AS & A Level Biology (9700) — October–November 2023, Paper 42

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Question 1 · 9 marks · 12 Energy and respiration

Some organisms carry out respiration in anaerobic conditions when oxygen is not available or in low concentration. In yeast and some plants this is called ethanol fermentation; in…

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Question 2 · 14 marks · 5 The mitotic cell cycle

Yeasts are unicellular organisms from the kingdom Fungi. Saccharomyces cerevisiae can carry out asexual reproduction by mitosis or sexual reproduction by meiosis, and exists as…

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Question 3 · 7 marks · 17 Selection and evolution

Research suggests that selective breeding began about 10 000 years ago and has been important in satisfying the global demand for food. The introduction of disease resistance to…

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Question 4 · 10 marks · 19 Genetic technology

A marker gene can be used when a gene of interest is introduced into a plant by genetic engineering. Describe and explain how the use of a marker gene coding for a fluorescent…

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Question 5 · 9 marks · 16 Inheritance

The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, has autosomal genes for body colour and wing shape. Gene B/b: B = dominant allele for brown body colour, b = recessive allele for black…

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Question 6 · 14 marks · 14 Homeostasis

When blood glucose concentration decreases, glucagon is released by the pancreas into the blood and transported to the cells. Fig. 6.1 outlines the effect of glucagon on liver…

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Question 7 · 9 marks · 15 Control and coordination

There are many mitochondria located in the presynaptic knobs of neuromuscular junctions and in the sarcomeres of muscle fibres of striated muscle. Explain the need for many…

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Question 8 · 12 marks · 13 Photosynthesis

Non-cyclic photophosphorylation occurs in the light-dependent stage of photosynthesis. Outline the main features of non-cyclic photophosphorylation.

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Question 9 · 8 marks · 14 Homeostasis

Antidiuretic hormone (ADH) is involved in the maintenance of a constant blood water potential. A student drank 0.5 dm³ of water and the concentration of ADH in their blood was…

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Question 10 · 8 marks · 18 Biodiversity, classification and conservation

Complete the passage by using the most appropriate scientific terms: 'The size of a population of animals can be estimated using the mark-release-recapture method. A sample of…

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