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Springfield School
Mid Term Examination 2020
Biology Class X A
Section B

Total Marks: 60

Name: ………………………………………………………………………………….
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
No Additional Materials are required.

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You may use a pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.
Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
DO NO WRITE IN ANY BARCODES.

Answer all questions

Write your answers in the spaces provided on the Question Paper

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or

part question.

Electronic calculators may be used.

Maximum Marks Marks Obtained Remarks

Q1 10
Q2 10
Q3 10
Q4 10
Q5 10
Q6 10

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Answer all the questions in this section Use

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

Q1. Fig 1.1 shows a water plant and Fig. 1.2 shows a section through one of
its leaves.

Fig. 1.1

Fig. 1.2

(a) Identify the types of cell found at A,B and C.

A. ___________________________

B. ___________________________

C. ___________________________ [3]

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(b) (i) Suggest a function of the air chambers in Fig. 1.2 related to maintaining the Use

position of the leaf.

______________________________________________________________

(ii) State a different function of the air chambers which helps photosynthesis.

___________________________________________________________ [2]

(c) State three ways in which the structure of this leaf differs from that of a typical
plant growing on land.
(i) ____________________________________________________________

(ii) ___________________________________________________________

(iii) _________________________________________________________[3]

(d) Fig. 1.3 shows the water plant from Fig. 1.1 as it looks when it is not in the water.
Fig. 1.4 shows a plant growing on land.

Fig 1.3

Fig 1.4

Suggest an explanation for the difference in the strength of the leaf stalks of
the water plant (Figs. 1.1 and 1.3) and the land plant (Fig. 1.4.)
______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________[2]

[Total:10]

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Q2 In an experiment to investigate starch production by plant, three similar plants, Use

each with variegated (green and white) leaves were set up as shown in
Fig. 2.1

Fig. 2.1

(a) Name the process that produces starch in the leaves.

____________________________________________________________[1]

(b) At the start of the experiment, each jar contained atmospheric air.
Name a gas, other than oxygen and carbon dioxide, which was present in
the air inside the jars.

____________________________________________________________[1]

(c) Explain how the conditions in Jar L make it a control.

____________________________________________________________[1]

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(d) At the end of the experiment, a leaf was taken from each plant and tested Use

for the presence of starch. On the outlines in Fig. 2.2, clearly label the colours
of each leaf after the starch test. Do not colour in the leaves.

Fig. 2.2 [2]

(e) When the air was first trapped under the jars, it contained 0.04% carbon
dioxide. For each of the jars, explain why this percentage has changed by the
end of the experiment.

Jar L _________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

Jar M ________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

Jar N ________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________ [5]

[Total: 10]

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Q3 Fig. 3.1 shows the cell membrane of an animal and a plant cell. Use

animal cell plant cell

Fig 3.1

(a) On Fig. 3.1, draw and label

(i) one other structural feature that is found in both cells,
(ii) two features found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.
[3]
Table 3.1 shows the average amounts of protein, fat and carbohydrate found
in some plant and some animal tissues (expressed as a percentage of the
total mass).
Table 3.1
protein fat carbohydrate
Plant tissues 5 1 30
Animal tissues 20 15 1

(b) (i) Explain why there is a high percentage of carbohydrate in the plant tissues.
______________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________[2]

(ii) Name an animal tissue that would have much more than the 1% carbohydrate
shown in Table 3.1. Explain your choice of tissue.
tissue _________________________________________________________

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explanation ____________________________________________________ Use

____________________________________________________________[3]

(iii) Suggest reasons for the differences in the protein and in the fat content of the
plant and animal tissues.
protein ________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

fat _________________________________________________________[2]

[Total: 10]

Q4(a) Describe how the products of fat digestion enter a persons’ blood.
______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________ [4]

Fig 4.1 shows apparatus at the start of an experiment to investigate the

digestion of an emulsion of fat droplets in water by enzyme A.

Fig 4.1
The pH indicator is green in a pH of 7, blue when the pH is above 7 and red
when it is below 7. The apparatus is kept at 400C for 20 minutes during which
time the indicator changes from green to red.

(b) (i) State the identity of enzyme A _____________________________________

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(ii) Explain why the apparatus was kept at 400C. Use

______________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________ [2]

(c) Name the products of digestion of the emulsion by enzyme A.

___________________________________________________________ [2]

(d) Describe the processes which led to the change in pH.

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________ [2]

[Total: 10]

Q5 Fig. 5.1 shows how a blocked blood vessel in the heart can be by-passed
using an artificial blood vessel.

Fig. 5.1

(a) (i) Name the blocked blood vessel ________________________________ [2]

(ii) Identify structures P and Q on Fig. 5.1

P ______________________________________

Q ______________________________________ [2]

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(b) Sometimes, instead of an artificial blood vessel being used for the graft, a vein Use

is taken from elsewhere in the patient’s body.

Suggest two ways in which a vein might not be as suitable for carrying blood
to the heart muscle as the blood vessel in the heart before it became blocked.
1 ____________________________________________________________

2 __________________________________________________________ [2]

(c) Fig. 5.2 shows the same blood vessel, as in (a) (i) but this time the blockage
is being treated with the use of a ‘stent’.

Blood vessel with blockage R a ‘stent’ (a small tube of

stainless steel mesh)
Fig 5.2

(i) Name two components of the material that is causing the blockage at R.

1. ____________________________________________________________

2. __________________________________________________________[2]

(ii) Suggest and explain why patients are given ‘anti-platelet’ drugs before
inserting the stent.
______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________[2]

[Total: 10]

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Q6 Fig. 6.1 shows two microscopic structures that are adapted for absorption, Use

one from an animal and the other from a plant. The structures are not drawn
to the same magnification.

structure D structure E
Fig. 6.1

(a) State one feature that these two structures have in common that helps them
to carry out their function
______________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________ [1]

(b) Identify each structure and, for each one, name two chemical substances that
are absorbed by it.

Structure D: name ______________________________________________

Chemical substance 1. ___________________________________________

2. ___________________________________________

Structure E: name ______________________________________________

Chemical substance 1. ___________________________________________

2. _________________________________________[6]

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(c) (i) Structure E in Fig. 6.1 is a single cell. Draw in and label, on Fig. 6.1, a Use

feature that helps the cell to carry out absorption. [1]

(ii) Explain how the feature you have drawn and labeled helps the cell to carry
out absorption.
______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________[2]

[Total:10]

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