Lfsc Gr 11 Vrl Prep For Nov Exam 2026 P2 Q3 — Transcript
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- 0:00seven.
- 0:01So,
- 0:02uh as we start, uh we are having a
- 0:06population ecology as the first topic
- 0:08there.
- 0:09So, on this slide, we are having
- 0:11population growth forms.
- 0:13The two population growth forms are our
- 0:15logistic growth form and our exponential
- 0:18growth form. The J-shaped one and the
- 0:21logistic is our S-shaped growth form.
- 0:24So, here we are having the descriptions
- 0:27of those two graphs. Uh
- 0:30our our logistic growth form
- 0:32uh is the population growth form that
- 0:34shows slow growth due to reproductive
- 0:37slow reproductive rate. And uh there's
- 0:40predation there and there are diseases
- 0:43or low food supply. So, this is the
- 0:45phase where there is a very low a slow
- 0:48growth and then
- 0:50there can also be limiting factors which
- 0:53can which can affect the growth
- 0:54population. So, the limiting factors can
- 0:57be shortage of food,
- 0:59water,
- 1:00shortage uh shelter, predation, or also
- 1:03diseases. So, the population mostly do
- 1:06not reach the carrying capacity. So, our
- 1:09carrying capacity here on this graph is
- 1:11represented by this red line up there.
- 1:14So, this is our carrying capacity. The
- 1:16carrying capacity is uh the number of
- 1:19maximum number of organisms um the area
- 1:22or the habitat can carry.
- 1:25So, uh
- 1:26organisms in this
- 1:28uh population cannot reach the carrying
- 1:30capacity because of these limiting
- 1:32factors.
- 1:33So, this graph has four phases.
- 1:37We know that uh teachers taught our
- 1:39learners these phases. The four phases
- 1:41are the first one is the lag phase. The
- 1:43second one is the exponential phase. The
- 1:46third um uh decelerating phase or the
- 1:50death phase. And uh the last one it will
- 1:53be our equilibrium phase. So, learners
- 1:56have to know this all these phases. Um
- 1:59they might be asked to label the phases
- 2:01on the graph and so on.
- 2:04Uh, this is our logistic growth form.
- 2:06And our exponential growth form, the
- 2:08J-shaped one, the population here grows
- 2:11exponentially. It grows rapidly fast
- 2:13because of higher reproductive rate.
- 2:17Organisms are settled, they can
- 2:19reproduce, and, uh, limiting factors can
- 2:22arise. And then when limiting factors
- 2:24arise in this type of exponential
- 2:27growth,
- 2:28they will lead to death or extinction.
- 2:31And, uh, the population can exceed the
- 2:33the carrying capacity. It means in this
- 2:36population in this, uh, type, sorry.
- 2:38Sorry.
- 2:40In this type of exponential growth,
- 2:42it means, um, organisms can, uh, be, uh,
- 2:47larger or the number of organisms in
- 2:48this can be larger than the carrying
- 2:50capacity. So, they they are phases
- 2:52there. We have the lag phase and the
- 2:54exponential phase. The last one is the
- 2:56death or extinction phase. So, that is
- 2:59our two population growth forms. One of
- 3:02them will be there in our te- in our
- 3:05exam.
- 3:07As we move on, we have factors affecting
- 3:10the size of the population.
- 3:12So, these factors are divided into two,
- 3:15density-dependent factors and
- 3:17density-independent
- 3:19factors. So, uh, the density-dependent
- 3:23factors
- 3:25uh, are those factors that have
- 3:27>> [snorts]
- 3:27>> a direct uh, correlation with the size
- 3:30of the population. It means the size of
- 3:33the population is, um, affected affect
- 3:36this, uh,
- 3:38I mean, they're affected by the size of
- 3:39the population. So, examples of them are
- 3:41the territorial behavior. Organisms can
- 3:44fight in, uh, for territory or for for
- 3:47the space. And predation. If there are
- 3:49more, uh, prey in the in the in an area,
- 3:53there will be more predators or they'll
- 3:55compete. Uh, accumulation of waste in an
- 3:58area can affect the number of organisms
- 4:01in there. The food, space, or shelter
- 4:04can also affect the size of the
- 4:06population. And parasites and diseases
- 4:09can affect the size of the population.
