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MS May-2015 Paper 2 PDF
MS May-2015 Paper 2 PDF
Summer 2015
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General Marking Guidance
(b) 2 max
eye sight
(of food / sight of lab
attendant / eq);
ear sound
(of food arriving / sound of lab
attendant / tuning fork / eq);
nose smell
(of food / eq);
(c) 1. fast(er) / quick / rapid / immediate / eq; 2 max
(d) (i) closer to B / similar to B / closer to original stimulus / eq; Ignore cannot hear E and 1
F
2. measuring cylinder / suitable scaled container / scales / Allow idea of cotton wool 2 max
syringe / eq; being weighed by scales
2. impulse / signal;
3. sensory neurone;
5. synapse;
7. motor neurone;
8. muscle / effector;
Total 16 marks
Question
Answer Notes Marks
number
7 water;
4. concentration gradient;
3(a) 5
(b) 1. pasteurise / boil / sterilise / heat to high temperature / eq; Mp 1 ignore heat milk 2 max
alone
Total 7 marks
Question
Answer Notes Marks
number
Total 7 marks
Question
Answer Notes Marks
number
5(a) 2
area Increase in biomass in g per m2 per year
A 125
B 110
C ?
3. photosynthesis; ONCE
(ii) 1. fewer herbivores / less grazing / fewer plants eaten / Mp 1 ignore predator 2 max
fewer consumers / fewer pests / eq;
Total 10 marks
Question
Answer Notes Marks
number
6(a) 1
pH of amylase solution diameter in mm
2 10 ± 1
4 (15)
7 20 ± 1
9 14 ± 1;
13 (10)
(b) (i) 1. digestion / break down; Breaks down all the 2 max
starch = 2
2. no starch;
Breaks down starch = 1
(c) pH; 1
(d) (i) 1. volume of amylase; Mp 1 ignore amount 3 max
4. depth of agar;
5. time;
2
(ii) 1. 0 for pH 2 and pH 13;
Check position of wells
2. wider for pH 7 than at 20 OC;
Total 11 marks
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