knowledge and discuss learning you may have done outside the syllabus – and if you haven’t done this, you should still be able to link topics within the syllabus and score well. In part C, you may be asked how apple orchard growers can improve pollination and how climate change may affect this. The modules give you the knowledge to answer this, so you might state apple trees are insect pollinated, so provide shelter, reduce winds, no cold spots or frost pockets. Then, use wildflowers to attract insects, bring in beehives, do not use chemicals during insect flying periods and so on – most of this is in the syllabus and you can get good marks. You might also, however, add that climate change may result in bees moving northwards, that apple trees may not like warmer, summers and wetter, warmer winters. You might discuss the fact that orchards form a vital part of the horticultural economy and include examples you know of. Credit in this part is given not just for knowledge from the syllabus, but for a much broader discussion, so long as facts relate to the question.
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