WASSCE Biology · Paper 1 style

Conservation

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Areas set aside to protect wild animals are

Aplantations
Bmarkets
Cfarm settlements
Dgame reserves

Show the answer and working

Answer: D

Protect wildlife: reserves.

Trap A Conservation and pollution errors: Eutrophication: fertiliser runoff → algal bloom → decay → oxygen depletion → fish die. DDT bioaccumulates up food chains. Conservation: game reserves, afforestation, legislation, controlled hunting.

Trap B Uses an everyday idea instead of the biology: Translate everyday words into the textbook definition before choosing. If the only reason an option attracts you is its name or looks, test it against the definition in the stem.

Trap C Gives the job of a neighbouring structure or stage: Learn structures as pairs of 'name → one job' and contrast neighbours: ribosome makes protein, mitochondrion releases energy; cochlea hears, semicircular canals balance. When two options sit in the same organ or process, ask which one does exactly the job in the stem.

Traps in Conservation

Conservation and pollution errors
Eutrophication: fertiliser runoff → algal bloom → decay → oxygen depletion → fish die. DDT bioaccumulates up food chains. Conservation: game reserves, afforestation, legislation, controlled hunting.
Uses an everyday idea instead of the biology
Translate everyday words into the textbook definition before choosing. If the only reason an option attracts you is its name or looks, test it against the definition in the stem.
Gives the job of a neighbouring structure or stage
Learn structures as pairs of 'name → one job' and contrast neighbours: ribosome makes protein, mitochondrion releases energy; cochlea hears, semicircular canals balance. When two options sit in the same organ or process, ask which one does exactly the job in the stem.

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