THE HERITAGE SCHOOL COMMON ASSESSMENT

TEST TERM 1 2021

BIOLOGY

SYLLABUS CODE: 0610 PAPER 4

CLASS: YEAR 11

1 HOUR

CANDIDATE NAME:

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your candidate name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or
black pen. You may use a soft pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough
working.

Answerall questions.

Use 40 minutes to write this paper

15 minutes to hand in your work

5 minutes to prepare and log on for the next paper

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1. Label all the parts shown above and state their functions.(8)
2. Describe and explain vasoconstriction.(4)

3 a) Two students had a potato salad meal . After 30 minutes their glucose concentration was
recorded and it was all up from the reading before the meal. Explain why the glucose
concentration was up.(2)

3 b) After 1 hour one of the student still had a high glucose concentration while the other one’s
glucose concentration had gone back to normal. While the other one was still high.

Explain the first student’s decrease in glucose concentration.(3)

Explain the second student’s failure to reduce the blood glucose after 1 hour. What is the
condition called? (3)
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After 2 weeks of being shown light from one direction a plant looked like above.

a) What is called this type of response (1)

b) Explain how it is achieved by the plant.(3)
c) What is the response to gravity called and how is it an advantage to plants. (3)