GCSE BIOLOGY QUESTIONSHEET 1

(a) A - liver; B -brain; C - heart; D - lung; E - kidney; (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) E/kidney; C/heart;

CELLS ANSWERS AND MARK SCHEMES

1 1 1 1 1 1 1

(b)

D/lungs;

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B/brain;

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TOTAL 9

QUESTIONSHEET 2
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) artery; eye; stomach; liver; vein; alveolus;

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

(vii) testes;

(viii) oesophagus/gullet; (ix) (x) ovary; bladder;

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TOTAL 10

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QUESTIONSHEET 3
(a) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (b) (i) (ii) respiration; sensitivity/irritability; excretion; reproduction; by eating plants or other animals; green plants make food/sugar/starch; by photosynthesis; 1 1 1 1 1

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(a)

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)

root; flower; leaf; anther; stem; cell wall; nucleus;

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QUESTIONSHEET 4

e.c

TOTAL 7

1 1 1 1 1 1 1

(b)

(i) (ii)

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TOTAL 7

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QUESTIONSHEET 5
(a) (i) (ii) (b) (i) (ii) (c) A; B; many chloroplasts/large amount of chlorophyll; large surface area; 3 of: cell wall; cell membrane; cytoplasm; vacuole; nucleus; chloroplast; 1 1 1

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(d)

QUESTIONSHEET 6
1. All human cells have a nucleus.

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2. Xylem cells in plants carries water.

4. Chromosomes are found inside chloroplasts.

5. Cell walls are found in all animal cells.

6. An organ is a group of cells with the same structure and function.

7. All cells have a cell membrane.

8. All animal cells contain cytoplasm.

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3. Chloroplasts are found in cells of the leaf.

9. Vacuoles are found in most plant and animal cells.

10.Genes are found on chromosomes.

TOTAL 5

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QUESTIONSHEET 7
(a) A - cell membrane; D - cell wall; F - vacoule; (b) (i) (ii) cell Y; 2 of: presence of cell wall; presence of chloroplasts; presence of vacuole; site of chemical reactions in cell; controls activity of cell; absorbs light/makes food; 1 1 1 1

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2 1 1 1

(c)

(i) (ii) (iii)

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TOTAL 9

QUESTIONSHEET 8
(a) sperm cell; neurone; red blood cell;

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(b)

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True 3

False 3;

All living organisms consist of cells Both animal and plant cells have a cell wall Both animal and plant cells have a cell membrane Both animals and plant cells contain a vacuole All plants cells contain chloroplasts

3; 3 3 4

TOTAL 7

GCSE BIOLOGY QUESTIONSHEET 9

(a) A - red blood cell; B - nerve cell; C - sperm cell;

CELLS ANSWERS AND MARK SCHEMES

D - ciliated epithelial cell; E - white blood cell; (b) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) A; D; C; E; B; A; 5

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(vii) B;

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TOTAL 12

QUESTIONSHEET 10
(a) 2 of: cell wall; vacuole; chloroplast;

2 1

(b) (c)

cell membrane;

Type of cell Red blood cell Nerve cell Root hair cell

Nucleus ; ;

Structure Vacuole

Cytoplasm ; ; ;

TOTAL 9

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QUESTIONSHEET 11
(a) iodine diffuses into/through visking tubing; which is semi/selectively/differentially permeable; and reacts with iodine; starch is unable to pass through visking tubing; (i) (ii) dark blue; iodine diffuses out of tubing; and reacts with starch; volume would increase;

3 1 1

(b) (c)

(d)

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QUESTIONSHEET 12
(a) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (b) B; A; C; B; A; D; tongue;

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TOTAL 8

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1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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TOTAL 7

QUESTIONSHEET 13
(a)

water moves into visking tubing; by osmosis; from high concentration to low concentration; and forces liquid up the tube; (i) (ii) level of water would fall; water passes out of visking tubing; lowering level; sugar solution is unable to enter visking tubing; visking tubing is semi/selectively/differentially permeable/allows water through but not sugar;

4 1

(b)

3 1

(c)

TOTAL 9

GCSE BIOLOGY QUESTIONSHEET 14

(a) (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (b) (i) (ii) (c) A - 46; B - 46; C - 46; D - 23; A; B;

CELLS ANSWERS AND MARK SCHEMES

1 1 1 1 1 1

4 cells produced in type B division/2 cells in type A; cells produced in type B division have 23 chromosomes/cells from type A have 46 chromosomes; genes are found on chromosomes; chromosomes are found in the nucleus;

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TOTAL 10

(a)

6 correct plots;; plots joined by line;

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QUESTIONSHEET 15

(b)

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(i) 2% and 4 %; (ii) concentration of water is more concentrated outside potato; water passes into cylinder; by osmosis; causing cylinder to swell; 6%; (i)

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(c) (d)

3/60 x 100; = 5%;

(ii)

water moves from high concentration inside potato; to low concentration outside potato; by osmosis; causing potato cylinder to shrink;

TOTAL 15

QUESTIONSHEET 16

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(a)

red blood cells have no nucleus; therefore no chromosomes and no DNA; sperm cells are formed by meiosis; in which chromosome number is halved/have only 23 chromosomes; therefore DNA content is halved; (i) (ii) 800; 400;

(b)

3 1 1

(c)

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TOTAL 7

QUESTIONSHEET 17
(a) (i) (ii) (b) (c) (d) 20 mm; 55mm; 3.5 mm per minute; rate slowed; water passes into visking tubing; by osmosis; and forces water up the glass tube;

1 1 1 1

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(a) (b) (c)

arrow from B to A; osmosis;

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QUESTIONSHEET 18

1 1

Requires energy Molecules always move from a high concentration to a lower concentration Molecules can move from a lower to a higher concentration, against the concentration gradient

Diffusion 8 3; 8;

Active transport 3 8; 3; 4

TOTAL 6

GCSE BIOLOGY QUESTIONSHEET 19

(a)

CELLS ANSWERS AND MARK SCHEMES

water enters red blood cell; by osmosis; from high concentration to low concentration; red blood cells have no cell wall so burst; water enters plant cells; by osmosis; due to their cell wall they do not burst;

(b)

TOTAL 7

QUESTIONSHEET 20
(a) (b) (c) (d) lungs; inside alveolus; in blood plasma;

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e.c

1 1 1

oxygen dissolves in film of moisture; diffuses through alveolar and capillary walls; into red blood cells;

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3 of: large surface area; thin wall; moist/film of moisture; well supplied with blood capillaries/good blood supply;

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TOTAL 9