This resource is a diagnostic knowledge check for the Agriculture section of the AQA A-level Environmental Science specification.
It is designed to help students and teachers identify gaps in understanding after teaching the Biological Resources: Agriculture topic. The questions are original and structured into recall, application and skills/data analysis sections.
The knowledge check covers:
• agriculture as control of food webs
• selection of crop and livestock species
• environmental and technological factors affecting productivity
• food conversion ratio and livestock efficiency
• monocultures and their advantages/disadvantages
• pest control methods and pesticide properties
• pollinators and ecosystem services in agriculture
• agricultural energetics, productivity and energy efficiency
• environmental impacts of intensive agriculture
• nitrate leaching, biodiversity loss and pesticide impacts
• social, economic and political influences on farming
• strategies to increase agricultural sustainability
The resource includes:
• Section A: Recall questions
• Section B: Application questions
• Section C: Skills and data analysis
• full teacher mark scheme
• specification point mapping for each question
• maths and working scientifically links where relevant
• diagnostic notes for teachers
Suitable for end-of-topic review, retrieval practice, homework, Paper 2 revision or identifying misconceptions before assessment.
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