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Biology
Unit: KBI0/4BI0
Science (Double Award) KSC0/4SC0
Paper: 1B
KGV Mock Examination 2013
Time: 1.5 hours
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KBI0/1B 4BI0/1B
KSC0/1B 4SC0/1B
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P40132A
2012 Pearson Education Ltd.
1/1/1/
*P40132A0124*
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(b) Complete the table to show whether the following structures are present or absent
in plant and animal cells.
If a feature is present, insert a tick () and if it is absent, insert a cross (x).
The first line has been done for you.
(5)
Feature
Plant cells
Animal cells
nucleus
cell membrane
chloroplasts
glycogen
starch
cell wall
(Total 8 marks)
2. The animal cell below has a diploid number of eight. The cell is dividing by
mitosis.
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(b) A student wrote this passage describing mitosis. There are two mistakes.
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3 (a) Describe how the structure of a virus differs from that of a fungus.
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(ii) A virus
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(iii) A protoctist
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(iv) A fungus
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(Total 8 marks)
4. Describe an experiment you could carry out to determine the effect of temperature
on the rate of osmosis in plant tissue.
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(Total 6 marks)
(b) How many different organisms feed on the grasshopper in the food web?
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(c) From the food web, draw a food chain that contains 5 levels and includes the spider.
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(d) A land owner wanted to reduce the number of rabbits feeding on his grass,
so he killed a large number of rabbits.
Suggest an explanation for the effect this would have on the following
populations.
(i) Hawk
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(ii) Mouse
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(Total 11 marks)
(b) Two adults who had never shown any symptoms married and had a child
who developed Batten disease.
Show the genotypes of the parents, the gametes they form and the
possible genotypes and phenotypes of the offspring.
(4)
Parent
genotypes
Gametes
Possible
offspring
genotypes
Possible
offspring
phenotypes
(c) Recessive conditions, like Batten disease, are usually very rare in populations.
However, if someone who comes from a family with a history of the disease
marries a cousin then the likelihood of inheriting the condition changes.
Suggest why this is the case.
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(Total 7 marks)
7. The table shows some features of plants which live in different places.
Draw a line from each environment to link it to the features you would expect
to find in the plants growing in that environment. One has been done for you.
(3)
Place
Plant features
Thin cuticle
Single epidermal layer
Thick cuticle
Presence of hairs
Few stomata on lower epidermis only
Floating on water
Submerged in water
(Total 3 marks)
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The results that Angela collected from her experiment are given in the table.
Number of
breaths
in 20 seconds
1st period
Number of
breaths
in 20 seconds
2nd period
Number of
breaths
in 20 seconds
3rd period
Average
breathing rate
in breaths per
minute
At rest
After 5 minutes
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16
14
45
After 10 minutes
18
20
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Period of
exercise
(a) Calculate Angelas average breathing rate in breaths per minute at rest.
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(b) Why did Angela take three readings after each period of exercise?
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(c) Give two variables that Angela should have controlled in her experiment.
For each variable describe how she could control it.
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Variable 1
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(d) (i) State how Angelas breathing rate changed during exercise.
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(Total 15 marks)
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(a) The stages below are used to insert a gene for herbicide resistance into
crop plants such as oil seed rape.
Place the stages in the correct order by writing the order (1, 2, 3, 4 or 5)
in the table.
(4)
Stage
Order
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(c) State the role of restriction enzymes and ligase enzymes in genetic modification.
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restriction enzymes
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ligase enzymes
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(ii) Give a reason why a farmer would want his crop plants to be resistant to a
herbicide.
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(e) Suggest why some people are concerned about genetically modified (GM) crops.
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(Total 11 marks)
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10.The table shows data taken from dairy farms in the UK. It shows changes in milk
yield and dairy herd size (number of cows) between the years 2000 and 2008.
Year
Average size of
dairy herd
in thousands
2000
6,048
2,330
2001
6,449
2,229
2002
6,450
2,224
2003
6,631
2,185
2004
6,886
2,060
2005
6,999
2,003
2006
6,963
1,989
2007
6,924
1,961
2008
6,945
1,902
(a) On the grid, plot the data to show how average milk yield changed during
the years 2000 to 2008. Join your points using straight lines.
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(b) Describe how the average milk yield per cow changes over the time period.
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(c) Suggest why the average size of dairy herds has changed during this period.
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(e) Improvement in milk yield can be affected by factors other than selective
breeding.
Suggest two factors that a farmer could change that could lead to an
improvement in milk yield. For each factor you name, give a reason why it
would improve milk yield.
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Reason
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(Total 15 marks)
TOTAL MARKS = 90
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