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BIOLOGY
PAPER II Theory
9 Sc .......... (Cambridge)
(1) Table 1.1 shows the masses of various substances in 100 g of banana fruit and in 100 g of
avocado fruit.
Table 1.2 shows a person’s recommended daily intake for calcium, iron and vitamin C.
(4 marks)
(b) Explain why a diet of only bananas is not suitable for a growing child.
(3 marks)
(c) Explain which of the two fruits, banana or avocado, it would be better to eat just before
runninga race.
(3 marks)
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(d) Explain why women may sometimes require iron supplements to their diet.
(2 marks)
[Total = 12 marks]
(a) (i) State the stage in nutrition that has not been included in the list above.
(1 mark)
Fig. 2.1 shows the human alimentary canal.
Fig. 2.1
(ii) On Fig. 2.1, use lines labelled A and B to indicate where egestion (A) and
ingestion (B) occur.
(2 marks)
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(b) State a component of the diet that is digested in region C in Fig. 2.1, and where the
products are then absorbed into the blood.
Component
where products absorbed
(2 marks)
(c) Suggest the likely effect on digestion of removing a person’s gall bladder.
(5 marks)
[Total = 10 marks]
(3) (a) Fig. 3.1 shows the arrangement of teeth in the lower jaw of an adult person.
Fig. 3.1
Identify the types of teeth labelled B and C and state one function of each.
type B
function
(2 marks)
type C
function
(2 marks)
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(b) During a single day two people ate the same amount of food containing a large amount
of carbohydrate.
Person D ate the food in three equal portions at 7.00 am, 1.00 pm and 8.00 pm,
following which he brushed his teeth using toothpaste before going to bed.
Person E ate the food in smaller portions more frequently during the day and did not
brush her teeth before going to bed.
(i) List the chemical elements that make up carbohydrates.
(1 mark)
(ii) If persons D and E continue their eating habits for several years, suggest in which
person dental decay will occur first. Explain your reasoning.
Person
explanation
(3 marks)
Fig.3.2 shows a decaying tooth.
Fig 3.2
(c) Name two structures that are found in region K.
(1)
(2)
(2 marks)
[Total = 10 marks]
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(4) Fig. 4.1 shows the percentage of undigested molecules of starch as they pass through the
alimentary canal.
Fig. 4.1
K
L
(2 marks)
(b) State and explain what happens to the digestion of starch between M and N.
(4 marks)
(c) Explain why the curve is not shown extending into region L of the graph.
(2 marks)
[Total = 8 marks]
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(5) Digestion in the human alimentary canal is carried out by the action of enzymes. Each food
group is the substrate for a specific enzyme.
(a) Fig. 5.1 shows diagrams that each represent the action of a specific enzyme to break
down a substrate into one or more end products.
Diagram F in Fig. 5.1 has been completed for you.
Complete diagrams G and H in Fig. 5.1.
Fig. 5.1
(6 marks)
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(b) Amino acids are the end products of protein digestion. Describe what happens to these
amino acids from the point of digestion until they reach the liver.
(4 marks)
[Total = 10 marks]
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