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Braeside High School

INSTRUCTIONS
 Answer all the questions
 You are advised to read the text book Environmental Management Coursebook from page
51- 70

INFORMATION

 The total mark for this paper is

1. The table shows world insecticide use in arbitrary units in 2009 and 2014.

(a) State the world region with the lowest insecticide use in 2014.

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(b) Calculate the increase in insecticide use in Asia and Oceania from 2009 to 2014.

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(c) Suggest four reasons why some world regions use more insecticide than other world regions.

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(d) State four ways, other than insecticide use, to reduce the impact of pests on crops.

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2. The photograph shows part of a large field.

(a) (i) Circle the two words that best describe the type of agriculture shown in the photograph.

arable commercial mixed pastoral subsistence [2]

(ii) Explain why this field is at risk of soil erosion.

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(b) A farmer stated that crop rotation is a good method of ensuring sustainable agriculture. Describe

other management strategies for sustainable agriculture.

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3. (a) The graph shows the average mass of pesticide used in agriculture from 1996 to 2016 in four

continents and the world.

(i) Complete the graph for Europe using the data in the table.

(ii) Describe the trends in pesticide use in Asia between 1996 and 2016.

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(iii) Calculate the percentage change in pesticide use in South America between 1996 and 2016.

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(b) State five benefits of using pesticides in agriculture.

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(c) Suggest four alternatives to using pesticides to control pests on crops.

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4. The factsheet contains information about the prickly pear cactus in Australia.

(i) Suggest why the prickly pear cactus spread so rapidly in Australia.

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(ii) Suggest the impact of the prickly pear cactus on the farmlands of Australia.

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(iii) (iii) State the type of control used successfully by the farmers.

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