1. The main objective of the basic principle of integrated pest control is....

control the pest population to keep it below the level causing the damage

2. Figure 1 shows a relationship between prey and predator. It can be seen that....

There are fluctuating changes in the prey population and followed by changes in the ups and downs of
predators, in the first year when the number of prey populations increased, the predator population
also increases, due to predation. In the second year, the prey population decreases and it is also
followed by a decrease in the predator population.

3. Farmers in an area have been planting rice varieties X for decades. This rice variety was engineered to
be resistant to stink bugs. The seeds that farmers use from year to year came from their own crops
(variety X). A researcher recorded data on rice damage due to stink bug (Leptocorisa oratorius) attacks
which are tabulated as Table 1 below. From year to year, farmers apply pesticides in accordance with
recommendations. Based on the table 1, please formulate a conclusion and analyze why this happened

There was greater damage due to changes in the resistance of rice to attacks by stink bugs.

4. There is a researcher who looks at the balance of the ecosystem. From the results, the following data
was presented in Figure 2. The correct description of the ecosystem according to the Figure 2 is ....

The size of each trophic level indicates a primary consumer population that is smaller than the
secondary consumer population, showing that the ecosystem is sustainable. The secondary consumer
population should be smaller than the primary consumer population, which means that the
ecosystem is threatened with instability and damage.

5. The following is data on population density in an area with groundwater contamination levels
tabulated in the following Table 2. A feasible strategy to keep coliform levels in groundwater (according
to Table 2) increasing from year to year is ....

building Waste Water Treatment Plant in the area

The advantages of using the two alternative ways of dealing with pollutants in the lake are:-

i) Cost effective when compared to other more conventional methods.

ii) “Natural” method, more aesthetically pleasing.

iii) Minimal land disturbance.

iv) Reduces potential for transport of contaminants by wind/soil erosion.

v) The possibility of recovery and reuse of valuable metals.

The disadvantages of using the two alternative ways of dealing with pollutants in the lake are:-
i) Possibility of contaminated plants entering the food chain.

ii) Possible spread of contaminant through falling leaves.

iii) Contaminant might kill the tree.

iv) Only surface soil (root zone) can be treated.

v) Degradation product could be worse than original contaminant.

Energy transfer is the exchange of energy between living organisms. There are 3 fundamental sorts of
life forms. There is the producer, consumer and the decomposer. Makers catch the sun's energy
through photosynthesis and convert it to food. Buyers can't make their own food, and need to devour
another living being as food. Buyers can be herbivores, carnivores and omnivores. We, people, are
omnivores hence we are shoppers. Decomposers can't make their own food, yet separate squanders
and dead living beings and return the crude materials to the environment. They resemble the
recyclers of the gathering. A food web or natural way of life records this adjustment in energy. Some
food networks are little, while some can go up to sixth level buyers! For every energy move just 10%
of the lower level of the energy is moved to the following level. In the picture to the correct you can
see that the fourth level purchaser just gets 0.01% of the 100% toward the start with the maker.