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Environmental Systems SL Paper 1 (November 2024, TZ2)

  1. (a) With reference to Figure 6(b), state the ecological relationship between the Eurasian wolf (Canis lupus lupus) and the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx). [1]
    Figure 6(b)

(b) Predict how decreasing numbers of the Eurasian wolf (Canis lupus lupus) before 1979 could have impacted the alpine ecosystem. [2]

(c) With reference to Figures 6(c) and 6(d), evaluate the effectiveness of the protection given to the Eurasian wolf (Canis lupus lupus) in Switzerland. [3]
Figure 6(c)
Figure 6(d)