- 4:11So, let's say we are having a large
- 4:12population and some of the organisms are
- 4:15affected by a disease there. Now, the
- 4:16disease will pass to other organisms and
- 4:19they'll also die. Those are
- 4:21density-dependent
- 4:23uh
- 4:24factors.
- 4:25So, we also have density-independent
- 4:28factors. This factors does not rely on
- 4:31the size of the population. So, whether
- 4:34the population size is small or the
- 4:36population size is larger as it can be,
- 4:39this factors can affect
- 4:42the population. They are abnormal events
- 4:44in nature and occur randomly. They can
- 4:47just occur even
- 4:49uh regardless of the size of the
- 4:50population. So, examples of them are
- 4:52tsunamis. A tsunami can attack um a
- 4:55population whether it's small or large.
- 4:58We have landslides, volcanic eruptions,
- 5:01veld and also floods.
- 5:04So, those are examples of our
- 5:07uh density-dependent and independent
- 5:09factors. So, learners must know this.
- 5:11They they know them. They must make sure
- 5:13that they revise them.
- 5:15And then lastly on this slide, we are
- 5:17having uh population parameters
- 5:19affecting the size of the population.
- 5:21Here, we are having uh the mortality,
- 5:23which is our death rate. The death rate
- 5:26will decrease the size of the
- 5:27population. Natality, our birth rate.
- 5:30The birth rate will increase the size of
- 5:32the population. And then we have
- 5:34immigration. Immigration uh will
- 5:37increase the size of the population
- 5:39because organisms will be uh moving from
- 5:42uh one
- 5:43one area into that area. So, the the
- 5:46population size will increase. And
- 5:48emigration
- 5:49is that uh
- 5:51parameter which will decrease the size
- 5:53of the population because organisms will
- 5:55be moving out of an area. So, here is
- 5:57our
- 5:58uh NB there. They might be asked in our
- 6:03uh upcoming examination. So, please
- 6:05revise those. I know you know them, so
- 6:07please revise them.
- 6:12Okay, as we move on colleagues and
- 6:14learners then uh, we are now on our
- 6:17third slide.
- 6:19Uh, determining the population size. So,
- 6:22when determining the population size, we
- 6:24know that we are having direct
- 6:26techniques and indirect techniques. So,
- 6:29direct techniques will be counting
- 6:32uh, heads of those organisms. So, the
- 6:35first technique is census whereby uh,
- 6:39they'll be counting the number of humans
- 6:41directly in an area or a country. And
- 6:44the second technique is the aerial
- 6:47photography. Here, the the photo will be
- 6:50taken, the aerial photo will be taken,
- 6:52and the number of organisms on that
- 6:54photo will be counted. These are direct
- 6:56techniques. And then indirect techniques
- 7:00those are estimations. It means uh,
- 7:04uh, we are going to estimate the size of
- 7:05the population in in that area. So, the
- 7:08first one is mark and recapture method.
- 7:12And then the the the second one is the
- 7:14quadrats method. I know all of them were
- 7:17done in class and were done in the test,
- 7:20but we are just reminding you of them.
- 7:22So, the mark and recapture method as an
- 7:25example of an of an indirect technique
- 7:28is um,
- 7:29uh,
- 7:30is here on my slide. So,
- 7:33uh, the mark and recapture method uh,
- 7:35what what we are expected to do in the
- 7:37mark and recapture method as an example
- 7:39here they are saying it's especially
- 7:41suit- suitable for fish in a dam. So, we
- 7:44are going to have an example of fish in
- 7:46a dam. So, uh, we catch the number of
- 7:50individuals
- 7:52of fish uh,
- 7:54as we go with this example, we'll mark
- 7:57the fish and throw them back into the
- 7:59dam. So, after catching the first
- 8:01sample, we mark that fish and throw them
- 8:04back into the dam. And then we will
- 8:07allow them to disperse. We allow them to
- 8:10mix with other with other fish in the
- 8:12dam.
- 8:13It means we're going to give them enough
- 8:15time to mix with other organisms in the
- 8:18dam.
- 8:19And then
- 8:20after a while, let's say after a week,
- 8:22we'll make another second catch. So, the
- 8:24second catch will be our second capture
- 8:27and then count the number of marked
- 8:29individuals in that
- 8:32in that
- 8:34catch and then after that we are going
- 8:36to use this formula. So, this formula
- 8:38says P is the number of the the
- 8:42population size that we are calculating.
