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BIOLOGY H
Higher Tier

End of Year 10 test 2018 Time allowed: 1 hour

Materials For Examiner’s Use
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Instructions
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• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. 4
• Answer all questions in the spaces provided. 5
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want
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• In all calculations, show clearly how you work out your answer. 7

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• The maximum mark for this paper is 60.
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• You are expected to use a calculator where appropriate.
• You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation
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0 1 Starch is digested by the enzyme amylase.

A student did an investigation on amylase activity.

This is the method used.

1. Mix amylase solution and starch suspension at 20 °C in a boiling tube.

2. Remove a drop of the mixture every 30 seconds and test it for starch.

3. Continue testing every 30 seconds until no starch is detected.

4. Repeat the investigation at different temperatures.

0 1 . 1 What apparatus should the student use to control the temperature of the mixture?
[1 mark]

Figure 1 shows the student’s results.

Figure 1

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0 1 . 2 Complete Figure 1 by drawing a line of best fit.

[1 mark]

0 1 . 3 The starch suspension contained 0.8 g of starch.

Calculate the mean rate of starch digested at 33 °C.

[2 marks]

Mean rate of starch digested = grams per minute

0 1 . 4 Describe two ways the student could improve the precision of his data.
[2 marks]

0 1 . 5 Explain why the rate of starch digested per minute at 60 °C is lower than
the rate at 40 °C.
[2 marks]

0 1 . 6 Predict the time taken untill no starch is detected at 10 °C.

Use information from Figure 1.

[1 mark]

Time until no starch is detected = minutes

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0 2 This question is about transport in organisms.

0 2 . 1 A student investigates what happens to a plant cell when it is placed in water.

The student looks at the plant cell through a microscope.

Look at Figure 2.

Figure 2

Explain why the plant cell swells up when the cell is placed in water.

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0 2 . 2 Fish that live in fresh water absorb substances through the epithelial cells
in their gills.

Figure 3 shows the concentration of two different substances inside and outside a
gill epithelial cell.

Draw one line from each substance to the process used to move it into the gill
epithelial cell.
[2 marks]

Figure 3

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0 2 . 3 An animal called an axolotl lives in fresh water when it is young.

Figure 4 shows a young axolotl.

Figure 4

Structure X helps in the exchange of substances between the axolotl and the water.

Explain how structure X helps to ensure rapid absorption of substances the axolotl
needs for growth.
[3 marks]

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0 3 Yeast is an organism that respires anaerobically.

0 3 . 1 Complete the word equation for anaerobic respiration in yeast.

[1 mark]

Glucose +

A student investigated the effect of glucose concentration on the rate of anaerobic

respiration in yeast.

This is the method used.

1. Put 10 cm3 of yeast suspension in a beaker.

2. Add 10 cm3 of 0.5 % glucose solution and mix.

3. Put 10cm3 of the mixture into a syringe.

4. Press the syringe until the mixture is visible at the end of the capillary tubing.

5. Record the starting position of the mixture.

6. Leave the syringe for 10 minutes.

7. Record the end position of the mixture.

8. Repeat steps 1−7 for four different concentrations of glucose solution.

The student repeated the investigation a further two times.

Figure 5 shows the apparatus the student used.

Figure 5

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0 3 . 2 Give two factors the student controlled in the investigation.

[2 marks]

0 3 . 3 Give one other factor the student should have controlled in the investigation.
[1 mark]

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Table 1 shows the student’s results.

Table 1

Concentration Volume of gas collected in 10 minutes Mean volume of

of glucose in cm3 gas collected in
in % 10 minutes
1 2 3 in cm3

0.5 0.12 0.16 0.18 0.16

1.0 0.54 0.48 0.48 0.50

1.5 0.72 0.78 0.44 0.75

2.0 0.90 0.98 0.04 X

2.5 1.00 1.00 0.94 0.98

0 3 . 4 Calculate X in Table 1.
[1 mark]

X= cm3

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0 3 . 5 Plot the data from Table 1 on Figure 6.

