RESPIRATION

Q1.
Anaerobic respiration happens in muscle cells and yeast cells.

The equation describes anaerobic respiration in muscle cells.

glucose lactic acid

(a) How can you tell from the equation that this process is anaerobic?

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(b) Exercise cannot be sustained when anaerobic respiration takes place in muscle
cells.

Explain why.

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(c) The diagram below shows an experiment to investigate anaerobic respiration in

yeast cells.

What gas will bubble into Tube B?

Tick one box.

 Carbon dioxide

Nitrogen

Oxygen

Water vapour

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(d) Describe how you could use tube B to measure the rate of the reaction in tube A.

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(e) Anaerobic respiration in yeast is also called fermentation.

Fermentation produces ethanol.

Give one use of fermentation in the food industry.

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(Total 7 marks)

Q2.
All living cells respire.

(a) Respiration transfers energy from glucose for muscle contraction.

Describe how glucose from the small intestine is moved to a muscle cell.

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(b) The diagram below shows an experiment to investigate anaerobic respiration in

yeast cells.
 What is the purpose of the liquid paraffin in Tube A?

Tick one box.

To prevent evaporation

To stop air getting in

To stop the temperature

going up

To stop water getting in

(1)

(c) The indicator solution in Tube B shows changes in the concentration of carbon
dioxide (CO2).

The indicator is:

• blue when the concentration of CO2 is very low

• green when the concentration of CO2 is low

• yellow when the concentration of CO2 is high.

What colour would you expect the indicator to be in Tube B during maximum rate of
anaerobic respiration?

Tick one box.

Blue

Green

Yellow

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 (d) Suggest how the experiment could be changed to give a reproducible way to
measure the rate of the reaction.

Include any apparatus you would use.

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(e) Compare anaerobic respiration in a yeast cell with anaerobic respiration in a muscle
cell.

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(Total 9 marks)

Q3.
A gardener wants to add compost to the soil to increase his yield of strawberries.

The gardener wants to make his own compost.

(a) An airtight compost heap causes anaerobic decay.

Explain why the gardener might be against producing compost using this method.

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(b) The gardener finds this research on the Internet:

‘A carbon to nitrogen ratio of 25:1 will produce fertile compost.’

Look at the table below.

 Type of Mass of Mass of
material to carbon in nitrogen Carbon:nitrogen ratio
compost sample in g in sample in g

Chicken
8.75 1.25 7:1
manure

Horse manure 10.00 0.50 20:1

Peat moss 9.80 0.20 X

Determine the ratio X in the table above.

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Ratio ________________
(1)

(c) Which type of material in the table above would be best for the gardener to use to
make his compost?

Justify your answer.

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(d) Some of the leaves from the gardener’s strawberry plant die.

The dead leaves fall off the strawberry plant onto the ground.

The carbon in the dead leaves is recycled through the carbon cycle.

Explain how the carbon is recycled into the growth of new leaves.

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(e) The diagram below shows two strawberries.

• Both strawberries were picked from the same strawberry plant.

 • Both strawberries were picked 3 days ago.

• The strawberries were stored in different conditions.

Strawberry A Strawberry B

A © sarahdoow/iStock/Thinkstock, B © Mariusz Vlack/iStock/Thinkstock

Give three possible reasons that may have caused strawberry A to decay.

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3. _________________________________________________________________

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(Total 13 marks)

Q4.
Students investigated decomposition.

The students:
• put some decaying grass cuttings into a vacuum flask
• put a carbon dioxide sensor and a temperature sensor in the flask
• attached the sensors to a data logger
• closed the flask with cotton wool.

A vacuum flask was used to reduce the loss of thermal energy.

Figure 1 shows the investigation.

Figure 1
(a) Give one advantage of using a temperature sensor attached to a data logger
instead of a thermometer.

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(b) Figure 2 shows the results from the data logger for carbon dioxide concentration in
the flask for the next 25 days.

Figure 2

(i) Why did the concentration of carbon dioxide in the flask increase?

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(ii) Suggest what has happened in the flask to cause the carbon dioxide
concentration to level off after 20 days.

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(Total 5 marks)

Q5.
An athlete ran as fast as he could until he was exhausted.

(a) Figure 1 shows the concentrations of glucose and of lactic acid in the athlete’s
blood at the start and at the end of the run.

(i) Lactic acid is made during anaerobic respiration.

What does anaerobic mean?

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(ii) Give evidence from Figure 1 that the athlete respired anaerobically during the
run.

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(b) Figure 2 shows the effect of running on the rate of blood flow through the athlete’s
muscles.
(i) For how many minutes did the athlete run?

Time = ______________________ minutes

(1)

(ii) Describe what happens to the rate of blood flow through the athlete’s muscles
during the run.

Use data from Figure 2 in your answer.

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(iii) Explain how the change in blood flow to the athlete’s muscles helps him to
run.

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(Total 9 marks)

Q6.
The diagram below shows an alveolus from a healthy lung and an alveolus from a
damaged lung.

(a) Which one of the following is a difference between the alveolus from the damaged
lung and the alveolus from the healthy lung?

Tick (✔) one box.

The damaged alveolus has a smaller surface

area.
The damaged alveolus has a shorter diffusion
pathway.
The damaged alveolus has a better blood
supply.
(1)

(b) A person with damaged alveoli finds exercising difficult.

Which one of the following is the reason why the damaged alveoli will make
exercising difficult?
 Tick (✔) one box.

Less carbon dioxide is taken in.

Less energy is needed for exercise.

Less oxygen is taken in.

(1)
(Total 2 marks)

Q7.
The heart is part of the circulatory system.

(a) (i) Name one substance transported by the blood in the circulatory system.

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(ii) What is the main type of tissue in the heart wall?

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(b) Figure 1 shows the human heart.