- 8:44M is the number of the first of the
- 8:47first catch. It means the number that
- 8:48you marked
- 8:50and then throw back in into the dam.
- 8:53And then we multiply by C. C here will
- 8:56be our second catch.
- 8:59The total number of organisms in the
- 9:00second catch. You count the ones you
- 9:02marked together with the ones which are
- 9:04not marked. That is the second catch.
- 9:07And then you divide by R. R here is the
- 9:10marked marked organisms in the second
- 9:12catch. So, here is a note here. Note
- 9:16that different letters can be used in
- 9:18this formula. But you have to know that
- 9:20it's
- 9:22the population size is equals to the
- 9:25number of fish
- 9:27in in the second catch multiplied by the
- 9:30the number of fish. Also, in the first
- 9:33one you multiply with the second catch
- 9:35and you divide by the marked fish in the
- 9:39second catch.
- 9:42And then
- 9:44here are examples of what I've just
- 9:47done.
- 9:48I have
- 9:49example of question this year. So,
- 9:52example of question number one says name
- 9:55two density dependent factors and
- 9:57density independent factors that can
- 9:59affect the population size. So, here are
- 10:01the answers. Predation, diseases,
- 10:04competition, food shortage,
- 10:07shelter shortage. Those are density
- 10:09dependent. And density independent
- 10:11factors drought, floods, as I
- 10:14have said from the previous slide.
- 10:16And then the second question, identify
- 10:19the growth form
- 10:20in the following in the following graph.
- 10:22So, the growth form is a logistic growth
- 10:25form.
- 10:26And then the same question says,
- 10:28identify the phases 1 to 4 in the above
- 10:31graph. So, phases 1 to 4 here are they
- 10:33here are the answers. As they were in in
- 10:36in the previous slide. The phase phase
- 10:38number one is the lag phase, number two
- 10:40exponential phase, number three the
- 10:43death phase, and lastly we have our
- 10:46equilibrium phase.
- 10:48And then number four, give one reason
- 10:50why the population growth is slower at
- 10:53phase number one. So, here is it should
- 10:56have been phase number one. So, at phase
- 10:59number one there's predation, lower
- 11:01reproductive rate, there are diseases,
- 11:03or there's competition here at phase
- 11:05number one. One of them might be a
- 11:07reason why there's a very slow growth
- 11:10there. And number five,
- 11:13name two population parameters that
- 11:14affect the population growth, natality,
- 11:17mortality, immigration, and emigration.
- 11:20Two of them, any two of them would be
- 11:21correct for this for this answer. I
- 11:23mean, for this question. Thank you.
- 11:26And as I move on, example of questions
- 11:29continued with the
- 11:31mark and recapture method. So, this is
- 11:34determining the population size. So, we
- 11:36said firstly we have to
- 11:39capture a number number of fish from the
- 11:42dam and then mark them.
- 11:44We mark them and after marking them we
- 11:47release them back into the sea into the
- 11:49the dam. So, here it means four fish
- 11:51were captured, marked with a red
- 11:55marking there and then released back
- 11:57into the dam. And then number two,
- 12:00you allow them time to mix you allow
- 12:03them time to mix with other fish and
- 12:05then you will come again and
- 12:08recapture. When you recapture you
- 12:10capture
- 12:12other
- 12:13fish.
- 12:15You means they will include those that
- 12:17you marked in the first capture. So,
- 12:19here we are having the total number of
- 12:21fish in the second capture is 16, and
- 12:24then those that are marked in the second
- 12:27catch is
- 12:29two. We have two fish which are marked.
- 12:32So,
- 12:33>> [snorts]
- 12:33>> when we continue, number six there says,
- 12:36"Use the information above to estimate
- 12:38the population of fish in the lake or in
- 12:40the dam." So, six
- 12:43when you calculate like you do in maths,
- 12:45you'll
- 12:47you'll have your formula there and
- 12:48identify the unknown and identify the
- 12:51variables that you have values for, then
- 12:53you'll be able to substitute in this in
- 12:55the formula and get the number. So, P is
- 12:57unknown. It's the estimated population.
- 13:00Four is the original number of fish
- 13:02captured, marked, and released.
