OCR F215: Populations and Sustainability

Candidates should be able to:

(a)

explain the significance of limiting factors in determining the final size of a population;

(b)

explain the meaning of the term carrying capacity;

(c)

describe predator–prey relationships and their possible effects on the population sizes of both the predator and the prey;

(d)

explain, with examples, the terms interspecific and intraspecific competition;

(e)

distinguish between the terms conservation and preservation (HSW6a, 6b);

(f)

explain how the management of an ecosystem can provide resources in a sustainable way, with reference to timber production in a temperate country;

(g)

explain that conservation is a dynamic process involving management and reclamation;

(h)