MOCK EXAM 2020-21

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BIOLOGY 0610/41
Paper 4 Theory (Extended) May/June 2020

1 hour 15 minutes

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● The total mark for this paper is 80.
● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

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1 The gas exchange system is one of the organ systems of the human body.

Fig. 1.1 shows parts of the gas exchange system during breathing in and breathing out.

breathing in breathing out

intercostal
muscles
vertebrae

sternum

diaphragm

Fig. 1.1

(a) Complete Table 1.1 to show:

• the functions of the diaphragm and the intercostal muscles during breathing in and
breathing out
• the pressure changes in the thorax.

Use these words:

contract
relax
increases
decreases.

Table 1.1

intercostal muscles pressure change

diaphragm
internal external in the thorax

breathing in

breathing out

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Fig. 1.2 shows part of the gas exchange surface of a human.

movement of air

magnification ×350

Fig. 1.2

(b) State two features of the gas exchange surface that are visible in Fig. 1.2.

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(c) The cells labelled X on Fig. 1.2 form a tissue.

(i) Define the term tissue.

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(ii) Cartilage is another tissue found in the gas exchange system.

State the functions of cartilage in the gas exchange system.

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2 Biological washing powders contain enzymes that break down food stains.

(a) Complete Table 2.1 by naming the enzymes that break down three substances in food stains
and by stating the product or products.

Table 2.1

substance enzyme product(s)

starch

fat

protein

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Some students compared how effective biological and non-biological washing powders are at
removing stains at temperatures between 10 °C and 60 °C.

• Pieces of stained cloth were washed using two different washing powders.
• The degree of stain removal was measured by using a light meter to record the
percentage of light reflected from the cloth.
• A light meter gave a value of 100% when the cloth was completely clean.
• Any stain left on the cloth reduced the percentage of light reflected.

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The results of the students’ investigation are shown in Fig. 2.1.

110

100

90
percentage
of light 80
reflected
after 70
washing
60

50

40
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
temperature of washing / °C

Key:
non-biological washing powder
biological washing powder

Fig. 2.1

(b) Compare the effectiveness of the two washing powders at removing stains.

Use the information in Fig. 2.1 in your answer.

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(c) The students suggested that the enzymes in the biological washing powder were denatured
at high temperatures.

Explain why enzyme molecules do not function when they are denatured.

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(d) Forensic scientists often try to find DNA on items of stained clothing. The DNA can be used to
identify individual people.

Suggest why DNA can be used to identify individual people.

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3 (a) Dialysis tubing is an artificial membrane, which is similar to the lining of the intestine.

A student investigated the diffusion of glucose through dialysis tubing by using the apparatus
shown in Fig. 3.1.

rubber band
to secure the
dialysis tubing

glucose solution
water outside
the dialysis tubing
dialysis tubing

knot at the end of

the dialysis tubing

Fig. 3.1

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The student took samples of the water outside the dialysis tubing at 5 minute intervals and
tested the samples with Benedict’s solution.

The results are shown in Table 3.1.

Table 3.1

results of the Benedict’s tests on the

time / minutes
water outside the dialysis tubing
0 blue
5 green
10 yellow
15 red

(i) Describe and explain the results shown in Table 3.1.

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(ii) The student repeated the investigation with a higher concentration of glucose in the
dialysis tubing.

Predict the results that the student would observe.

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(b) Fig. 3.2 shows a drawing of a cell from the lining of the small intestine. The lumen is the
space inside the intestine where food is digested.

lumen of the intestine

not to scale

Fig. 3.2

State the names of the three labelled structures in Fig. 3.2 and describe the role of each
structure in the intestinal cell.

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(c) The cholera bacterium can survive in the small intestine and the large intestine. The bacterium
releases a toxin that interacts with receptors on the surface of cells.

Fig. 3.3 shows the effect of the toxin. The arrows indicate the direction of movement.

lumen of the intestine

bacterium

Key:
toxin
ion X

not to scale

Fig. 3.3

The toxin stimulates the secretion of ion X out of the intestinal cell.

(i) State the name of ion X.

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(ii) Describe the effects on the body of the secretion of ion X into the lumen of the intestine.

