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1. 4(5)
(a) Ear
(b) Liver
(c) Stoma (Stomata)
(d) Ligaments
(e) Omnivore
2. 5(4)
Rods (Bacillus) Spheres (Cocci)
Binary fission
Spores (Endospores)
Disease causing
3. 5(4)
Cell membrane Lipid
Vacuole Sap
Mutation Variation
Organ Liver
Gamete Haploid
4.
13 3
April / May / June 3(3)
There is plenty of food/ it is warmer 3
Lack of food / predation / temperature / decrease
3+2
Any two
5.
(a) Vitamin: A or D or K 3
Source: liver/ milk/ green vegetables 3
Disease: Night blindness or rickets (osteomalacia) or reduced
4
clotting of blood
(b) Minerals: Calcium and Iron 2(3)
Calcium – for strong bones and teeth or blood clotting
OR
4
Any one
Iron – for red blood cells or to make haemoglobin
6. 5(4)
Six
Two
Three
1. Reproduction
2. Growth / Repair
(b)
Gametes X Y
X XX XY
X XX XY
(b) (i) To show that it is the mouse that releases the carbon dioxide 3
(ii) Lime water in 2 proves that any carbon dioxide in the incoming air
has been removed. 3
Lime water in 3 proves that it is the mouse that releases the CO2 3
(iii) To act as a comparison/ a standard against which to compare. 6
The same set up but with no mouse ( organism) 3
(iv) No. 3
Photosynthesis by the plant would use up the CO2 that the plant
produces in respiration 3