IGCSE Marine Science · Area 5 of 6

Marine ecology

The components of marine ecosystems and how to investigate them, then the five ecosystems the syllabus names: open ocean, rocky shore, sedimentary shore, mangrove forest and tropical coral reef.

3 topics · 23 exam-style questions · 80 marks

Three pages: the sampling methods, the shores and mangroves, and the reef.

Components of ecosystems, investigating them, and the open ocean

Ecology runs on a small set of words with precise definitions, and the paper rewards you for keeping them apart - population, community, habitat, ecosystem. From those te...

8 questions · 28 marks

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Rocky shores, sedimentary shores and mangrove forests

Three shore types, one problem: the tide. On a rocky shore you need the zones, the factors that set them, and the adaptations of limpets, mussels, anemones and Fucus; on ...

8 questions · 27 marks

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Tropical coral reefs

A reef is built by animals, not by rock or plants, and almost every mark in this topic depends on saying so precisely: a colony of polyps, each one with a mouth, tentacle...

7 questions · 25 marks

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