ILMA INTERNATIONAL GIRLS’ SCHOOL

Withdrawal Examinations – 2020/2021

Cambridge Advanced Subsidiary Level

NAME : ____________________________________________________

CLASS : ___________________ADMISSION NO: _________________

SUBJECT : Biology - Paper II

CODE : 9700/22
DURATION : 1 hour and 15 minutes

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.
Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.

Answer all questions.

Electronic calculators may be used.

You may lose marks if you do not show your working or if you do not use appropriate units.

At the end of the examination, take clear pictures of your answer scripts and submit.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

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1 Capillaries are known as exchange vessels. Substances are exchanged between blood
and tissue fluid as the blood flows through the capillaries.
Fig. 1.1 is an electron micrograph of a section through a capillary with two red blood cells.

Fig. 1.1

(a) (i) Name the cells labelled A and the structure labelled B.
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(ii) Calculate the actual distance X – Y on Fig. 1.1.

Show your working and give your answer to the nearest micrometre (μm).

answer ........................................... μm [2]

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(iii) Explain how capillaries are adapted for their function as exchange vessels.
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(b) Table 1.1 shows the composition of blood, tissue fluid and lymph.

Table 1.1

Explain the differences between the composition of blood, tissue fluid and lymph as
shown in Table 1.1, for white blood cells, glucose and protein.
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(c) Outline how red blood cells are involved in the transport of carbon dioxide.
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2 A student investigated the initial rate of reaction of catalase in breaking down hydrogen
peroxide into oxygen and water:

The volume of oxygen collected was recorded over a period of 140 seconds. The results
are shown in Fig. 2.1.

Fig. 2.1

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(a) (i) Use the information in Fig. 2.1 to calculate the initial rate of reaction in cm3s–1.
Show your working.

answer .....................................cm3s–1 [2]

(ii) Explain the change in volume of oxygen collected as shown in Fig. 2.1.
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The student continued the investigation by determining the initial rates of reaction for five
different concentrations of hydrogen peroxide. The line marked W in Fig. 2.2 shows the
results.

(b) Use the information in Fig. 2.2 to explain the effect of copper ions on the action of an
enzyme, such as catalase.
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(c) Enzyme molecules in cells eventually stop working and are broken down.
Outline how cells replace the enzymes that are broken down.
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3 Fig. 3.1 is a photomicrograph of two animal cells, A and B, at different stages of the mitotic
cell cycle.

Fig. 3.1

(a) (i) For each cell, state the name of the stage of the cell cycle shown in Fig. 3.1.
cell A ........................................................................................................................
cell B ........................................................................................................................[2]

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 (ii) Describe the events that occur during the stage of the cell cycle named for cell A
in (a)(i).
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(b) State the advantages of light microscopy, rather than electron microscopy, for studies of
the cell cycle.
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4 (a) Cellulose is a polysaccharide.

Fig. 4.1 shows three sub-units from a molecule of cellulose.

Fig. 4.1

(i) Name the sub-unit molecule of cellulose.

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(ii) Name the bonds that attach the sub-unit molecules together within cellulose.
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(b) Cellulose has high mechanical strength which makes it suitable for the cell walls of
plants.Explain how cellulose has such a high mechanical strength making it suitable for
the cell walls of plants.
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Plant cell walls consist of cellulose that is embedded in a matrix of compounds, such as
pectins and proteins.
Cell wall material is synthesised inside the cell and transported to the cell surface membrane
as shown in the drawing made from an electron micrograph in Fig. 4.2.

Fig. 4.2

(c) Locate the parts of the cell labelled in Fig. 4.2 which apply to each of the following
statements. You must only give one letter in each case. You may use each letter once,
more than once or not at all. The first answer has been completed for you.

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Fig. 4.2

(d) Enzymes known as expansins are found in the matrix of cell walls to help the growth of
Cells. Use the information in Fig. 5.2 to describe how proteins made by the ribosomes
reach the matrix of the cell wall.
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5 Fig. 5.1 is an electron micrograph of a transverse section through part of a plant stem.

Fig. 5.1

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(a) Name structure A.
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(b) Specialised cells visible in Fig. 5.1 are involved in transporting assimilates through the
plant from source to sink.

(i) Name one assimilate transported by these cells.

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(ii) Give one example of a source and one example of a sink.

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(c) Describe how the assimilate you have named in (b)(i) is transported from the source to
the sink.
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(d) Aphids are insects with mouthparts adapted to penetrating the cells of plants which
transport assimilates.
Suggest why aphids feed specifically from these cells.
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6 A student carried out an investigation to estimate the water potential of potato tissue. The
main steps in the procedure and in the analysis of results are outlined in Fig. 6.1.

Fig 6.1

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(a) Explain why the different concentrations of sucrose result in different mean percentage
changes in mass of potato tissue.
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(b) State how the graph is used to estimate the water potential of the potato tissue.
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