(i) Which blood vessel, A, B or C, takes blood to the lungs?

(1)

(ii) Name parts D and E shown in Figure 1.

D _______________________________________

E _______________________________________
(2)

(c) Figure 2 shows three types of blood vessel, F, G and H.

 (i) What type of blood vessel is F?

Tick (✔) one box.

an artery

a capillary

a vein

(1)

(ii) A man needs to have a stent fitted to prevent a heart attack.

In which type of blood vessel would the stent be placed?

Tick (✔) one box.

an artery

a capillary

a vein

(1)

(iii) Explain how a stent helps to prevent a heart attack.

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(Total 9 marks)

Q8.
Photosynthesis needs light.

(a) Complete the balanced symbol equation for photosynthesis.

 light
6CO2 + _______________________ _______________________ + 6O2
(2)

(b) A green chemical indicator shows changes in the concentration of carbon dioxide
(CO2) in a solution.

The indicator solution is green when the concentration of CO2 is normal.

The indicator solution turns yellow when the concentration of CO2 is high.

The indicator solution turns blue when the concentration of CO2 is very low or when
there is no CO2.

The indicator solution does not harm aquatic organisms.

Students investigated the balance of respiration and photosynthesis using an

aquatic snail and some pondweed.

The students set up four tubes, A, B, C and D, as shown in the table below.

The colour change in each tube, after 24 hours in the light, is recorded.

Tube A Tube B Tube C Tube D

Indicator solution
Indicator solution Indicator solution Indicator solution
+ pondweed
only + pondweed + snail
+ snail

Stays green Turns blue Turns yellow Stays green

(i) What is the purpose of Tube A?

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(ii) Explain why the indicator solution in Tube C turns yellow.

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(iii) Predict the result for Tube D if it had been placed in the dark for 24
hours and not in the light.

Explain your prediction.

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Explanation ____________________________________________________

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(Total 8 marks)

Q9.
A student ran on a treadmill for 5 minutes.

The speed of the treadmill was set at 12 km per hour.

The graph below shows the effect of the run on the student’s heart rate.

(a) (i) What was the student’s heart rate at rest?

_______________ beats per minute

(1)

(ii) After the end of the run, how long did it take for the student’s heart rate
 to return to the resting heart rate?

_______________ minutes
(1)

(b) During the run, the student’s muscles needed larger amounts of some substances
than they needed at rest.

(i) Which two of the following substances were needed in larger amounts
during the run?

Tick ( ) two boxes.

carbon
dioxide

glucose

lactic acid

oxygen

protein

(2)

(ii) Why are the two substances you chose in part (b)(i) needed in larger
amounts during the run?

Tick ( ) one box.

To help make more muscle fibres

To release more energy

To help the muscles to cool down

(1)

(c) After exercise, a fit person recovers faster than an unfit person.

Let the student’s heart rate at the end of exercise = a.

Let the student’s heart rate after 2 minutes of recovery = b.

The table below shows how the difference between a and b, (a − b), is related to a
 person’s level of fitness.

(a − b) Level of fitness

< 22 Unfit

22 to 52 Normal fitness

53 to 58 Fit

59 to 65 Very fit

> 65 Top athlete

What is the student’s level of fitness?

Use information from the graph and the table.

a = _______________ beats per minute

b = _______________ beats per minute

(a − b) = _______________ beats per minute

Level of fitness = __________________________________

(3)

(d) The student repeated the run with the treadmill set at 16 km per hour.

The student’s heart rate took 3 minutes longer to return to the normal resting rate
than when running at 12 km per hour.

Give reasons why it took longer to recover after running faster.

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(Total 12 marks)

Q10.
The diagram below shows the parts of the body that digest and absorb food.

It also shows some details about the structure of the stomach.

(a) Complete the table to show whether each structure is an organ, an organ system or
a tissue.

For each structure, tick ( ) one box.

Organ
Structure Organ Tissue
system

Stomach

Cells lining the stomach

Mouth, oesophagus, stomach, liver,

pancreas, small and large intestine
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(b) (i) The blood going to the stomach has a high concentration of oxygen.
The cells lining the stomach have a low concentration of oxygen.

Complete the following sentence.

Oxygen moves from the blood to the cells lining the stomach by

the process of ___________________________________ .

(1)

(ii) What other substance must move from the blood to the cells lining the
stomach so that respiration can take place?

Draw a ring around the correct answer.

 glucose protein starch
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(iii) In which part of a cell does aerobic respiration take place?

Draw a ring around the correct answer.

cell membrane mitochondria nucleus

(1)
(Total 5 marks)

Q11.
During exercise, the heart beats faster and with greater force.

The ‘heart rate’ is the number of times the heart beats each minute.The volume of blood
that travels out of the heart each time the heart beats is called the ‘stroke volume’.

In an investigation, Person 1 and Person 2 ran as fast as they could for 1 minute.
Scientists measured the heart rates and stroke volumes of Person 1 and Person 2 at
rest, during the exercise and after the exercise.

The graph below shows the scientists’ results.

(a) The ‘cardiac output’ is the volume of blood sent from the heart to the muscles each
minute.

Cardiac output = Heart rate × Stroke volume

At the end of the exercise, Person 1’s cardiac output = 160 × 77 = 12 320 cm3 per
 minute.

Use information from Figure above to complete the following calculation of Person
2’s cardiac output at the end of the exercise.

At the end of the exercise:

Person 2’s heart rate = _______________ beats per minute

Person 2’s stroke volume = _______________ cm3

Person 2’s cardiac output = _______________ cm3 per minute

(3)

(b) Person 2 had a much lower cardiac output than Person 1.

(i) Use information from Figure above to suggest the main reason for the lower
cardiac output of Person 2.

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(ii) Person 1 was able to run much faster than Person 2.

Use information from Figure above and your own knowledge to explain why.

