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Summer 2010

IGCSE

IGCSE Biology (4325) Paper 1F

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IGCSE BIOLOGY 4325/ 1F – SUMMER 2010

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1(a) B;
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1(b) C;
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1(c) A;
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1(d) C;
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1(e) C;
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1(f) D;
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1(g) A;
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1(h) C;
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1(i) B;
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1(j ) B;
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2(a) line t o insect A f rom bot h plant X and plant Y; Ignore direct ion of
arrow heads
line t o insect B f rom plant Y + arrow head t o insect ;
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2(b) decrease / reduce / get smaller / deat h / eq;
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2(c) insect A / insect B;
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2(d) sun / light / sunlight ;
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3(a)(i) D;
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3(a)(ii) F;
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3(a)(iii) E;
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3(a)(iv) (st ores) bile;
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3(b) f at t y acid;
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4 carbon dioxide ( f rom t he air) ;
light energy ( f rom t he sun) ;
wat er ( f rom t he soil) ;
st arch ( st orage product );
oxygen ( is released back int o t he air) ;
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5(a) bronchiole;
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5(b) heart ;
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5(c) glucose/ C6H12O6; + oxygen/ O2; eit her way
(carbon dioxide) + wat er/ H2O; + (energy)

(3)

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5(d) large surf ace area / lot s / many;
t hin / one cell t hick;
moist ;
close t o capillaries;
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6(a) select ive breeding / art if icial select ion;
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6(b) high yield + st rong short st em;
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6(c)(i) pieces of wheat / plant ;
explant s;
grown in agar / eq;
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6(c)(ii) ident ical pl ant s / clones;
lot s;
quick;
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6(c)(iii) no variat ion / one get s disease, all get disease / eq;
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7(a) sensory / mot or / nerves / neurones;
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7(b) brain;
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7(c)(i) A ret ina;
B opt ic nerve;
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7(c)(ii) (ciliary muscle) cont ract / short en / eq;
(lens) f at t er / eq;
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7(d) adrenal ine;
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8 pancreas;
glucose / (excess) sugar;
bact eria;
f erment er / bioreact or;
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Feature Type of living organism
have cellulose cell wall s (plant s)

all are parasit ic and have a prot ein viruses;

coat

are microscopic and cont ain circul ar bact eria;

DNA

some have st ruct ures called hyphae f ungi;

cells have a nucleus but no cell wall animal s;

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10(a) t ransf ers/ carries/ t akes pollen (by insect s) / eq;
(f rom ant her) t o st igma;
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10(b)(i) f irst box t icked;
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10(b)(ii) (sun)l ight / heat ; Ignore sun al one max
phot osynt hesis;
at t ract insect s;
enzymes;
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10(c) St ems

away / up / against gravit y / negat ive geot ropism;

sun / light / carbon dioxide / phot osynt hesis;

Root s

t oward gravit y / down / posit ive geot ropism;

wat er / minerals / ions / named mineral ion / anchorage /
nut rient s / eq;
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11(a)(i)
A cell membrane cont rols what ent ers/ leaves
t he cell / permeabilit y /
hol ds cell cont ent s / engulf / eq;

B cyt oplasm (chemical) react ions / respirat ion /

met abolism / synt hesis / enzymes /
eq;

C nucl eus; cont rols (cell act ivit y) /

cont ains DNA/ genet ic mat erial /
eq;
Ignore brain
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11(a)(ii) digest ion / breakdown; Ignore dest royed / killed / dissolves / eq;
enzymes;

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11(b) lymphocyt es / memory cell / plasma cell; max
ant ibodies / ant it oxins;
clump bact eria/ pat hogen/ microorganism / neut ralise / eq;
Ignore kill/ dest roy
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condition symptom organ affected

emphysema poor gas exchange lung;

cat aract cloudy lens eye;

Alzeimer’ s loss of memory brain / CNS;

coeliac poor f ood absorpt ion (small) intestine /

duodenum / ileum; Ignore
gut / large intestine

art hrit is swollen j oint s (bones)

inf ert ilit y lack of sperm testis / eq;

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13(a)(i) A;
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13(a)(ii) respirat ion; Ignore breat hing/ combust ion/ deat h
decomposit ion / decay / eq; Ignore decomposers
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13(b) global warming / greenhouse ef f ect / gas / t rap heat / rise in t emp max
/ eq;
ice caps mel t ing;
f looding / rise in sea level;
loss of habit at ;

loss of f ood / f ood chain disrupt ion / loss of biodiversit y /

loss of organisms / ext inct ion / eq;

migrat ion / af f ect s development / eq;

desert if icat ion / climat e change / eq;
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14(a)(i) compet it ion / compet e; max
minerals / named mineral / nut rient ;
wat er;
light ;
carbon dioxide; Ignore space
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14(a)(ii) herbicide / weedkiller / chemical t hat kills / pul l t hem out /
biological cont rol / pest icide / eq;
Ignore pl oughing / f ert il iser / chemicals
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14(b)(i) less leaf / l ess area / l ess surf ace / less chloroplast s / less
chlorophyll / eq; Ignore eat / f eed
(less) l ight t rapped / eq;
(less) phot osynt hesis;
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14(b)(ii) pest icide / insect icide;
biological cont rol / int roduce predat or/ parasit e / pheromones /
st erile males / eq;
GM;
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15(a) Aa Aa;

A a A a;

AA Aa Aa aa;

brown brown brown albino / 3 brown + 1 albino; allow normal

as eq t o brown

Ignore not albino

Ignore genot ype descript ions
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15(b)(i)
parent genotypes number of albino offspring
homozygous dominant x (none)
homozygous dominant
het erozygous x homozygous t wo / 2;
recessive
het erozygous x het erozygous one / 1;

homozygous recessive x f our / 4 / al l;

homozygous recessive
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15(b)(ii) easily seen / not camouf laged / cannot hide / eq; max
predat ors / eat en / kill ed / do not survive / sel ect ed against / eq;
less chance of mat ing / eq;
allow converse
(2)

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