- 13:05C is the total number of fish in the
- 13:09second capture. And R is the number of
- 13:12marked fish in the second capture. So,
- 13:15you substitute in the formula here,
- 13:18and we got 32 fish. So, the estimated
- 13:21number of fish in that lake or dam is
- 13:2532.
- 13:26So, that is how you calculate the the
- 13:28population size. And number seven says
- 13:31here from questions, "How can
- 13:33reliability be be ensured when using
- 13:35this method?"
- 13:37So, here is our
- 13:39here are our answers on how reliability
- 13:42can can be ensured when using the mark
- 13:44and recapture method. So, the first way
- 13:47in which the reliability can be ensured
- 13:50is that a large sample size must be
- 13:52captured. So, we must ensure that we
- 13:54capture a large sample size as possible
- 13:57so that
- 13:58our results can be reliable. The second
- 14:00answer is that we we must ensure that
- 14:03the markings last or remain for the
- 14:05period of the procedure.
- 14:07>> [snorts]
- 14:07>> You ensure that you mark with
- 14:10something or a paint or something that
- 14:12will last uh the period of
- 14:15the procedure or the experiment.
- 14:17Number three, markings must be suitable
- 14:20and must not harm or interfere with the
- 14:23behavior or movement of the organisms.
- 14:25So, it means if you mark or when you
- 14:28mark those organisms that you captured
- 14:30in the first capture, you must ensure
- 14:32that they the markings don't hurt them.
- 14:34The markings are not that heavy. You
- 14:37don't put heavy stuff. You don't put the
- 14:39stuff that will
- 14:41make them other organisms shy away from
- 14:44them, run away from them. So, they might
- 14:46they must be able to mix with other
- 14:48organisms and not harm their behavior.
- 14:51Number four,
- 14:53marked organisms must be given enough
- 14:55time to mix with other organisms. You
- 14:57must not throw fish now and then after 2
- 15:00hours go and recapture. No, you give
- 15:01them enough time so that they can mix
- 15:04and um
- 15:05do their
- 15:07daily routines in the dam they. And
- 15:10lastly, several samples must be taken
- 15:12and the average population
- 15:14size must be calculated. Like in any
- 15:16other experiment, uh the average must be
- 15:21uh taken after several samples uh
- 15:25calculated from that formula. So, these
- 15:29are our um
- 15:31ways in which reliability can be
- 15:33ensured. Maybe three or two ways can be
- 15:36asked, how can reliability be ensured in
- 15:40a mark and recapture method?
- 15:43Thank you. I hope we are still together,
- 15:45colleagues and learners.
- 15:47So, the the second slide is the
- 15:50following slide is our scientific
- 15:51investigation skill.
- 15:54So, we've been talking about the
- 15:55scientific investigation skills, I think
- 15:57from when
- 15:59question two was done last week. So,
- 16:02here I'm just having an example. I'm not
- 16:05going to go
- 16:06uh into that much detail of the
- 16:09scientific investigation skills. With
- 16:10this example, we'll be able to identify
- 16:14all the scientific investigation
- 16:15variables that are needed. So,
- 16:18the the experiment is taken from grade
- 16:2111 September paper and it was just
- 16:24modified a bit.
- 16:26Wearing a face a face mask is a
- 16:28recommended to reduce the spread of
- 16:30coronavirus.
- 16:32There are some concerns about the
- 16:34efficiency of breathing when wearing a
- 16:36face mask.
- 16:37So, when we move on it says, "Scientists
- 16:40investigated the effect of wearing face
- 16:42masks on the carbon dioxide levels." So,
- 16:46uh when
- 16:48every time when I do this the experiment
- 16:51with my learners or with any other uh
- 16:54learner,
- 16:56I say when we uh come across the aim,
- 16:59where it says, "Scientists investigated
- 17:01the effect of or the the effect of uh
- 17:05any other variable was investigated."
- 17:07So, here is our aim.
- 17:09And then from our aim, we have to
- 17:12underline or we have to make sure that
- 17:14we identify our dependent and
- 17:17independent variables even uh before we
- 17:20we are asked to identify them.
- 17:23Uh as long as when you come across the
- 17:25aim, you identify the variables. So,
- 17:27here it says, "Scientists investigated
- 17:29the effect of wearing a face mask masks
- 17:32on the carbon dioxide levels in the
- 17:34blood."