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(Total 9 marks)

Q12.
Many runners drink sports drinks to improve their performance in races.

A group of students investigated the effects of three brands of sports drink, A, B and C, on
the performance of three runners on a running machine. One of the runners is shown in
the image below.
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Table 1 gives information for each drink.

Table 1

Brand of sports drink

Nutrient per
A B C
dm3

Glucose in g 63 31 72

Fat in g 9 0 2

Ions in mg 312 332 495

(a) (i) In the investigation, performance was measured as the time taken to reach
the point of exhaustion.

Exhaustion is when the runners could not run anymore.

All three runners:

• ran on a running machine until the point of exhaustion
• each drank 500 cm3 of a different brand of sports drink
• rested for 4 hours to recover
• ran on the running machine again and recorded how much time they ran
until the point of exhaustion.

The speed at which the runners ran was the same and all other variables were
controlled.

The students predicted that the runner drinking brand B would run for the
shortest time on the second run before reaching the point of exhaustion.

Use information from Table 1 to suggest an explanation for the students’

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(ii) If the balance between ions and water in a runner’s body is not correct, the
runner’s body cells will be affected.

Describe one possible effect on the cells if the balance between ions and
water is not correct.

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(b) When running, a runner’s body temperature increases.

Describe how the brain monitors body temperature.

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(c) (i) Table 2 is repeated here to help you answer this question.

Table 2

Brand of sports drink

Nutrient per
A B C
dm3

Glucose in g 63 31 72

Fat in g 9 0 2

Ions in mg 312 332 495

People with diabetes need to be careful about drinking too much sports drink.

Use information from Table 2 to explain why drinking too much sports drink
could make people with diabetes ill.
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(ii) Other than paying attention to diet, how do people with diabetes control their
diabetes?

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(Total 10 marks)

Q13.
Freshwater streams may have different levels of pollution. The level of pollution affects
which species of invertebrate will live in the water.

Table 1 shows the biomass of different invertebrate species found in two different
streams, X and Y.

Table 1

Biomass in g

Invertebrate species Stream X Stream Y

Mayfly nymph 4 0

Caddis fly larva 30 0

Freshwater shrimp 70 5

Water louse 34 10

Bloodworm 10 45

Sludge worm 2 90

Total 150 150

(a) The bar chart below shows the biomass of invertebrate species found in Stream X.

(i) Complete the bar chart by drawing the bars for water louse, bloodworm and
sludge worm in Stream Y.

Use the data in Table 1.

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(ii) Table 2 shows which invertebrates can live in different levels of water
pollution.

Table 2

Pollution level Invertebrate species likely to be present

Clean water Mayfly nymph

Low pollution Caddis fly larva, Freshwater shrimp

Medium pollution Water louse, Bloodworm

High pollution Sludge worm

Which stream, X or Y, is more polluted?

Use the information from Table 1 and Table 2 to justify your answer.

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(b) There is a sewage works near another stream, Z.

An accident caused sewage to overflow into Stream Z.
Two weeks later scientists took samples of water and invertebrates from the stream.
They took samples at different distances downstream from where the sewage
overflowed.
The scientists plotted the results shown in Graphs P and Q.

Graph P: change in water quality downstream of sewage overflow

Graph Q: change in invertebrates found downstream of sewage overflow

(i) Describe the patterns shown in Graph P.

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(ii) Describe the relationship between dissolved oxygen and the survival of mayfly
nymphs in Stream Z. Suggest a reason for the pattern you have described.

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(c) Many microorganisms are present in the sewage overflow.

Explain why microorganisms cause the level of oxygen in the water to decrease.

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(Total 13 marks)

Q14.
Figure 1 shows an athlete running on a treadmill.

Figure 1
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After running for several minutes, the athlete’s leg muscles began to ache.
This ache was caused by a high concentration of lactic acid in the muscles.

(a) The equation shows how lactic acid is made.

glucose lactic acid (+ energy)

Name the process that makes lactic acid in the athlete’s muscles.

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(1)

(b) Scientists investigated the production of lactic acid by an athlete running at different
speeds.

In the investigation:

• the athlete ran on the treadmill at 4 km per hour

• the scientists measured the concentration of lactic acid in the athlete’s blood
after 2 minutes of running.

The investigation was repeated for different running speeds.

Figure 2 shows the scientists’ results.

Figure 2
 Treadmill speed in km per hour

(i) How much more lactic acid was there in the athlete’s blood when he ran at 14
km per hour than when he ran at 8 km per hour?

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Answer = _____________ mmol per dm3

(2)

(ii) Why is more lactic acid made in the muscles when running at 14 km per hour
than when running at 8 km per hour?

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(Total 6 marks)

Q15.
Scientists investigated how exercise affects blood flow to different organs in the body.

The scientists made measurements of blood flow to different organs of:

• a person resting in a room at 20°C

• the same person, in the same room, doing vigorous exercise at constant
 speed on an exercise cycle.

The table shows the scientists’ results.

Organ Blood flow in cm3 per minute whilst …

doing vigorous
resting
exercise

Brain 750 750

Heart 250 1000

Muscles 1200 22 000

Skin 500 600

Other 3100 650

(a) In this investigation, it was better to do the exercise indoors on an exercise cycle
than to go cycling outdoors on the road.

Suggest two reasons why.

Do not include safety reasons.

1. _________________________________________________________________

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2. _________________________________________________________________

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(b) Blood flow to one organ did not change between resting and vigorous exercise.

Which organ? ________________________________________________

(1)

(c) (i) How much more blood flowed to the muscles during vigorous exercise than
when resting?

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Answer = _________________ cm3 per minute

(2)

(ii) Name two substances needed in larger amounts by the muscles during
vigorous exercise than when resting.
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2. ____________________________________________________________
(2)

(iii) Tick ( ) one box to complete the sentence.

