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The Living World
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60 AQA GCSE Geography questions on The Living World, each with instant feedback and a full examiner-style mark scheme.

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Question 1 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

Organisms that break down dead material and return nutrients to the soil are called:

  1. Decomposers
  2. Producers
  3. Herbivores
  4. Apex predators
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✓ Answer: A — Decomposers
Decomposers, such as fungi and bacteria, break down dead organic matter and recycle nutrients. Producers make their own food and herbivores eat plants.
Question 2 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

What is biodiversity?

  1. The variety of plant and animal species in an ecosystem
  2. The total mass of plants in an area
  3. The number of layers in a forest
  4. The rate at which nutrients are recycled
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✓ Answer: A — The variety of plant and animal species in an ecosystem
Award 1 mark. It also covers genetic variety within each species.
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AQA GCSE Geography: The Living World FAQ

Is Kramizo free for AQA GCSE students preparing for Geography?
Yes — completely free. Every student gets 45 questions a day on the free plan, with no card required and no trial countdown. That free quota works across every subject and every topic in our bank, so you can mix The Living World practice with other Geography topics or even switch to a totally different AQA subject without paying anything. Kramizo's optional Pro plan removes the daily cap and adds detailed progress analytics, but the free tier is the real product — used by thousands of GCSE, IGCSE and CSEC students.
Are the The Living World questions aligned to the official AQA GCSE Geography syllabus?
Every question is written against the published AQA GCSE Geography specification, including the exact command words (state, describe, explain, calculate, evaluate, etc.), mark allocations, and difficulty tier you'd see on a real AQA paper. Explanations are written in the style of official examiner mark schemes — they tell you what is being awarded marks and why distractors are wrong, not just whether you got it right. The bank is continually refined to match the latest syllabus updates from AQA.
How is The Living World typically tested on AQA GCSE Geography papers?
The Living World appears across multiple question types on real AQA GCSE Geography papers — most commonly as multiple-choice questions in the objective section, structured short-answer questions in the main paper, and occasionally as part of an extended response. Kramizo's practice bank reflects that mix: 4-option MCQs, true/false statements, fill-in-the-blank key terms, multi-select questions, and ordering questions. Working through the bank gives you exposure to every question style examiners actually use.

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