LIFE SCIENCES

GRADE 11
ANSWERS FOR
REMOTE LEARNING WORKBOOK

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TERM 4

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Week Topic Page

1 Human impact on the environment (current crises): The 4

atmosphere and climate change

2 Human impact on the environment (current crises): Water 5

availability and Water quality

3 Human impact on the environment (current crises): Food 7

security

4 Human impact on the environment (current crises): Loss of 9

Biodiversity and Solid waste removal

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 WEEK 1: TOPIC: Human impact on the environment (current crises)

SUB-TOPIC: The atmosphere and climate change

ANSWERS for ACTIVITIES/WORKSHEETS/EXAM TYPE QUESTIONS

QUESTION 1
1.1. C (2)

QUESTION 2
2.1. carbon footprint 

2.2. ozone 

2.3. global warming  (6)

QUESTION 3

3.1. Rats,  rising temperatures  and alien vegetation  (3)

3.2. 2 500 – 1 750  = 750 mm per annum  B

(2)

3.3. Any TWO of the following:

 Burning of fossil fuels (coal) 

 Exhaust emissions from cars 
 Industrial pollution 
 Deforestation  (Any 2) (2)
(7)

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 WEEK 2: TOPIC: Human impact on the environment (current crises)

SUB-TOPIC: Water availability and Water quality

ANSWERS for ACTIVITIES/WORKSHEETS/EXAM TYPE QUESTIONS

QUESTION 1

1.1 B

1.2 A

1.3 C (6)

QUESTION 2

2.1 Eutrophication (1)

2.2 - The crop yield reaches a maximum at the recommended amount

- Using more fertiliser will cost morewithout increasing crop yield
- therefore, the profit will be less (2)

2.3 Less fertiliser will be lost due to run-off/leaching (1)

2.4 - Algae bloom occurs

- The layer of algae will form on the water, blocking out sunlight
- The water plants die because they are unable to photosynthesise
- Animals that feed on the plants will die
- Decomposition of the dead plants and animals
- cause an increase in the number of bacteria.  (4)
(8)

QUESTION 3

3.1 (a) Consumer  (1)

(b) Water consumption in mm3  (1)

3.2
City: 62 x 360o = 223o
100
Agriculture: 31 x 360o = 112o
100
Others: 7 x 360o = 25o

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 100

Western Cape water consumption percentage in 2018

7%

31%

62%

City Agriculture Others

Criteria to mark graph:

Criteria Elaboration Mark

Correct type of graph (T) Pie chart drawn 1

Correct caption (H) Both variables included 1

Plotting of portions (P) 1-2 portions correct 1

All 3 portions correct 2

Correct calculations to determine the 1-2 correct calculations 1

portions (C)
All three calculations correct 2

Total 6

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 WEEK 3: TOPIC: Human impact on the environment (current crises)

SUB-TOPIC: Food security

ANSWERS for ACTIVITIES/WORKSHEETS/EXAM TYPE QUESTIONS

QUESTION 1

1.1 D
1.2 B
1.3 A (6)
QUESTION 2

2.1 Monoculture
2.2 Food security (2)
QUESTION 3

3.1 Both A & B

3.2 A only
3.3 only (6)
QUESTION 4

4.1 Crops whose genes have been altered/changed (1)

4.2 - good recent rainfalls

- a larger area for planting (2)

4.3 14,7 – 7,8

= 6,9 x 100 
7,8
= 88,46%
Accept 88,5 % (3)
4.4 More maize will be available causing a drop
in prices (2)

4.5 Increased production in maize

Will result is more exports to other countries in the world

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 Causing increased profits
Increasing the country’s economy
OR
There would be an over production of maize
Thereby increasing competition
Reducing prices, decreasing profits
Leading to the country’s economy decreasing
OR
Reduced production of yellow maize
Result in less exports
Causing loss of profit
Reducing the country’s economy Any 3
(11)

QUESTION 5

5.1 Benefits of GMO:

o higher yields ,
o pest and disease resistant ,
o can be grown in places where conditions where previously unsuitable ,
o they provide extra nutrients  (any 2) (2)