The substances you named in part (c)(ii) helped the muscles to

make more lactic acid.

respire aerobically.

make more glycogen.

(1)

(iv) The higher rate of blood flow to the muscles during exercise removed larger
amounts of waste products made by the muscles.

Which two substances need to be removed from the muscles in larger

amounts during vigorous exercise?

Tick ( ) two boxes.

Amino acids

Carbon dioxide

Glycogen

Lactic acid

(2)

(d) The total blood flow was much higher during exercise than when resting.

One way to increase the total blood flow is for the heart to pump out a larger volume
of blood each beat.

Give one other way to increase the blood flow.

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(Total 11 marks)
Q16.
The diagrams show four types of cell, A, B, C and D.
Two of the cells are plant cells and two are animal cells.

(a) (i) Which two of the cells are plant cells?

Tick ( ) one box.

A and B

A and D

C and D

(1)

(ii) Give one reason for your answer.

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(b) (i) Which cell, A, B, C or D, is adapted for swimming?

(1)
 (ii) Which cell, A, B, C or D, can produce glucose by photosynthesis?
(1)

(c) Cells A, B, C and D all use oxygen.

For what process do cells use oxygen?

Draw a ring around one answer.

osmosis photosynthesis respiration

(1)
(Total 5 marks)

Q17.
The diagram shows one type of biogas generator.

(a) With this type of biogas generator, the concentration of solids that are fed into the
reactor must be kept very low.

Suggest one reason for this.

Tick ( ) one box.

A higher concentration contains too little oxygen.

A higher concentration would be difficult to stir.

A higher concentration contains too much carbon dioxide.

(1)

(b) The pie chart shows the percentages of the different gases found in the biogas.
 Gas X is the main fuel gas found in the biogas.

(i) What is the name of gas X?

Draw a ring around one answer.

methane nitrogen oxygen

(1)

(ii) What is the percentage of gas X in the biogas?

Show clearly how you work out your answer.

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Percentage of gas X = ____________________

(2)

(c) If the biogas generator is not airtight, the biogas contains a much higher percentage
of carbon dioxide.

Draw a ring around one answer in each part of this question.

aerobic respiration.

The air that leaks in will increase the rate

(i) anaerobic respiration.
of

fermentation.
(1)
ammonia.

(ii) The process in part (c)(i) occurs because the air contains nitrogen.

oxygen.
(1)
(Total 6 marks)
Q18.
The mould Penicillium can be grown in a fermenter. Penicillium produces the antibiotic
penicillin.

The graph shows changes that occurred in a fermenter during the production of
penicillin.

Time in hours

(a) During which time period was penicillin produced most quickly?

Draw a ring around one answer.

0 – 20 hours 40 – 60 hours 80 – 100 hours

(1)

(b) (i) Describe how the concentration of glucose in the fermenter changes between
0 and 30 hours.

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(2)

(ii) How does the change in the concentration of oxygen in the fermenter compare
with the change in concentration of glucose between 0 and 30 hours?

Tick ( ) two boxes.

 The oxygen concentration changes after the glucose concentration.

The oxygen concentration changes before the glucose concentration.

The oxygen concentration changes less than the glucose concentration.

The oxygen concentration changes more than the glucose concentration.

(2)

(iii) What is the name of the process that uses glucose?

Draw a ring around one answer.

distillation filtration respiration

(1)
(Total 6 marks)

Q19.
The heart pumps the blood around the body. This causes blood to leave the heart at
high pressure.

The graph shows blood pressure measurements for a person at rest.

The blood pressure was measured in an artery and in a vein.
 Time in seconds

(a) Which blood vessel, A or B, is the artery?

Blood vessel ________

Give two reasons for your answer.

Reason 1 ___________________________________________________________

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Reason 2 ___________________________________________________________

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(b) Use information from the graph to answer these questions.

(i) How many times did the heart beat in 15 seconds? ___________
(1)

(ii) Use your answer from part (b)(i) to calculate the person’s heart rate per
minute.

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Heart rate = __________ beats per minute

(1)

(c) During exercise, the heart rate increases.

The increased heart rate supplies useful substances to the muscles at a faster rate.

Name two useful substances that must be supplied to the muscles at a faster rate
during exercise.

1. _________________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________________
(2)
(Total 6 marks)

Q20.
The diagram shows a fermenter. This fermenter is used for growing the fungus
Fusarium.

Fusarium is used to make mycoprotein.

(a) Bubbles of air enter the fermenter at A.

Give two functions of the air bubbles.

1. _________________________________________________________________

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(b) Why is glucose added to the fermenter?

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(1)

(c) The fermenter is prevented from overheating by the cold water flowing in through
the heat exchanger coils at C.

Name the process that causes the fermenter to heat up.

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(1)

(d) It is important to prevent microorganisms other than Fusarium growing in the

fermenter.

(i) Why is this important?

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(ii) Suggest one way in which contamination of the fermenter by microorganisms

could be prevented.

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(e) Human cells cannot make some of the amino acids which we need. We must obtain
these amino acids from our diet.

The table shows the amounts of four of these amino acids present in mycoprotein, in
beef and in wheat.

Amount of amino acid per 100 g

in mg Daily amount
Name of needed by a
amino acid 70 kg human
in mg
Mycoprotein Beef Wheat

Lysine 910 1600 300 840

Methionine 230 500 220 910

Phenylalanine 540 760 680 980

 Threonine 610 840 370 490

A diet book states that mycoprotein is the best source of amino acids for the human
diet.

Evaluate this statement.

Remember to include a conclusion in your evaluation.

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___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________
(4)
(Total 10 marks)

Q21.
(a) Diagram 1 shows part of the breathing system.

