A botanist records 64 orchid plants in eight equal-sized quadrats.
The mean population density is 16 orchid plants per m2\mathrm{m}^2m2.
What is the area of each quadrat?
0.125 m20.125\,\mathrm{m}^20.125m2
0.5 m20.5\,\mathrm{m}^20.5m2
4 m24\,\mathrm{m}^24m2
8 m28\,\mathrm{m}^28m2
82 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Biology 9.1 Ecosystems and interdependence, covering 9.1.1 Levels of organisation in ecosystems, 9.1.2 Abiotic and biotic factors, 9.1.3 Importance of interdependence, 9.1.4 Parasitism and mutualism, and 9.1.5 Determining number of organisms in an area. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.