5.2 GM could reduce the gene pool with the loss of variety
This will negatively affect or reduce biodiversity (2)
(4)

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 WEEK 4: TOPIC: Human impact on the environment (current crises)

SUB-TOPIC: Loss of Biodiversity and Solid waste removal

ANSWERS for ACTIVITIES/WORKSHEETS/EXAM TYPE QUESTIONS

QUESTION 1
1.1 - Poaching
- Alien plant invasions
- Any OTHER factor that can destruct habitats/e.g. poor farming
methods, urbanization, deforestation, mining, golf estates, loss of
wetlands and grasslands (Any 1) (1)
(Mark the first ONE only)

1.2 - It ensures food/fresh water/for humans

because it can be obtained from the environment
- Various plant species provides medicine
for the treatment of diseases and ailments
- It is a source of fossil fuel
which humans need to generate heat/cooking food
- It ensures that the climate is regulated and
therefore floods are controlled in wetlands, protecting
humans
- It keeps diseases in check because predators eat the
sick animals
- It plays a role in the carbon dioxide and oxygen balance in
the atmosphere
- ensuring healthy air for humans
- By providing forms of recreation and ecotourism
it also contributes to human quality of life (Any 3 x 2) (6)
(Mark the first THREE only) (7)

QUESTION 2
2.1 (a) - The variety
- of plant and animal species on Earth
OR
- A range of species and
- the number of organisms making up each species (2)

(b) - Plant species that are not indigenous in an area and

- that have been introduced to that area (2)

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2.2 - Habitat destruction (OR e.g. farming methods, urbanization,
deforestation, mining, loss of wetlands)
- Poaching (2)

2.3 - Introducing a natural enemy from the plant's environment

- allowing it to reproduce and
- control the numbers of the invasive plant (3)

2.4 - Choose the method that is most resource efficient

- with the least impact on the environment (2)
(11)

QUESTION 3

3.1 Both  the total amount of waste produced and the amount of
recyclable material increasedfrom 2018 to 2021
(2)

3.2 - People collect and sell waste at buy-back centres and

benefits therefore economically/creates own jobs
- People who collect waste and take it to recycling depots
 contributes to sustainable use of materials
- Recycling saves energyand therefore reduces the amount of
energy used to make new products (any 2 x 2)
(4)
(6)

QUESTION 4
4.1 Take up land that can be utilize for housing
As population of city increase the amount of waste increase 
landfills to small
Illegal dumping any (2)
4.2 Disadvantages in disposal of solid waste in landfill sites
 The wastes in a landfill attract vermin (rats, cockroaches
etc) and these often harbor disease vectors
 Landfills give off bad odours /are ugly/presence leads to
urban decay because only poor people are prepared
to live near them
 Wind- blown litter causes a pollution problem
 Sites attract informal “pickers” /poor people seeking
food/building materials often exposing themselves to
health hazards risk/injury
 Highly flammable methane gas sometimes escapes from
the decomposing wastes can cause health hazards
 Streams near the landfill sites often become
contaminated with hazardous leachate/chemicals
 Borehole water gets contaminated by leachate/chemicals

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(any 2 x 1)
4.3 Advantages of incineration

o Incineration plant is quite small so valuable land is not

used
o No attraction to pests so less risk of disease
o Heat generated can be used/incinerators built as part of
housing projects can save energy
any two (2)
Disadvantages of incineration

o May generate toxic fumes (especially from burning

plastics)
cause health hazards 
o Can be expensive to buildmoney can be used for other
social
interventions
o Seepage of wastes may pollute groundwater
o Fuel is consumed to begin the combustion process
any two (2)

4.4 o Properly managed landfills are lined to isolate the dumped

waste from ground water supplies so that toxic leachate
does not cause contamination. 
o Decomposition occurs anaerobically in a sealed and
capped landfill and the resulting methane stays trapped
unless it is tapped for use. 
(4)
(12)

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