Copy of APES: Point, No Point FRQ (Released 2023 #1 Set 1) First Attempt (2/7/2025)

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The control group in the experiment would be Plot D.

The control group is the plot of unmodified beans.

Plot D

The control would be the amount of water.

How will green beans grown in the same environment be affected by different genetic modifications in terms of crop yields?

The scientific question would be which new variety of green beans produce a higher yield in arid regions.

Do GMO green beans affect crop yield?

Do genetically modified green beans yield a higher amount of beans than unmodified beans in arid regions?

By reducing irrigation there will be fewer beans collected in the plots.

Shorter irrigation time would mean less water to the plots which could create longer growing time.

By reducing the time for spray irrigation to 20 minutes this can effect the rate of which the experiment changes.

The crops would receive less water, which would help beans that can survive on little water thrive, while the other types wither, changing the results of the experiment,

The plot with the lowest temperature would be plot D (unmodified beans).

Plot C

D (unmodified beans)

Plot D, the unmodified beans has the lowest temperature.

Sediment and fertilizer runoff are greater in the plot of unmodified beans in comparison to the genetically modified green beans.

The sediment runoff may harm the growth of the green beans.

The unmodified beans have more sediment and fertilizer runoff than the GMO beans.

The sediment runoff and the fertilizer runoff compares to the green beans because it effects the way they grow. The unmodified beans had a higher effect from sediment runoff than the GMO beans.

The hypothesis is correct because the table shows lower amounts of runoff from plot B which indicates there is less waste from the fertilizer.

The researcher’s hypothesis was refuted because the results show that plot D used the fertilizer more completely than plot B.

The hypothesis is supported because plot B utilized fertilizer more effectively than the other plots as evidenced by the lack of nutrients in the runoff from plot B (even though they all received the same amount of fertilizer).

The researcher’s hypothesis is supported because the levels of fertilizer runoff were lowest in plot 2, which is seen by the relatively small amount of nitrogen and phosphorus runoff, in comparison with the other varieties.

Secondary succession.

After the crops were burned, their nutrients leached back into the soil as they decayed, which opened up the plot to pioneer species, which began growing. This was the first step in the succession process, and as the habitat was restored and covered by vegetation, this makes the habitat available for animal species to survive there.

The ecological process that occurred is called secondary succession. This is when plants regrow or recolonize an area after a disturbance in which soil and plants were already established.

Primary succession.

The ecological process that occurred when burning the crop cause those nutrients to go back into the dirt giving the dirt a new life and materials to be renewed.

Primary succession occurred because of the burning, which led to initial removal of the plants, but led to an increase in biodiversity after the regrowth

A community with more plant diversity would recover from the flood quicker, because the diversity in the gene pool would allow plants with flood-resistant genes to survive, as opposed to a community with low diversity, where if the dominant gene isn’t flood resistant, more of the community will be wiped out.

A community with higher plant diversity will recover quicker because each plant or species has a higher tolerance to different conditions and can adapt quickly.

The plot of land that has more diversity has a lot of different types of plants and animals. Statistically, a flood will harm a smaller proportion in that area than in an area with less plants and animals.

A community with more plant diversity will recover more quickly from the flooding because the different plants have different roles helping in a flood.

A new beetle species could be better to populate the plot due to adapting to a new environment. It’s harder for an existing beetle because they are already used to the environment and everything in it.

The beetle can better survive in the new environment because it has better traits than the other beetle.

The introduction of the invasive beetle species caused competition with the other beetle species for food and survival which led to the decline of the native beetle species.

The new beetle species could be a generalist species, so that its sources for food are increased, and it does not need to compete for a specific plant species or other food source. This would allow the new beetle type to have more available resources and populate the plot more than the original beetle species could.

You could introduce a limited amount of the beetles’ predator to the area in order to keep the beetle population low and not allow it to spread beyond the experimental plot.

One realistic method could be the introduction of a new species that is a predator to the beetle, which will slowly decline the beetle species.

One method to prevent the new beetle from spreading would be to plant more plants to the beetles liking.

One realistic method could be to fence off the beetles to keep them contained.