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Year 11 TAS Environmental Science practice preview

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Year 11 TAS Environmental Science practice questions

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The planned public sample is for Year 11 TAS Environmental Science practice and will open after the demo questions are reviewed.

Skills covered

Practice Earth systems, pollution, biodiversity, sustainability, food and water security, climate change, energy use, and scientific inquiry.

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Sample TASC Year 11 Environmental Science questions

These sample questions are visible on the page before login. They show TASC Year 11 Environmental Science ecosystem structure, fieldwork data, water quality, resource use, energy flow, and sustainability decisions with diagrams, graphs, transects, and decision tables before opening the demo.

TASC Year 11 Environmental Science Marine ecosystems hard environmental food web

1. A kelp-forest food web shows kelp eaten by sea urchins and sea urchins eaten by lobsters. If lobster numbers fall, what is the most direct risk?

TASC 11 kelp forest food web kelp urchin lobster
Choices
  • Sea urchin grazing may increase.
  • Kelp becomes a predator.
  • Energy flows from urchins to sunlight.
  • All species must increase.
Explanation:

Fewer lobsters can reduce predation on sea urchins, allowing more grazing pressure on kelp.

TASC Year 11 Environmental Science Fieldwork hard fieldwork transect

2. A dune transect shows vegetation cover rising from 18% on the foredune to 64% behind the dune. Which statement matches the data?

TASC 11 coastal dune transect foredune backdune cover %
Choices
  • Vegetation cover is greater behind the dune.
  • Vegetation cover is lower behind the dune.
  • No plants were measured.
  • The transect records only rainfall.
Explanation:

The graph shows a higher percentage cover behind the dune than on the foredune.

TASC Year 11 Environmental Science Water quality hard water-quality graph

3. A nitrate graph shows 0.4 mg/L upstream and 1.6 mg/L below farmland runoff. What change is shown?

TASC 11 farmland nitrate graph upstream downstream NO3
Choices
  • Nitrate concentration increased downstream.
  • Nitrate disappeared downstream.
  • The upstream value is higher.
  • Nitrate measures wind speed.
Explanation:

The downstream nitrate value is higher than the upstream value.

TASC Year 11 Environmental Science Resource use hard resource-flow diagram

4. A resource-flow diagram shows 75 kg of organic waste produced and 45 kg diverted to compost. What percentage was diverted?

TASC 11 organic waste resource flow 75 kg 45 kg diverted
Choices
  • 60%
  • 45%
  • 30%
  • 120%
Explanation:

45 / 75 x 100 = 60%.

TASC Year 11 Environmental Science Energy flow hard energy-flow model

5. An energy model shows 7000 kJ in producers and 700 kJ in herbivores. What transfer percentage is represented?

TASC 11 forest energy flow 7000 700 10%
Choices
  • 10%
  • 1%
  • 70%
  • 90%
Explanation:

The transfer is 700 / 7000 x 100 = 10%.

TASC Year 11 Environmental Science Sustainability hard sustainability matrix

6. A decision matrix scores a boardwalk 5 for erosion control, 4 for access and 2 for cost. Which criterion is weakest?

TASC 11 boardwalk sustainability matrix erosion access cost
Choices
  • Cost
  • Erosion control
  • Access
  • All criteria tie
Explanation:

The lowest score is 2, assigned to cost.

For parents comparing TASC Year 11 Environmental Science support

TASC Year 11 Environmental Science practice should help students connect systems thinking to visible evidence: ecosystem structure, fieldwork data, water quality, resource use, energy flow, and sustainability decisions. These examples preview that visual reasoning before the no-login Environmental Science demo.

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TAS Environmental Science practice questions FAQ

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How does this demo relate to curriculum coverage?

This demo is linked with the Tasmania Year 11-12 Environmental Science curriculum coverage page, where parents can compare the broader topic and pathway structure used for Skill Align practice.