AS & A Level Biology (9700) — May–June 2025, Paper 43

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Question 1 · 10 marks · 12 Respiration

Fig. 1.1 shows how a liver cell obtains glucose and how pyruvate produced by glycolysis is used. Glucose enters via transporter A, glycolysis (labelled B) takes place in the…

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Question 2 · 11 marks · 17 Inherited change

Antibiotic resistance in bacteria has increased in recent years. A small polynucleotide drug has been developed to combat this. Some bacteria become antibiotic resistant by…

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Question 3 · 9 marks · 16 Gene expression

E. coli bacteria were grown with glucose as the only carbon source. At time = 0, excess lactose was added to the culture. Fig. 3.1 shows the change in β-galactosidase activity…

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Question 4 · 8 marks · 19 Selection and evolution

The Grand Canyon is located in Arizona, USA, formed as the Colorado River created a deep channel in the surrounding rocks. Before the canyon formed, an ancestral species of…

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Question 5 · 12 marks · 20 Genetic technology

Recombinant DNA technology is used to make recombinant human proteins. Two available methods to obtain the gene of interest are: cutting the gene out of genomic DNA using…

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Question 6 · 12 marks · 14 Homeostasis

The kidneys have a role in excretion and in osmoregulation. Excretion is the removal of the waste products of metabolism or the removal of substances that are in excess. Name the…

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Question 7 · 10 marks · 13 Photosynthesis

A chloroplast is composed of many structures, each with a different function. Several chloroplast structures are listed: stroma, lamellae, thylakoid membrane, ribosome, thylakoid…

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Question 8 · 7 marks · 18 Biodiversity, classification and conservation

The Boelen's python, Simalia boeleni, is a non-venomous snake found only on the island of Papua New Guinea. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has not…

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Question 9 · 13 marks · 15 Control and co-ordination

Most carnivorous mammals need to move to hunt their prey. Outline why a carnivorous mammal makes more use of its nervous system, rather than its endocrine system, when it hunts.

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

The golden poison dart frog, Phyllobates terribilis, lives in the Colombian rainforest ecosystem. Define the term ecosystem.

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