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4 Johnson grass, Sorghum halepense, is wind-pollinated.

(a) Fig. 4.1 shows some Johnson grass flowers.

Fig. 4.1

(i) State the genus of Johnson grass.

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(ii) Describe two features visible in Fig. 4.1 that show that Johnson grass flowers are
adapted for wind-pollination.

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(b) Fig. 4.2 shows a section through a carpel shortly after pollination.

B
A

Fig. 4.2

(i) State the names of the parts of the carpel labelled C, D and E.

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(ii) Complete the sentences:

Pollen grains are formed in anthers. During their formation the number of chromosomes

in the nuclei is halved by the process of .............................................. . This means the

male nucleus A in the pollen tube is described as a .............................................. nucleus.

When nucleus A .............................................. with nucleus B, the chromosome number

doubles to form a .............................................. nucleus. The name of this process is

.............................................. . Then the .............................................. divides by the

process of .............................................. to form an embryo.

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(c) Discuss the advantages of sexual reproduction to a wild population of flowering plants such
as Johnson grass.

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(d) Sexual reproduction requires energy.

State three uses of energy in organisms other than in reproduction.

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5 Ciliates are classified in the kingdom Protoctist. Bacteria are classified in the kingdom Prokaryote.

(a) State two structural features that distinguish the cells of a protoctist from a prokaryote.

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(b) Fig. 5.1 shows five species of ciliate that are found in sewage treatment works.

cilia

rows of
cilia

A Chilodonella B Didinium
cilia
fused
together

C Euplotes D Paramecium E Vorticella

not to scale

Fig. 5.1

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Fig. 5.2 is a dichotomous key to identify the ciliates shown in Fig. 5.1.

START

yes
1 has a ring of cilia at yes 2 organism B
one end of the no
organism organism E
no

3 has star-like yes

structures inside the organism D
organism
no

4 yes
organism A

no

organism C

Fig. 5.2

Complete the key in Fig. 5.2 by writing suitable statements:

• for box 2 to distinguish species B and E

• for box 4 to distinguish species A and C.

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(c) Didinium is a predatory ciliate. A video recording was made of one Didinium feeding on a
Paramecium. Fig. 5.3 shows a sequence of still photographs taken from the video.

Didinium

Paramecium

Fig. 5.3

Complete the table by putting a tick (✓) by each characteristic of life that can be seen in the
still photographs from the video in Fig. 5.3.

excretion nutrition

growth reproduction

movement respiration

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(d) Fig. 5.4 is a food web for some of the microorganisms in a sewage treatment works.

Didinium

rotifers Paramecium nematodes

Vorticella

photosynthetic bacteria decomposer

bacteria

Fig. 5.4

(i) Construct one food chain with three trophic levels that use energy derived from the
breakdown of sewage. Do not draw the organisms.

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(ii) The water that passed out of the sewage works was often cloudy with suspended matter.

Scientists discovered that ciliates reduce the cloudiness of water during sewage
treatment.

Suggest how the ciliates reduce the cloudiness of the water using the information in
Fig. 5.4.

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(iii) Explain how sewage treatment reduces the spread of disease.

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(iv) Nitrifying bacteria are found in sewage works.

Explain the importance of nitrifying bacteria in the nitrogen cycle.

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6 Colour blindness is a characteristic that is inherited. Colour blindness is more common in males
than in females.

Fig. 6.1 is a pedigree diagram showing the inheritance of colour blindness in a family.

Key:
male with normal
colour vision
male with colour
blindness
1 2
female with normal
colour vision
3 4

5 6 7 8

Fig. 6.1

(a) Define the term inheritance.

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(b) (i) Using the symbols B and b, state the genotypes of individual 5 and individual 8 in the
pedigree diagram.

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(ii) Individual 3 is a carrier of colour blindness because she has one copy of the allele for
colour blindness but has normal colour vision.

Describe the evidence from Fig. 6.1 that shows that individual 3 is a carrier.

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(iii) There was no history of colour blindness in the parents and grandparents of individuals 1
and 2.

Suggest how colour blindness first occurred in the family in Fig. 6.1.

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