National 5

Environmental Science · National 5

The living and physical environment, resource use and human impact, with fieldwork-based questions.

The course

What Environmental Science is about

Environmental Science looks at the living and physical environment as one system: ecosystems, resource use, energy, and human impact on land, water and air, with fieldwork-based questions.

Where it leads

What it offers you

It suits degrees and careers in environmental science, conservation, sustainability and land management.

The archive

Papers & marking schemes

2022–2026

2026

3 files

2025

3 files

2024

3 files

2023

3 files

2022

3 files

SQA publishes the most recent five years of papers. Older papers and specimen papers live on their site — open Environmental Science National 5 on sqa.org.uk.

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