- 17:35So, carbon dioxide levels in the blood
- 17:37depends on wearing a face mask. So,
- 17:40we'll we'll know that our carbon dioxide
- 17:42level is our uh dependent variable. We
- 17:45write D here. And then wearing a face
- 17:47mask is our independent variable. We
- 17:50write I here. So, that when uh dependent
- 17:53and independent variables are asked,
- 17:55you'll be able to come and uh take them
- 17:59from the aim there. So, here is our
- 18:03independent and then here is our um
- 18:07dependent variable. And then when we
- 18:08move on, I say when we come to the
- 18:11procedure or the steps of the
- 18:12experiment, we have to identify um the
- 18:15variables that were kept constant. We
- 18:17identify the ways in which the
- 18:19reliability and validity, all those were
- 18:22ensured. So, we are going to read the
- 18:24first bullet there. It says
- 18:26uh
- 18:27the following steps were were taken.
- 18:29Obtained permission from 150 healthy
- 18:33male volunteers aged 30 to participate
- 18:36in the investigation. So, uh when they
- 18:39come across uh the number of
- 18:41individuals, 150,
- 18:43150, it means uh this is our
- 18:46reliability.
- 18:48Either uh the question will say how was
- 18:50reliability ensured or how could it it
- 18:53be ensured, but you write R
- 18:55R on top of 150. And then when when it
- 18:58says 150 healthy, it means all of them
- 19:01were healthy. So, they had they had uh
- 19:03the same
- 19:04health uh situation. They were they were
- 19:07all healthy. That This is also validity.
- 19:10And then all of them were males. The
- 19:12male is uh is the gender. All of them
- 19:14had the same gender. So, that is
- 19:17validity. You write V. And then they
- 19:19were aged eight. All of them had the
- 19:22same age. You write V. V stands for
- 19:25validity.
- 19:26And then we move on.
- 19:28The investigation was done in the same
- 19:30area. So, the area can be uh
- 19:33uh specific can be specific. They can
- 19:35say it was done in a a warm area, in a
- 19:38hot area, or the area where the carbon
- 19:41dioxide level is this much or
- 19:43atmospheric pressure and and so on. So,
- 19:45the same area is validity.
- 19:48The It means the experiment was done in
- 19:50the uh same area for all the volunteers.
- 19:53And then
- 19:55uh they applied a sensor to the
- 19:57participant's skin to measure the carbon
- 19:59dioxide levels in the blood. So, it
- 20:01means carbon dioxide was uh carbon
- 20:03dioxide levels was measured in the same
- 20:05uh procedure. So, they applied a sensor.
- 20:08This is validity. The same procedure or
- 20:10the same method was used to measure uh
- 20:13the carbon dioxide level. And then when
- 20:16we move on,
- 20:18uh the participants were asked to
- 20:21sit for 10 minutes without wearing a
- 20:23face mask and they see uh they also sit
- 20:26still for 10 minutes while wearing a
- 20:27face mask. So, they sit for the same
- 20:30duration without wearing a face mask,
- 20:32which is 10 minutes, and they also sit
- 20:35for 10 minutes with wearing a face mask.
- 20:37So, this is also valid. This is
- 20:41same duration of 10 minutes. Remember,
- 20:43we have to mention 10 minutes. Here, we
- 20:45also have to mention 150 volunteers, not
- 20:49just a large number of volunteers.
- 20:51So, they allowed 15 minutes intervals
- 20:54between the 10-minute phase.
- 20:57And then, they recorded the carbon
- 20:59dioxide levels at the end of each 10
- 21:01minutes. So, this 10 minutes It means
- 21:04they recorded the carbon dioxide levels
- 21:07after the same duration. They ensured
- 21:10that the face mask covered the nose and
- 21:12mouth. That was just a procedure. So,
- 21:15here are the results obtained.
- 21:17And then, at 0 minutes,
- 21:20with without a face mask, the carbon
- 21:23carbon dioxide level was seven. And
- 21:25also,
- 21:27it means
- 21:28the carbon dioxide level was seven.
- 21:31Um
- 21:32At the beginning of both the
- 21:33experiments,
- 21:35without a face mask and also when they
- 21:38wore a face mask. And then,
- 21:41after 10 minutes of where of
- 21:45them not wearing a face mask, the carbon
- 21:47dioxide levels
- 21:49now
- 21:50is the carbon dioxide level decreased.
