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1 a) solute [1 mark] ii) ± 0.5 °C [1 mark]
b) it affects the normal function of the body [1 mark] The thermometer can measure to the nearest 1 °C. The uncertainty is
c) gravitational potential energy is transformed into kinetic energy equal to half of this.
[1 mark] 5 a)
d) evaporation [1 mark] 8
e) dispersion of white light [1 mark] 7
f) carbohydrates [1 mark] 6

Number of people
g) ovary [1 mark] 5
h) copper oxide and carbon dioxide [1 mark] 4
i) galaxy [1 mark] 3
j) estimate population size [1 mark] 2
2 a) Nucleus — contains genes, which control the production of
1
proteins in the cell.
Cytoplasm — where most chemical reactions take place. 0
Brown Blonde Black Red
Cell surface membrane — controls what passes into and out of
the cell. Hair colour
Chloroplast — contains chlorophyll used for photosynthesis. [2 marks for all three bars plotted correctly, otherwise 1 mark
[3 marks for all four correct, otherwise 2 marks for two correct for one plotted correctly]
and 1 mark for one correct]
b) Genes are sections of DNA that are responsible for variation
b) Gas A — carbon dioxide [1 mark] between organisms. Hair colour is an example of discontinuous
Gas B — oxygen [1 mark] variation.
c) i) Food that they eat [1 mark]. [2 marks — 1 mark for each correct answer]
ii) In the bloodstream [1 mark]. c) blonde [1 mark]
d) d) E.g. ask more pupils / make sampling more random / choose
Only true Only true True for both people from a range of ages / include boys in the sampling
Statement for plant for animal plant and [1 mark for any sensible suggestion].
cells. cells. animal cells. e)
Anaerobic Characteristic Continuous Discontinuous
respiration can feature variation variation
take place here. Eye colour
Produces lactic
acid during Height
anaerobic
respiration. [2 marks — 1 mark for each correct answer]
f) (i) Any two from: e.g. give birth to live young / suckle young on
Can produce
milk / have fur or hair / have lungs / are warm-blooded / have
carbon dioxide
a backbone [2 marks — 1 mark for each correct answer].
and ethanol
(ii) Any two from: e.g. humans walk on two legs whereas dogs
during anaerobic
walk on four / humans have a lot of hair in some places,
respiration.
whereas dogs have fur all over / dogs have a tail whereas
[3 marks — 1 mark for each correct answer] humans do not [2 marks — 1 mark for each sensible
e) A thin cell wall allows water and minerals to pass more easily difference].
into the cell [1 mark]. 6 a) i) Weight is larger than water resistance [1 mark].
Sunlight doesn’t reach the root hair cell, so chloroplasts are not
ii) Weight and water resistance are equal [1 mark].
needed for photosynthesis [1 mark].
b) E.g.
3 a) CuSO4 [1 mark]
distance
b) Because the magnesium takes the place of the copper in the
copper sulfate solution, forcing the copper out [1 mark].
c) magnesium [1 mark]
d) The solution is not an alkali [1 mark].
Be careful here — you’re not testing to see if the solution is an acid or
an alkali, just whether the solution is an alkali or not.
e) e.g. silver / gold [1 mark]
Silver and gold are both less reactive than copper, so wouldn’t displace
the copper from the copper sulfate, so there would be no reaction.
f) white [1 mark] time
4 a) i) It melted [1 mark]. [1 mark for a curve at the beginning, 1 mark for a straight line
ii) The energy of the particles increased [1 mark]. at the end]
The particles changed from a regular arrangement to a c) average speed = total distance travelled ÷ time taken
random arrangement [1 mark]. = 0.75 ÷ 2.40
The particles changed from being held in fixed positions = 0.3125 m/s
whilst vibrating to being able to slide past each other [2 marks for correct answer, otherwise 1 mark for correct
[1 mark]. substitution]
b) 20 °C [1 mark] d) systematic [1 mark]
c) i) The mercury particles move faster and further apart as e) i) Shape C is more streamlined [1 mark], so the size of the
the temperature increases [1 mark]. So the volume of the water resistance acting on it will be lower [1 mark].
mercury increases [1 mark].

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 ii) Independent variable — shape of the modelling clay
[1 mark].
Dependent variable — time taken for modelling clay to fall /
average speed of modelling clay [1 mark].
iii) In a bar chart [1 mark].
7 a) Chemical energy from the cell [1 mark] is transformed into
electrical energy which flows through the wires [1 mark].
b) Maggie has kept all other variables constant [1 mark].
c) E.g. the temperature of the circuit / the cell used / the wires
used / the ammeter used [2 marks — 1 mark for each correct
answer].
d) mean = (0.52 + 0.65 + 0.69) ÷ 3 = 0.62 A [1 mark]
range = largest measured current – smallest measured current
= 0.38 – 0.26
= 0.12 A [1 mark]
e) Her results are very spread out around the mean [1 mark].
f) As the number of bulbs in the circuit increases, the current
through the circuit decreases [1 mark].
g) E.g.

[1 mark for drawing the two bulbs in parallel to each other,
1 mark for drawing the ammeter in series with the cell]
The ammeter can’t be on either of the branches in series with one of the
bulbs, otherwise it would only be measuring the current through one of
the bulbs rather than the whole circuit.
8 a) calcium carbonate [1 mark]
b) E.g. wear gloves / wear goggles [1 mark]
c) Repeat her experiment and take an average of the results
[1 mark].
d) E.g. the mass of the beaker and contents decreases for
20 minutes and then stays the same [1 mark].
e) i) 242 g [1 mark]
ii) mass = initial mass of beaker and contents
– final mass of beaker and contents
= 250 – 239.5
= 10.5 g
[2 marks for correct answer, otherwise 1 mark for correctly
reading values from graph]
f) Meena’s conclusion agrees with her hypothesis.
[2 marks — 1 mark for each correct answer]

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