Diagram 1

(i) Use words from the box to name the parts labelled A, B, C and D.

alveolus diaphragm lung rib trachea

A ____________________________
 B ____________________________

C ____________________________

D ____________________________
(4)

(ii) Parts B and C move when we breathe in.

Part B moves ____________________________________________

Part C moves ____________________________________________

(2)

(b) A student used the apparatus shown in Diagram 2 to measure the maximum
volume of air that he could breathe in one breath.
When the student breathes in, the piston moves upwards.
The piston moves back down after the student has breathed out.

Diagram 2

The student breathes in through the apparatus three times.

The drawings show the position of the piston after each of the three breaths.
The volumes are measured in cm3.
 (i) Read the volume of each breath and write the volume in the table.

Breath 1 Breath 2 Breath 3

Volume in cm3 ___________ ___________ ___________

(3)

(ii) Calculate the mean volume of air breathed in.

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

Mean volume of air breathed in = ___________________ cm3

(2)

(c) A teacher asks the student to investigate if students who take part in sports
activities can breathe in a larger volume of air than students who do not take part.

Describe briefly how the student could use the same apparatus to do the
investigation.

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________
(3)

(d) Photograph 1 shows a different piece of apparatus used to measure the volume of
air that a person can breathe in one breath.

Photograph 1
 © Digital Vision/Photodisc

When the student breathes out through the apparatus the pointer on the scale
moves. The pointer stays in the same position when the student has finished.

Explain one advantage, apart from size, of using this apparatus rather than the
apparatus described in part (b).

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________
(2)

(e) Photograph 2 shows one type of mechanical ventilator.

Photograph 2

© Emine Donmaz/iStock

(i) Use information from Photograph 2 to suggest how this type of ventilator
works.

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
(2)

(ii) Use information from Photograph 2 to suggest two disadvantages of this type
of ventilator.

1. ____________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
 (2)
(Total 20 marks)

Q22.
The photograph shows an athlete at the start of a race.

© Wavebreakmedia Ltd./Thinkstock

(a) The athlete’s sense organs contain special cells.

These special cells detect changes in the environment.

(i) List A shows changes in the environment.

List B shows some of the athlete’s sense organs.

Draw one line from each change in the environment in List A to the sense
organ detecting the change in List B.

List A
List B
Change in the
Sense organ
environment

Ear
Sight of the finishing
line
Nose
Sound of the starting
gun
Eye
Pressure of the ground
on the fingers
Skin
(3)

(ii) Which cells detect changes in the environment?

Tick ( ) one box.

 Gland cells

Muscle cells

eceptor cells

(1)

(b) During the race, the concentration of sugar in the athlete’s blood decreases.

Why?

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________
(1)

(c) Some athletes use anabolic steroids to improve performance.

(i) Draw a ring around the correct answer to complete the sentence.

breathing rate.

Anabolic steroids increase growth of muscles.

heart rate.
(1)

(ii) Sporting regulations ban the use of anabolic steroids.

Suggest one reason why.

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
(1)
(Total 7 marks)

Q23.
One factor that may affect body mass is metabolic rate.

(a) (i) What is meant by metabolic rate ?

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
(1)

(ii) Metabolic rate is affected by the amount of activity a person does.

Give two other factors that may affect a person’s metabolic rate.
 1. ____________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
(2)

(b) Predicted early death is the number of years that a person will die before the mean
age of death for the whole population. The predicted early death of a person is
affected by their body mass.

Scientists have calculated the effect of body mass on predicted early death.

The graph shows the results of the scientists’ calculations.

Ideal body mass

The number of times above or below ideal body mass is given by the equation:

In the UK the mean age of death for women is 82.

A woman has a body mass of 70 kg. The woman’s ideal body mass is 56 kg.

(i) Use the information from the graph to predict the age of this woman when she
dies.

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

Age at death = ___________ years

(2)
 (ii) The woman could live longer by changing her lifestyle.

Give two changes she should make.

1. ____________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
(2)
(Total 7 marks)

Q24.
(a) Use words from the box to complete the equation for aerobic respiration.

alcohol glucose lactic acid water

______________ + oxygen carbon dioxide + ______________ (+ energy)

(2)

(b) Some students investigated the effect of temperature on the rate of aerobic
respiration in earthworms.

The diagram shows the apparatus the students used.

When the tap is closed, the bead of liquid moves to the left as the earthworms take
in oxygen.

The students put the test tube into a water bath at 20°C for 10 minutes.
They left the tap open during this time.

Why did the students put the test tube in the water bath at 20°C for 10 minutes?

Tick ( ) one box.

 Because the air contains more oxygen at 20°C.

Because the air contains less carbon dioxide at

20°C.

So the earthworms’ body temperature would

change to 20°C.

(1)

(c) The students then:

• closed the tap

• started a stopwatch

• recorded the position of the bead of liquid every 2 minutes for 10 minutes

• repeated the experiment at 10°C.

The graph shows the students’ results.

Time in minutes

(i) How much oxygen did the earthworms take in during the 10 minutes at 20°C?

Use information from the graph to work out your answer.

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

Volume of oxygen taken in = ___________________ mm3

(2)
 (ii) The earthworms took in this volume of oxygen in 10 minutes.

Use your answer from part (c)(i) to calculate how much oxygen the
earthworms took in each minute.

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

Volume of oxygen taken in = _______________________ mm3 per minute

(1)

(iii) The earthworms took in less oxygen each minute at 10°C than they took in at
20°C.

Explain why.

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
(2)

(d) When drawing the line on the graph for the experiment at 10°C, the students
ignored the reading at 8 minutes.

(i) Suggest why they ignored the reading at 8 minutes.

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
(1)

(ii) One student suggested they should repeat the experiment twice more at each
temperature.

How would repeating the experiment improve the investigation?

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
(1)
(Total 10 marks)

Q25.
(a) Yeast cells can respire anaerobically.