- 21:52And then, when they were wearing a face
- 21:55mask, the carbon dioxide level
- 21:57increased.
- 21:58So, these are the results. So, when you
- 22:01have to interpret the results, you come
- 22:03here. And then, when you have to
- 22:04conclude, you also come here and look at
- 22:07the results and then go up and answer
- 22:10the aim using the information from the
- 22:13results. And then, questions from this
- 22:16experiment short experiment of ours.
- 22:18Number one, identify the dependent and
- 22:20independent variables. Independent,
- 22:22wearing a face mask. Dependent, carbon
- 22:24dioxide levels in the blood. So,
- 22:27I I know we are going to fight when
- 22:29marking this when discussing the the
- 22:31marking guideline. Some educators will
- 22:34fight to mark the carbon dioxide levels.
- 22:38This uh
- 22:39dependent variable must be written in
- 22:41full.
- 22:42It's carbon dioxide levels in the blood
- 22:44because there can be carbon dioxide
- 22:46levels in the atmosphere, carbon dioxide
- 22:47levels anywhere. So, this is carbon
- 22:50dioxide level in the blood. So, the mark
- 22:53is there. If learners
- 22:55learners who are listening now, please
- 22:57don't write just carbon dioxide levels.
- 22:59Write carbon dioxide levels in the
- 23:01blood. You'll get your one mark.
- 23:03Number two, state three factors that
- 23:06were kept constant when selecting
- 23:07participants. So, here you you go back
- 23:12as a learner, you go back to your
- 23:14experiment, you look where you wrote V.
- 23:17V stands for validity. It means those
- 23:19things were the same for all
- 23:20participants. All participants were
- 23:22healthy.
- 23:23Uh and then they were males.
- 23:25And they were 30 years old.
- 23:28When looking at only participants, not
- 23:30the area, not the time, and all those.
- 23:32Validity for those participants. And
- 23:36those factors that were kept constant
- 23:37were that they were healthy, they were
- 23:39all males, and they were 30 years old.
- 23:42So, you get your marks if you wrote like
- 23:44that. You don't say they had the same
- 23:46age.
- 23:48They had the same gender. No, no, no. We
- 23:50don't mention that.
- 23:51And number uh
- 23:53three, how was reliability ensured? So,
- 23:56if the question says how was reliability
- 23:59ensured, it means
- 24:01uh it talks about the past tense. What
- 24:03is already done. It means that you are
- 24:05just going to go to the
- 24:07procedure and take the answer. So, what
- 24:09was done is that 150 participants were
- 24:12were used in this experiment. But if the
- 24:14question said
- 24:16how could reliability be ensured? It
- 24:18means in future, what can they do to
- 24:21ensure that their experiment is
- 24:24uh reliable? It means here the answer
- 24:27could have been you you they could
- 24:29increase the number of participants to
- 24:32more than 150 or they they could use
- 24:35more than 150 participants.
- 24:38So, that that is how
- 24:40our reliability question is answered.
- 24:43Also,
- 24:45I forgot to include the time there. They
- 24:47can um
- 24:49record the carbon dioxide after after 10
- 24:53minutes or they can
- 24:55um
- 24:56record the carbon dioxide after more
- 24:58than 10 minutes.
- 25:00So, number four, why was carbon dioxide
- 25:03levels measured while participants were
- 25:05not wearing a mask? So, that is a
- 25:07control. Why? Why? Why? Because it's two
- 25:11marks, you have to go on and explain. To
- 25:13ensure that wearing a mask
- 25:16wearing a face mask is the only factor
- 25:18that affects carbon dioxide levels in
- 25:20the blood in this situation and that
- 25:23increases validity. So, we'll know that
- 25:25carbon dioxide level is the only factor
- 25:28that increases
- 25:29that affects Sorry, that wearing a face
- 25:32mask is the only factor that affects
- 25:34carbon dioxide levels in the blood and
- 25:37that results in an increase in validity.
- 25:39So, here
- 25:41in the question of a control, colleagues
- 25:43and learners, please let's shy away from
- 25:46writing that answer that what that we
- 25:48used to write
- 25:50uh 20 years back
- 25:52which says a control is used to compare
- 25:55results and and so on. So, we we we we
- 25:58say it is a control, we ensure that our
- 26:02independent variable is the only factor
- 26:04that affects our dependent variable in
- 26:07this experiment. So, you'll mention the
- 26:08independent variable is wearing a face
- 26:10mask and the dependent variable is the
- 26:13carbon dioxide levels in the blood.
