A company wants to open a new quarry on an area of grassland. The grassland is the habitat of many species of plant and insect.
Quarrying reduces the amount of land available for other animals and plants. Give two other human activities that also reduce the amount of land available.
Explain how opening the quarry could reduce the biodiversity of this area.
Suggest one thing the company could do to reduce the effect of the quarry on biodiversity.
84 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Biology 7.3 Biodiversity and the effect of human interaction on ecosystems, covering 7.3.1 Biodiversity, 7.3.2 Waste management, 7.3.3 Land use, 7.3.4 Deforestation, 7.3.5 Global warming, and 7.3.6 Maintaining biodiversity. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.