The equation for anaerobic respiration in yeast is:

glucose alcohol + carbon dioxide (+ energy)

Give one way in which anaerobic respiration in yeast cells is different from
anaerobic respiration in human muscle cells.

___________________________________________________________________
 ___________________________________________________________________
(1)

(b) Yeast can use other types of sugar instead of glucose.

Some scientists investigated the effect of three different types of sugar on the rate of
anaerobic respiration in yeast.

The scientists:

• used the apparatus shown in Diagram 1 with glucose sugar

• kept the apparatus at 20 °C

• repeated the investigation with fructose sugar and then with mannose sugar

• repeated the investigation with water instead of the sugar solution.

Diagram 1

(i) Give two control variables the scientists used in this investigation.

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
(2)

(ii) The graph shows the scientists’ results.

 Time in minutes

From this information, a company decided to use fructose to produce alcohol

and not mannose or glucose.

Explain the reason for the company’s choice.

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
(2)
(Total 5 marks)

Q26.
Some students investigated the best temperature for gas production by yeast.

The students set up the apparatus as shown in Diagram 1.

Diagram 2 shows the results after one hour.

(a) In each apparatus the yeast produced a gas.

(i) Name this gas.

______________________________________________________________
(1)

(ii) Name the process which produces this gas.

______________________________________________________________
(1)

(b) One student said that the best temperature for the yeast to produce the gas was 30
°C.

What is the evidence for this in Diagram 2?

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________
(1)

(c) A second student said that the investigation might not have produced reliable
results.

(i) What should the students do next to check the reliability of their results?

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
(1)

(ii) How would the students then know if their results were reliable?

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
 (1)

(d) A third student said that the investigation might not have produced an accurate
value for the best temperature for gas production.

What should the students do next to check that 30 °C was an accurate value for the
best temperature?

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________
(2)
(Total 7 marks)

Q27.
Two people did the same amount of gentle exercise on an exercise cycle.
One person had a muscle disease and the other had healthy muscles.

The graph shows the effect of the exercise on the heart rates of these two people.

(a) Describe three ways in which the results for the person with the muscle disease are
different from the results for the healthy person.

To gain full marks in this question you need to include data from the graph in your
answer.

1. _________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

3. _________________________________________________________________
 ___________________________________________________________________
(3)

(b) The blood transports glucose to the muscles at a faster rate during exercise than
when a person is at rest.

(i) Name one other substance that the blood transports to the muscles at a faster
rate during exercise.

______________________________________________________________
(1)

(ii) People with the muscle disease are not able to store glycogen in their
muscles.

The results shown in the graph for the person with the muscle disease are
different from the results for the healthy person.

Suggest an explanation for the difference in the results.

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
(3)
(Total 7 marks)

Q28.
Glycogen is stored in the muscles.

Scientists investigated changes in the amount of glycogen stored in the muscles of two
20-year-old male athletes, A and B.
Athlete A ate a high-carbohydrate diet. Athlete B ate a low-carbohydrate diet.

Each athlete did one 2-hour training session each day.

The graph shows the results for the first 3 days.

(a) (i) Give three variables that the scientists controlled in this investigation.

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
(3)

(ii) Suggest two variables that would be difficult to control in this investigation.

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
(2)

(iii) Describe one way in which the results of Athlete B were different from the
results of Athlete A.

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
(1)

(b) Both athletes were training to run a marathon.

Which athlete, A or B, would be more likely to complete the marathon?

Use information from the graph to explain your answer.

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________
 ___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________
(4)
(Total 10 marks)

Q29.
(a) Complete the equation for photosynthesis.

light
energy
____________ + ____________ ____________ + oxygen
(2)

(b) Scientists investigated how temperature affects the rate of photosynthesis.

The scientists grew some orange trees in a greenhouse.
They used discs cut from the leaves of the young orange trees.

The scientists used the rate of oxygen production by the leaf discs to show the rate
of photosynthesis.

(i) The leaf discs did not produce any oxygen in the dark.

Why?

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
(1)

(ii) The leaf discs took in oxygen in the dark.

Explain why.

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
(2)

(c) In their investigation, the scientists measured the rate of oxygen release by the leaf
discs in the light. The scientists then measured the rate of oxygen uptake by the leaf
discs in the dark.

The graph shows the effect of temperature on

• oxygen production in the light

• oxygen production in the light added to oxygen uptake in the dark.

 Use the information from the graph to answer each of the following questions.

(i) Describe the effect of temperature on oxygen production in the light.

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
(2)

(ii) Explain the effect of temperature on oxygen production in the light when the
temperature is increased:

from 25 °C to 35 °C

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

from 40 °C to 50 °C.

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
(2)

(d) A farmer in the UK wants to grow orange trees in a greenhouse. He wants to sell the
oranges he produces at a local market.
He decides to heat the greenhouse to 35 °C.
 Explain why he should not heat the greenhouse to a temperature higher than 35 °C.
Use information from the graph in your answer.

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________
(3)
(Total 12 marks)

Q30.
The graph shows the uptake of carbon dioxide and the release of carbon dioxide by a
bean plant on a hot summer’s day.
 (a) At which two times in the day did the rate of photosynthesis exactly match the rate
of respiration in the bean plant?

1. _________________________________________________________________
(1)

(b) The bean plant respires at the same rate all through the 24 hour period.

(i) How much carbon dioxide is released each hour during respiration?

____________________________ arbitrary units

(1)

(ii) How much carbon dioxide is used by photosynthesis in the hour beginning at
3 pm?

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

Answer = ____________________________ arbitrary units

(1)

(c) Over the 24 hour period, the total amount of carbon dioxide taken in by the bean
plant was greater than the total amount of carbon dioxide given out by the bean
plant.

Explain, in detail, why this was important for the bean plant.

