Cambridge International AS and A Level Marine Science Workbook

Cambridge International AS & A Level Marine Science Workbook Author/s: Matthew Parkin, Jules Robson, Paul Roobottom Develop your students theoretical and practical marine science skills for first examination in 2022. Explore the wonders of the underwater world and develop theoretical and practical marine science skills. Following extensive classroom research, this workbook has been revised by experienced teachers and examiners. The first section of the workbook includes exercises and exam-style questions for each topic to enable students to consolidate and assess their learning and apply their knowledge to novel situations. The second section includes 27 practical activities to develop students’ investigative skills. Support notes and sample data are provided in the teacher’s resource. Written in accessible language for the international learner this book helps students build confidence and develop essential skills. This Workbook is designed to support the coursebook, with specially selected topics where students would benefit from further opportunities to apply skills, such as application, analysis and evaluation in addition to developing knowledge and understanding. (The workbook does not cover all topics in the Cambridge International AS & A Level Marine Science syllabus (9693)).. Features: The perfect companion to the coursebook to help students develop their theoretical and practical skills Includes exercises and exam-style questions for each topic to help students assess, consolidate and apply their learning Includes 27 practical activities to help students develop their investigative skills Written in accessible language to support international learners Contents: Introduction Section 1 Chapter 1: Water Exercises Exam-style questions Chapter 2: Earth processes Exercises Exam-style questions Chapter 3: Interactions in marine ecosystems Exercises Exam-style questions Chapter 4: Classification and biodiversity Exercises Exam-style questions Chapter 5: Examples of marine ecosystems Exercises Exam-style questions Chapter 6: Physiology of marine organisms Exercises Exam-style questions Chapter 7: Energy Exercises Exam-style questions Chapter 8: Fisheries for the future Exercises Exam-style questions Chapter 9: Human impacts on marine ecosystems Exercises Exam-style questions Section 2 Chapter 1: Water Practical 1.1 Properties of water Practical 1.2 pH Practical 1.3 Salinity and temperature gradients Chapter 2: Earth processes Practical 2.1 Investigating the effect of temperature on the solubility of a salt Practical 2.2 Modelling weathering and erosion Practical 2.3 Interpreting tide tables Chapter 3: Interactions in marine ecosystems Practical 3.1 Pyramids of numbers and biomass Practical 3.2 Planning an investigation to estimate the productivity of an aquatic producer Practical 3.3 Investigating the carbon cycle Chapter 4: Classification and biodiversity Practical 4.1 Constructing a dichotomous key Practical 4.2 Using quadrats to estimate abundance of organisms Practical 4.3 Estimating a population size using the mark-release-recapture method Chapter 5: Examples of marine ecosystems Practical 5.1 Drawing an animal found on a sandy shore Practical 5.2 Planning an investigation into the effect of light intensity on coral growth Practical 5.3 Distribution of organisms on a Rocky Shore Chapter 6: Physiology of marine organisms Practical 6.1 Observing, drawing and comparing the structures of respiratory systems Practical 6.2 Investigating the effect of salinity on brine shrimp Practical 6.3 The effect of salt solution on eggs Chapter 7: Energy Practical 7.1 Identification and separation of photosynthetic pigments using paper chromatography Practical 7.2 Data analysis into limiting factors for photosynthesis Practical 7.3 Gas exchange in an aquatic producer Chapter 8: Fisheries for the future Practical 8.1 Determining of size of reproductive maturity to inform minimum catch size Practical 8.2 Effect of temperature on growth of whelk Practical 8.3 Planning an investigation into the effect of feeding rates on the growth rates of salmon Chapter 9: Human impacts on marine ecosystems Practical 9.1 Planning an investigation into marine plastics pollution Practical 9.2 Modelling the greenhouse effect Practical 9.3 Monitoring invasive species Glossary Index.