Answer the questions in the space provided.

1. (a) The diagram shows plant A and plant B.

Plant A has green leaves and plant B has green and yellow leaves.
The plants are both the same size and belong to the same species.

plant A

plant B

i. Both plants receive the same amount of light and water.

After one week plant A is bigger than plant B.
Explain why.

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ii. Plants remove carbon dioxide from the air and replace it with another gas.
What is the name of this gas?
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(b) Plants need magnesium and nitrates for healthy growth.

i. What substance do plants make using magnesium?

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ii. What type of substance do plants make using nitrates?

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(c) A farmer grows cabbage plants in his field. There are spaces between each cabbage plant.
Suggest one reason why it is important to have spaces between each cabbage plant.

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2. Jackie finds some information about the effect of smoking on fetal development.
Look at the graph.
It shows the birth mass of:
* 16 babies born to non-smokers
* 16 babies born to smokers.
The graph also shows the gestation period. This is the time period between fertilisation of an
egg and the birth of a baby.

3.6

3.2
key
birth mass
non-smokers
in kg
smokers
2.8

2.4
34 36 38 40 42
gestation period
in weeks

(a) Look at the birth masses for a gestation period of 36 weeks.

One of the birth masses is anomalous. Circle the anomalous birth mass on the graph. [1]

(b) Suggest one possible conclusion from the data .

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(c) Describe one way the evidence collected could be made more reliable.

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