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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

General Certificate of Education
Advanced Subsidiary Level and Advanced Level
* 1 3 2 3 7 5 8 6 7 8 *

BIOLOGY 9700/22
Paper 2 Structured Questions AS October/November 2013
1 hour 15 minutes
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
No Additional Materials are required.

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This document consists of 14 printed pages and 2 blank pages.

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Answer all the questions. For

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1 Fig. 1.1 is a diagram of a transverse section through a vein.

X Y

magnification ! 35

Fig. 1.1

(a) Calculate the actual diameter of the vein marked by the line X–Y.

Show your working and give your answer in millimetres (mm).

answer ........................................... mm [2]

(b) The presence of a valve would help to confirm that the blood vessel in Fig. 1.1 is a vein
and not an artery.

Describe three structural features of the blood vessel shown in Fig. 1.1 that would help
to identify it as a vein and not as an artery.

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(c) Explain how the following structural features of a capillary are related to its function. For
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(i) The capillary wall is composed of a single layer of squamous epithelial cells. Use

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(ii) The diameter of the capillary lumen is approximately 8 m.

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(d) The inner lining of arteries and veins is composed of a layer of epithelial cells supported
by a layer of elastic and connective tissue. The epithelial cells are capable of cell division
by mitosis.

(i) State the role of mitosis in cell division of epithelial cells.

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(ii) Explain why the epithelial cells undergo mitosis and not meiosis.

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(e) Fig. 1.2 is a diagram of a cell in late prophase of mitosis. For

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Fig. 1.2

Complete Fig. 1.3 to show the same cell in the anaphase stage of mitosis.

Fig. 1.3
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2 Keratin and chitin are two important biological molecules. Keratin is found in hair, fur and skin. For
Chitin is a modified polysaccharide found in a number of different organisms, for example in Examiner’s
fungal cell walls and the hard outer skeletons of insects. Use

(a) Features of chitin and keratin are shown in the boxes in Fig. 2.1.

Keratin and chitin are

insoluble in water

example: !"##$#%&"
'()*#+!"(),"
-.+#%/"!')0
!%##-*"0

Keratin and chitin have Keratin is a fibrous protein

structural functions

The monomers of chitin Keratin and chitin contain

are β-1,4 linked nitrogen

Fig. 2.1

Write, in each box, the biological molecules from the list below that have the same
feature.

Each box may contain one, or more than one, biological molecule. The first box has
been completed as an example.

amylopectin
cellulose
collagen
haemoglobin
mRNA
triglyceride
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(b) Chitin and the products of chitin hydrolysis have many useful medical and environmental For
applications. Chitinase enzymes can be used commercially to hydrolyse chitin. Enzyme Examiner’s
stability and activity are important considerations in technological applications of Use

chitinase.

Fig. 2.2 is a graph showing the effects of temperature on chitinase extracted from a soil
bacterium.

The relative activity of the enzyme was measured at different temperatures, with 100%
representing maximum enzyme activity.

100

80

60
relative
activity / %

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20

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
temperature / °C

Fig. 2.2

(i) With reference to Fig. 2.2, state the optimum temperature for the chitinase enzyme.

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Fig. 2.3 is a graph showing how temperature affects the stability of chitinase. The activity For
of the enzyme was measured over a time period of 72 hours at each of five different Examiner’s
temperatures. Use

100

80

28 °C

60 37 °C
relative
activity / %

40 40 °C

20

50 °C
0 60 °C
0 20 40 60 80
time / h
Fig. 2.3

(ii) With reference to Fig. 2.2 and Fig. 2.3, describe and discuss the effect of
temperature on chitinase activity and stability.

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3 (a) Explain the need for transport systems in plants. For

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(b) Fig. 3.1 is a drawing of a transverse section through part of the stem of a dicotyledonous
plant. Cell A and cell B are involved in the transport of dissolved organic molecules.

1 m
cell A cell B

Fig. 3.1

(i) Name cell A and cell B.

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(ii) With reference to Fig. 3.1, explain how the different structures of cell types A and B For
are related to their function. Examiner’s
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(c) Complete Table 3.1 to state four differences between transport systems in mammals
and in plants.

Table 3.1

transport system in mammals transport system in plants

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4 Staphylococcus aureus is a bacterium that is the cause of many different infectious diseases. For
Examiner’s
(a) Fig. 4.1 is a diagram of S. aureus. Use

1 m

Fig. 4.1

(i) Cell structures, such as mitochondria, endoplasmic reticula (ER), Golgi apparatus,
lysosomes and chloroplasts are found only in eukaryotic cells. These are not
present in Fig. 4.1.

With reference to Fig. 4.1, describe other features that support the fact that
S. aureus is a prokaryote.

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(ii) State the main difference in the composition of the plant cell wall compared to the
bacterial cell wall.

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(b) Bacterial cells behave in a similar way to plant cells when immersed in solutions of For
different water potential. Examiner’s
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Suggest and explain what would happen to bacteria placed in a solution with a water
potential more negative than their cell contents.

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(c) Some strains of S. aureus have become resistant to one or more of the antibiotics used
to treat infections.

The mechanisms of antibiotic resistance involve proteins, for example:

• enzymes to breakdown antibiotics

• membrane proteins that inactivate antibiotics

• membrane proteins that pump out antibiotics.

Explain why antibiotic resistance arises as a result of mutation.

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5 Read the following passage. For

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The three-toed sloth, Bradypus variegatus, is a very slow-moving mammal found in Central Use

and South America that spends most of its life living in trees.

The thick, long grey fur of the sloth in Fig. 5.1 has a green appearance. Individual hairs of the
sloth have grooves in them where water can collect.

Fig. 5.1

Research has shown that the green colour is due to the presence of algae living on the
sloth’s fur, the most common species being Trichophilus welckeri. Algae are eukaryotic,
photosynthetic organisms.

Many other species of non-photosynthetic eukaryotes, both unicellular and multicellular,

have been found living on the sloth’s fur. These include different species of roundworms,
insects and saprotrophic fungi.

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(a) Explain the ecological terms population and community, using examples given in the For
passage. Examiner’s
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(b) Suggest why the sloth and its fur can be described as a small ecosystem.

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6 (a) Nicotine, in cigarette smoke, is highly addictive. A nicotine vaccine has been developed For
to try and reduce the effects of addiction. The vaccine stimulates an immune response Examiner’s
to produce antibodies that bind to the nicotine molecule. Fig. 6.1 is a diagram of an Use

antibody molecule.

On Fig. 6.1:
• label three structural features that enable an antibody molecule to carry out its
function.
• next to each label, state the function of the feature.

Fig. 6.1
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(b) Nicotine has an effect on the cardiovascular system, such as making platelets sticky, so
causing blood to clot. This increases the risk of thrombosis and reduces blood flow.

Outline other effects of nicotine on the cardiovascular system.

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