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________
(2)
(Total 5 marks)

Q31.
One type of training exercise involves alternating periods of walking and running.

The graph shows how an athlete’s heart rate changed during one 30-minute training
session.
(a) (i) The athlete ran 6 times during the 30-minute training session.

Describe the evidence for this in the graph.

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
(1)

(ii) Immediately after the final run, the athlete rested for a short time before he
started to walk again.

For how many minutes did this rest last?

____________________ minutes
(1)

(b) The heart rate increases during exercise.

This increase in heart rate increases blood flow to the muscles.

Explain, as fully as you can, why this increase in heart rate is necessary.

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________
 ___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________
(4)
(Total 6 marks)

Q32.
The diagram shows a plant cell from a leaf.

(a) List A gives the names of three parts of the cell.

List B gives the functions of parts of the cell.

Draw a line from each part of the cell in List A to its function in List B.

List A List B
Parts of the cell Functions

Where most of the chemical

reactions take place

Nucleus

Absorbs light energy to make food

Cytoplasm

Strengthens the cell

Chloroplast
 Controls the activities of the cell

(3)

(b) Respiration takes place in the cell.

Draw a ring around the correct answer to complete the sentence.

energy

All cells use respiration to release oxygen.

sugar.
(1)
(Total 4 marks)

Q33.
The table shows the volume of blood flowing through different organs at three levels of
exercise.

Organ(s) Volume of blood flowing through organ(s)

in cm3 per minute

Light Moderate Heavy

exercise exercise exercise

Gut 1 100 600 300

Kidneys 900 600 250

Brain 750 750 750

Heart muscles 350 750 1 000

Skeletal muscles 4 500 12 500 22 000

Skin 1 500 1 900 600

Other 400 500 100

Total 9 500 17 600 25 000

(a) (i) Which organ has a constant flow of blood through it?

______________________________________________________________
(1)

(ii) Which organ has the greatest reduction in the volume of blood supplied during
heavy exercise compared with light exercise?
 ______________________________________________________________
(1)

(iii) What proportion of the blood flows through the heart muscle during heavy
exercise?

______________________________________________________________
(1)

(b) The volume of blood flowing through the skeletal muscles increases greatly during
exercise.

Give two ways in which the body brings about this increase.

1. _________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________
(2)

(c) During exercise, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood increases.

Explain what causes this increase.

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________
(3)
(Total 8 marks)

Q34.
Muscles need energy during exercise.

Draw a ring around the correct answer in parts (a) and (b) to complete each sentence.

glycogen.

(a) (i) The substance stored in the muscles and used during exercise is lactic acid.

protein.
(1)

digestion.

(ii) The process that releases energy in muscles is respiration.

 transpiration.
(1)

(b) The table shows how much energy is used by two men of different masses when
swimming at different speeds.

Speed of swimming in Energy used in kJ per hour

metres per minute
34 kg man 70 kg man

25 651 1155

50 1134 2103

(i) When the 34 kg man swims at 50 metres per minute instead of at 25 metres
per minute,

36 kJ.

the extra energy he uses each hour is 483 kJ.

948 kJ.
(1)

(ii) When swimming at 50 metres per minute, each man’s heart rate is faster than
when swimming at 25 metres per minute.

carbon dioxide.

A faster heart rate helps to supply the muscles with more glycogen.

oxygen.
(1)

constrict.

(iii) During the exercise the arteries supplying the muscles would dilate.

pump harder.
(1)

(c) When a person starts to swim, the breathing rate increases.

Give one way in which this increase helps the swimmer.

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________
(1)
(Total 6 marks)

Q35.
The diagram shows the human circulation system.

(a) (i) Give the letter of one blood vessel that is an artery.

(1)

(ii) Give the letter of one blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood.

(1)

(b) During exercise, the heart rate increases.

Explain, as fully as you can, why this increase is necessary.

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________
 ___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________
(4)
(Total 6 marks)

Q36.
Lactic acid production during exercise affects an athlete’s performance.

Explain why lactic acid is produced during exercise.

_______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________
(Total 2 marks)

Q37.
The diagrams show four types of cell, A, B, C and D.
Two of the cells are plant cells and two are animal cells.

(a) (i) Which two of the cells are plant cells?

Tick ( ) one box.

 A and B

A and D

C and D

(1)

(ii) Which part is found only in plant cells?

Draw a ring around one answer.

cell membrane cell wall nucleus

(1)

(b) (i) Which cell, A, B, C or D, is adapted for swimming?

(1)

(ii) Which cell, A, B, C or D, can produce glucose by photosynthesis?

(1)

(c) Cells A, B, C and D all use oxygen.

For what process do cells use oxygen?

Draw a ring around one answer.

osmosis photosynthesis respiration

(1)
(Total 5 marks)

Q38.
This question is about what happens during decay.

Draw a ring around the correct word to complete each sentence.

animals.

(a) After living things die, they are decayed by microorganisms.

plants.
(1)
 cold.

(b) Decay happens faster when there is plenty of oxygen and conditions are dry.

moist.
(1)

osmosis.

(c) During decay carbon dioxide is produced by respiration.

photosynthesis
.
(1)

(d) Decay releases mineral salts into the soil.

leaves.

These mineral salts are absorbed by plant roots.

stems.
(1)
(Total 4 marks)

Q39.
An athlete did a 6-month training programme.

The graph shows the effect of the same amount of exercise on his heart rate before and
after the training programme.
(a) (i) What was the maximum heart rate of the athlete during exercise before the
training programme?

_________________________ beats per minute

(1)

(ii) Give two differences between the heart rate of the athlete before and after the
training programme.

After the training programme

Difference 1 ____________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

Difference 2 ____________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
(2)

(b) Which two substances need to be supplied to the muscles in larger amounts during
exercise?
 Tick ( ) two boxes.