You should:
• label the y-axis
• use a suitable scale
• draw a line of best fit.
[4 marks]
Figure 6

0 3 . 6 Describe the patterns shown in the student’s data.

[2 marks]

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0 4 Environmental factors affect the rate of water loss from plants.

0 4 . 1 Explain why increasing temperature increases the rate of water loss from plants.
[2 marks]

0 4 . 2 Give three other environmental factors that would increase the rate of water loss
from plants.
[3 marks]

0 4 . 3 The movement of water through a plant is called transpiration.

What is translocation?
[1 mark]

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0 5 The heart keeps blood circulating round the body.

0 5 . 1 A man has two problems with his heart:

1. his heart is beating irregularly

2. fatty deposits are building up inside the walls of his coronary arteries.

The man does not need a heart transplant.

Explain how the two problems could be treated to prevent a heart attack.
[4 marks]

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0 5 . 2 A 60-year-old woman has chest pains.

The pain is worse when she walks, and she often feels tired.

The woman has aortic valve stenosis.

A valve with stenosis has become stiff and narrow.

Figure 7 shows the position of the aortic valve.

Figure 7

Explain why aortic valve stenosis causes chest pains.

[3 marks]

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0 5 . 3 The woman needs to have an aortic valve replacement.

Table 2 shows information about two types of aortic valve replacement.

Table 2

VRS TAVI

Type of anaesthetic General anaesthetic Local anaesthetic

used

Chest is opened. A hollow tube (catheter) with a

balloon at its tip is inserted into an
Heart is stopped and a machine
artery in the chest and pushed
circulates blood around the body.
How the heart valve through to the valve.
is accessed Diseased valve is removed and
The balloon is inflated to open the
replaced with the new heart
new valve inside the diseased valve.
valve.
The balloon is deflated and removed.

Who has this type of All ages. Not suitable for high-risk Mostly used for high-risk patients,
surgery patients due to use of general eg older patients.
anaesthetic.

*Mean percentage of 2.1% 5.1%

people who died
whilst in hospital

*Risk of death five 62.4% 67.8%

years after surgery

* Data taken from one clinical trial.

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Evaluate the use of TAVI for the woman.
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0 6 In 2014 an outbreak of Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) at a plant producer caused the
loss of 15 million petunia plants in 3 weeks.

TMV infection was initially found in only one plant.

0 6 . 1 Explain how the spread of TMV to the other plants could have been prevented.
[3 marks]

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Many farmers use water collected from the soil to water their crops.

TMV can be found in the water that is collected.

When the collected water is used on crop plants it can spread the virus very rapidly.

Scientists have investigated the effectiveness of a type of filter called slow sand
filters (SSFs) in removing TMV from TMV from recycled water.

SSFs have microorganisms in them that can remove pathogens from the water as it
passes through.

The scientists added TMV to water from soil and passed it through an SSF.

The scientists recorded the concentration of TMV in the water before and after it
was passed through the SSF.

The investigation lasted 12 weeks.

The safe level of TMV in the water is taken as 0.20 arbitrary units.

Figure 8 shows the results.

Figure 8

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0 6 . 2 Calculate the percentage decrease in TMV after the water passes through the SSF
at 2 weeks.

Give your answer to 3 significant figures.

[4 marks]

Percentage decrease =

0 6 . 3 Give two conclusions you can make from the data shown in Figure 8.
[2 marks]

0 6 . 4 As soon as the SSF was set up (week 0) the scientists recorded the first
set of results.

Why did the scientists record the first set of results as soon as the SSF was set up?
[1 mark]

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0 7 Figure 9 shows a photograph of plant root tip cells.

Figure 9

Explain what is happening to the root tip cells in Figure 9.

You should refer to the labelled cells in your answer.

[4 marks]

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