- 26:15So, that is how we answer a control.
- 26:18Number five,
- 26:20draw up a conclusion for this
- 26:21experiment. So,
- 26:24uh our conclusion is we go here, we saw
- 26:26that uh when wearing a face mask, the
- 26:28carbon dioxide
- 26:30um
- 26:31level
- 26:32decreases.
- 26:33Uh increases increases in the blood. So,
- 26:36wearing a face mask decreases the levels
- 26:39of the carbon dioxide levels in the
- 26:41blood. From the uh our A in there it
- 26:44said uh scientist investigated the
- 26:47effect of wearing face masks on the
- 26:49carbon dioxide levels in the blood. So,
- 26:51we answer that A. Wearing a face mask
- 26:54decreases carbon dioxide
- 26:57Sorry, it must increase. I made a I made
- 26:59a mistake here. It must increase the
- 27:01carbon dioxide level in the in the
- 27:04blood. So, the answer is say the answer
- 27:06will be wearing a face mask increases
- 27:09carbon dioxide levels in the blood
- 27:11because it was seven, now it's 15. And
- 27:15um please note there'll be a graph drawn
- 27:18in our uh question paper. Please
- 27:20practice drawing how to draw graphs.
- 27:24When we move on,
- 27:26we move on to our genetically uh
- 27:29genetically modified crops uh or
- 27:31genetically modified organisms, but
- 27:34we'll be focusing on genetically
- 27:35modified crops
- 27:37and our alien plants. So,
- 27:40uh what are genetically modified crops?
- 27:42They are crops of which their DNA or
- 27:45genetic material is altered or changed
- 27:48to satisfy human needs. So, what are
- 27:51those human needs? They'll be high crop
- 27:53yield, improved nutritional quality,
- 27:56and increased food security and for
- 27:59others. So, these are our genetically
- 28:01modified uh crops. So, you have to uh
- 28:04read and answer uh about genetically
- 28:07modified crops. And then we have our
- 28:10alien plants. What are alien plants?
- 28:12They are unwanted crops.
- 28:14They compete with indigenous crops for
- 28:17water, nutrients, and sunlight. So, I
- 28:20got this picture there from AI. It says
- 28:24uh here it shows large uh trees there.
- 28:27It means these larger trees uh uh
- 28:30uh are able to absorb more water, more
- 28:32nutrients, and they also hide uh our uh
- 28:36our
- 28:37indigenous plants. They cannot receive
- 28:40enough sunlight. So, these are
- 28:42our
- 28:44alien plants, and these down there are
- 28:46our indigenous plants. So, how can alien
- 28:50plants
- 28:51invasion be controlled? How can we
- 28:54remove these plants when they invade our
- 28:57our areas. Number one, number one, we
- 29:00can remove them mechanically.
- 29:02Mechanically by hands or machines. We We
- 29:05remove them
- 29:06mechanically. Number two,
- 29:10they can be controlled chemically by the
- 29:12use of herbicides. We know that
- 29:13herbicides are those
- 29:15chemicals that kill unwanted plants. So,
- 29:19we can use those herbicides to kill the
- 29:21alien plants. And then lastly, we can we
- 29:24can use the biological method. The
- 29:26biological method is that
- 29:28method where the introduction of natural
- 29:31enemies in the habitat is done. So,
- 29:34let's say there are plants of which we
- 29:37know that if we can introduce rats that
- 29:40are not harmful to our indigenous
- 29:43plants, those rats can be able to eat
- 29:45those unwanted plants.
- 29:48So, this is what we
- 29:50we should know for the upcoming paper
- 29:53two in question three. Thank you very
- 29:56much. And then when we move on,
- 29:59we have poaching.
- 30:02Here on this slide, it just says what is
- 30:05poaching. It is illegal hunting or
- 30:07trapping of wildlife for food or profit.
- 30:11And we are having elephants and black
- 30:13rhinos, which are the most common
- 30:15animals which are poached. So, here are
- 30:18our elephants. They We poach them for
- 30:20for the elephant tusks. And then the the
- 30:23rhinos, we poach for the rhino horns so
- 30:27that we can make ornaments and sell
- 30:30them.
- 30:31So,
- 30:32I think this
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