3.4.2

describe how to carry out a field investigation into the distribution and abundance of organisms in an ecosystem and explain how to determine their numbers in a given area
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#B3.4.3

the context of data related to organisms within a population:

a) calculate arithmetic means
b) use fractions and percentages
c) plot and draw appropriate graphs selecting appropriate scales for the axes
d) extract and interpret information from charts, graphs and tables