Carbon dioxide

Glucose

Lactic acid

Oxygen

Urea

(2)
(Total 5 marks)

Q40.
An athlete carried out a 6-month training programme.

Graph 1 shows the effect of the same amount of exercise on his heart rate before and
after the training programme.
(a) (i) Use Graph 1 to find the heart rate of the trained athlete 5 minutes after the
start of the exercise.

Heart rate = _______________________ beats per minute

(1)

The stroke volume of the heart is the volume of blood pumped out of the left
side of the heart in one heart beat.

Graph 2 shows the relationship between the stroke volume and the heart rate
before and after the athlete did the training programme.
 (ii) The cardiac output is defined as

cardiac output = heart rate × stroke volume

Calculate the cardiac output of the trained athlete 5 minutes after the start of
the exercise. Use your answer to part (a)(i), and information from Graph 2.

Show clearly how you work out your answer.

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

Cardiac output = _________________________ cm3 blood per minute

(2)

(b) Graph 1 shows that, for the same amount of exercise, the heart of the trained
athlete was beating more slowly than it did before the training programme.

Use information from Graph 2 to explain why.

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________
(2)

(c) An increased cardiac output will provide more oxygen and more glucose to the
working muscles.

Explain how this helps the athlete during exercise.

 ___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________
(4)
(Total 9 marks)

Q41.
(a) The table shows the effect of exercise on the action of one person’s heart.
At rest During
exercise

Heart rate in beats per minute 72 165

Volume of blood leaving the heart in each 75 120

beat in cm3

Heart output in cm3 per minute 5400

(i) Calculate the heart output for this person during exercise.

Show clearly how you work out your answer.

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

Answer = _______________ cm3 per minute

(2)

(ii) During exercise, more oxygen is carried to the working muscles.

Explain why this is helpful during exercise.

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
 (2)

(b) Give two other changes in the body that help to increase the amount of oxygen
delivered to the working muscles during exercise.

1. _________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________
(2)
(Total 6 marks)

Q42.
Many people who are overweight try slimming programmes.
A research study evaluated four different slimming programmes over 6 months.
Scientists selected a group of 40 people for each slimming programme and a control
group.
Each of the five groups was matched for age, gender and mass.
The graph shows the results of the study.

Adapted from British Medical Journal, 2006, volume 332, pages 1309 –1314.

(a) Give two control variables that were used in this study.

1. _________________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________________
(2)
 (b) Give two conclusions that can be drawn from the results of this study.

1. _________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________
(2)

(c) The costs of the four programmes were:

• Atkins book cost £3

• Rosemary Conley classes cost £140 for 6 months
• Weight Watchers classes cost £170 for 6 months
• Twice-daily Slim-Fast meal replacements cost £240 for 6 months.

Use this information and the graph to answer this question.

Which is the most cost effective of the four programmes?

___________________________________________________________________

Explain the reason for your answer.

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________
(2)

(d) Some slimming programmes include daily exercise.

Explain how daily exercise helps a person to lose mass.

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________
(2)
(Total 8 marks)

Q43.
(a) The diagrams show cells containing and surrounded by oxygen molecules.
Oxygen can move into cells or out of cells.
 Into which cell, A, B, C or D, will oxygen move the fastest?

Write your answer, A, B, C or D, in the box.

(1)

(b) Draw a ring around the correct word to complete each sentence.

diffusion

(i) Oxygen is taken into cells by the process of osmosis .

respiration
(1)

breathing

(ii) Cells need oxygen for photosynthesis .

respiration
(1)

membranes

(iii) The parts of cells that use up the most oxygen are the mitochondria .

nuclei
(1)
 diffusion

(iv) Some cells produce oxygen in the process of photosynthesis .

respiration
(1)
(Total 5 marks)

Q44.
The heart pumps blood around the body. This causes blood to leave the heart at high
pressure.

The graph shows blood pressure measurements for a person at rest.

The blood pressure was measured in an artery and in a vein.

(a) Which blood vessel, A or B, is the artery?

Blood vessel ____________

Give two reasons for your answer.

Reason 1 ___________________________________________________________
 ___________________________________________________________________

Reason 2 ___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________
(2)

(b) Use information from the graph to answer these questions.

(i) How many times did the heart beat in 15 seconds? ________________
(1)

(ii) Use your answer from part (b)(i) to calculate the person’s heart rate per
minute.

______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

Heart rate = ___________ beats per minute

(1)

(c) During exercise, the heart rate increases. This supplies useful substances to the
muscles and removes waste materials from the muscles at a faster rate.

(i) Name two useful substances that must be supplied to the muscles at a faster
rate during exercise.

1. ____________________________________________________________

2. ____________________________________________________________
(2)

(ii) Name one waste substance that must be removed from the muscles at a
faster rate during exercise.

______________________________________________________________
(1)
(Total 7 marks)

Q45.
(a) The concentration of sulfate ions was measured in the roots of barley plants and in
the water in the surrounding soil.

The table shows the results.

Concentration of sulfate ions in mmol per

dm3

Roots of barley plants 1.4

Soil 0.15

Is it possible for the barley roots to take up sulfate ions from the soil by diffusion?

Draw a ring around your answer. Yes / No

 Explain your answer.

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________
(2)

(b) Some scientists investigated the amounts of sulfate ions taken up by barley roots in
the presence of oxygen and when no oxygen was present.

The graph below shows the results.

(i) The graph shows that the rate of sulfate ion uptake between 100 and 200
minutes, without oxygen, was 0.4 arbitrary units per minute.

The rate of sulfate ion uptake between 100 and 200 minutes, with oxygen,
was greater.

How much greater was it? Show clearly how you work out your answer.

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Answer __________ arbitrary units

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(ii) The barley roots were able to take up more sulfate ions with oxygen than
without oxygen.

Explain how.

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