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Biology
Unit: KBI0/4BI0
Science (Double Award) KSC0/4SC0
Paper: 1B
KGV Mock Examination 2013
Time: 1.5 hours

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KBI0/1B 4BI0/1B
KSC0/1B 4SC0/1B

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P40132A
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Answer ALL questions.

1. All living organisms share some basic characteristics.
(a) Give three characteristics shared shown by living organisms.
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(b) Complete the table to show whether the following structures are present or absent
in plant and animal cells.
If a feature is present, insert a tick () and if it is absent, insert a cross (x).
The first line has been done for you.
(5)
Feature

Plant cells

Animal cells

nucleus
cell membrane
chloroplasts
glycogen
starch
cell wall

(Total 8 marks)

2. The animal cell below has a diploid number of eight. The cell is dividing by
mitosis.
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(a) Name the parts labelled A, B and C.

(3)
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(b) A student wrote this passage describing mitosis. There are two mistakes.

The diploid number of this cell is 8. It will divide into

four daughter cells, each with a diploid number of 8.
Mitosis is a very important type of cell division for
growth, repair, cloning and sexual reproduction.
What are the two mistakes in the passage?
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(c) What is the diploid number in a human body cell?

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(Total 6 marks)

3 (a) Describe how the structure of a virus differs from that of a fungus.
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(b) Give an example of a disease caused by each of the following.

(i) A bacterium
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(ii) A virus
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(iii) A protoctist
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(iv) A fungus
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(Total 8 marks)

4. Describe an experiment you could carry out to determine the effect of temperature
on the rate of osmosis in plant tissue.
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5. The diagram shows a food web from a grassland ecosystem.

(a) From the food web, name an organism that is

(i) a producer
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(ii) a primary consumer

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(iii) a tertiary consumer

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(b) How many different organisms feed on the grasshopper in the food web?
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(c) From the food web, draw a food chain that contains 5 levels and includes the spider.
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(d) A land owner wanted to reduce the number of rabbits feeding on his grass,
so he killed a large number of rabbits.
Suggest an explanation for the effect this would have on the following
populations.
(i) Hawk
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(ii) Mouse
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(Total 11 marks)

6. Batten disease is caused by a recessive allele. Symptoms include loss of vision,

epilepsy and difficulty in walking and talking.
The mutation causes lipofuscins to build-up in the body's tissues. Lipofuscins
consist of fats and proteins and form distinctive deposits that cause the
symptoms.
(a) Name one system in the body affected by Batten disease.
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(b) Two adults who had never shown any symptoms married and had a child
who developed Batten disease.
Show the genotypes of the parents, the gametes they form and the
possible genotypes and phenotypes of the offspring.
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Parent
genotypes

Gametes

Possible
offspring
genotypes

Possible
offspring
phenotypes

(c) Recessive conditions, like Batten disease, are usually very rare in populations.
However, if someone who comes from a family with a history of the disease
marries a cousin then the likelihood of inheriting the condition changes.
Suggest why this is the case.
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(Total 7 marks)

7. The table shows some features of plants which live in different places.
Draw a line from each environment to link it to the features you would expect
to find in the plants growing in that environment. One has been done for you.
(3)

Place

Plant features

Desert environment with no

rainfall for long periods

Thin cuticle
Single epidermal layer
Thick cuticle
Presence of hairs
Few stomata on lower epidermis only

Very dry with little rainfall

Succulent stems / leaves

Wet soil shaded from the sun
Store water
Thin cuticle
Thin epidermis
No stomata

Floating on water

Stomata present on top surface only

Air cavities to provide buoyancy

Submerged in water

(Total 3 marks)

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8. Angela carried out an experiment to investigate how breathing rate changes

during exercise.
She worked with a partner who counted the number of breaths she took
during

three periods of 20 seconds at rest

three periods of 20 seconds after 5 minutes of exercise

three periods of 20 seconds after 10 minutes of exercise.

The results that Angela collected from her experiment are given in the table.
Number of
breaths
in 20 seconds
1st period

Number of
breaths
in 20 seconds
2nd period

Number of
breaths
in 20 seconds
3rd period

Average
breathing rate
in breaths per
minute

At rest

After 5 minutes

15

16

14

45

After 10 minutes

18

20

18

56

Period of
exercise

(a) Calculate Angelas average breathing rate in breaths per minute at rest.
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(b) Why did Angela take three readings after each period of exercise?
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(c) Give two variables that Angela should have controlled in her experiment.
For each variable describe how she could control it.
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Variable 1

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(d) (i) State how Angelas breathing rate changed during exercise.
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(ii) Explain why Angelas breathing rate changed during exercise.

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(e) What other feature of breathing may change during exercise?

Give a reason for your answer.
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(f) A very fit athlete was tested in the same way.

Suggest how the athletes results may be different from Angelas.
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(Total 15 marks)

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9. Oil seed rape is an important crop plant grown by farmers.

(a) The stages below are used to insert a gene for herbicide resistance into
crop plants such as oil seed rape.
Place the stages in the correct order by writing the order (1, 2, 3, 4 or 5)
in the table.
(4)
Stage

Order

Recombinant DNA inserted into the crop plant cell

using a vector.
Desired gene for herbicide resistance inserted into
recipient DNA using an enzyme.
Desired gene for herbicide resistance removed from
donor cell using an enzyme.
The plant is herbicide resistant.

Desired gene for herbicide resistance identified.

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(b) Give one example of a vector used in genetic modification.

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(c) State the role of restriction enzymes and ligase enzymes in genetic modification.
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ligase enzymes

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(d) (i) What is meant by the term herbicide?

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(ii) Give a reason why a farmer would want his crop plants to be resistant to a
herbicide.
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(e) Suggest why some people are concerned about genetically modified (GM) crops.
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10.The table shows data taken from dairy farms in the UK. It shows changes in milk
yield and dairy herd size (number of cows) between the years 2000 and 2008.

Year

Average milk yield

in litres per cow
per year

Average size of
dairy herd
in thousands

2000

6,048

2,330

2001

6,449

2,229

2002

6,450

2,224

2003

6,631

2,185

2004

6,886

2,060

2005

6,999

2,003

2006

6,963

1,989

2007

6,924

1,961

2008

6,945

1,902

(a) On the grid, plot the data to show how average milk yield changed during
the years 2000 to 2008. Join your points using straight lines.
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(b) Describe how the average milk yield per cow changes over the time period.
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(c) Suggest why the average size of dairy herds has changed during this period.
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(d) Describe how a selective breeding programme could be used to produce an

improvement in milk yield.
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(e) Improvement in milk yield can be affected by factors other than selective
breeding.
Suggest two factors that a farmer could change that could lead to an
improvement in milk yield. For each factor you name, give a reason why it
would improve milk yield.
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(Total 15 marks)
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