Mark Scheme (Results) November 2009

IGCSE

IGCSE Biology (4325) Paper 2H

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Question Number 1(a)

Answer nutrition / feeding / eq; reproduction / eq; Answer remove; waste / toxins / poisons / harmful substances / eq;

Mark (2) Mark (2)

Question Number 1(b)

(Total 4 marks)

Question Number 2(a)(i) Question Number 2(a)(ii)

Answer haemoglobin;

Mark (1)

Answer biconcave / biconcave described; more surface / large SA:VOL / eq; diffusion; I thin/permeable/small/lack nucleus Answer shape of cell; Accept wavy outline cell membrane; cytoplasm; nucleus; Accept any nucleus not ball shaped Answer ingest / ingestion described / engulf / eq; digest / enzymes / breakdown / eq;

Mark (2)

Question Number 2(b)(i)

Mark (3)

Question Number 2(b)(ii)

Mark (2)

(Total 8 marks)

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Question Number 3(a)

Answer A B C Answer contracts; moves down / flattens / eq; Answer surface area (of alveoli) reduced / smaller alveoli; less oxygen (into blood/body); I gas exchange respiration; less aerobic (respiration) / anaerobic respiration / lactic acid; less energy released; rib(s) / ribcage; diaphragm; spine / disc / vertebra;

Mark (3)

Question Number 3(b)

Mark (2) Mark (3)

Question Number 3(c)

(Total 8 marks)

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Question Number 4(a) Question Number 4(b) Question Number 4(c)(i) Question Number 4(c)(ii)

Answer arrow labelled P to nucleus;

Mark (1)

Answer arrow labelled Q to cell membrane;

Mark (1)

Answer osmosis;

Mark (1)

Answer

Mark (2)

against concentration gradient / more ions inside than outside / eq;

Question Number 4(c)(iii)

Answer

Mark (2)

chlorophyll;
amino acids / enzymes / protein / DNA / nucleic acid / eq;

(Total 7 marks)
Question Number 5(a) Answer ovary; fallopian tube / oviduct; Answer A; (1) Question Number 5(b)(ii) Answer maintain uterus (lining) / stop menstruation / avoid miscarriage / eq; Answer C; Mark (1) Mark (1) Mark Mark (2)

Question Number 5(b)(i)

Question Number 5(c)(i)

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Question Number 5(c)(ii)

Answer oxygen; glucose / nutrients / food / eq; carbon dioxide / waste ONCE; urea / waste; Allow avoid mixing blood; Answer 46 / 23 pairs;

Mark max (2)

Question Number 5(c)(iii)

Mark (1)

(Total 8 marks)

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Question Number 6(a)(i)

Answer starch / cellulose / glucose / sucrose / protein / amino acids / fat / carbohydrate / eq; I cell wall Answer respiration; decomposition / decay / rotting / eq; combustion / burning; Answer ice caps melt / flooding; habitat destruction; food chain disruption / eq; extinction; soil erosion; climate change / hurricanes / desertification / drought /eq;

Mark (2)

Question Number 6(a)(ii)

Mark Max (2) Mark Max (3)

Question Number 6(a)(iii)

Question Number 6(b)

Answer dissolves; water / cloud; acid (rain); harms/kills organisms; I harm to humans

Mark Max (3)

(Total 10 marks)

Question Number 7

Answer named crop; control light / light bulbs / eq; control carbon dioxide / burning / eq; control temperature heating / eq; control water supply /eq; control humidity / mineral ions / pest; photosynthesis; growth for longer time / growth in cold season;

Mark max (5)

(Total 5 marks)

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Question Number 8(a)

Answer loss of habitat; deforestation / pollution / climate change / eq; no food / no prey; hunted (by man) / predation / eq; disease / eq; less reproduction / eq; Answer (adult) nucleus / adult cell fused; empty egg cell / eq; (fine) pipette / microscope; electricity; Allow shock mitosis; Petri dish / culture / nutrients / eq; Answer uterus / womb; nourish / feed / incubate / protect / placenta / allow development / allow growth / eq; Answer 0.8;; accept range of 0.79 to 0.8 allow one for working if dividing by 251 Answer none;

Mark max (3)

Question Number 8(b)(i)

Mark Max (3)

Question Number 8(b)(ii)

Mark (2) Mark (2) Mark (1)

Question Number 8(b)(iii) Question Number 8(b)(iv)

(Total 11 marks)

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Question Number 9(a) Question Number 9(b) Question Number 9(c)(i)

Answer D; Answer homozygous recessive; Accept if circled

Mark (1) Mark (1)

Answer foreign / genetic differences / not same tissue/self / eq; I pathogen antigen; white blood cells / named white blood cell; antibody; attack cornea cells / eq; I infection Answer stop immune system working / stop rejection / stop reaction to foreign tissue / eq; Answer 950 / 95%;

Mark (3)

Question Number 9(c)(ii) Question Number 9(c)(iii)

Mark (1) Mark (1)

(Total 7 marks)

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Question Number 10(a)(i) Question Number 10(a)(ii)

Answer no effect / stays low / stays level / eq; light limiting / not enough light / needs light / eq; Answer increases / eq; molecular movement / KE / eq; levels / eq; carbon dioxide limiting / chlorophyll molecules limiting; decreases / eq; enzymes denature / eq;

Mark (2) Mark max (4)

Question Number 10(b)

Answer same carbon dioxide / pH; same plant / species / eq; same mass of plant / eq; same water; I same oxygen

Mark Max (2)

(Total 8 marks)

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Question Number 11(a)(i) Question Number 11(a)(ii) Question Number 11(b)(i)

Answer 4;

Mark (1)

Answer tertiary consumer / top carnivore;

Mark (1)

Answer movement; excretion / eq; egestion / indigestible / faeces / eq; uneaten / eaten by other organisms; death; I heat Answer 16.09 / 16 / 16.1;; Allow one mark in working for 14 000 or 87 000 Answer only 300 (from insects) / too much lost by respiration (of insects) / not enough energy / needs 500;

Mark max (2)

Question Number 11(b)(ii)

Mark (2) Mark (1)

Question Number 11(b)(iii)

(Total 7 marks)

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Question Number 12(a)(i) Question Number 12(a)(ii)

Answer risk of extinction / low in number / eq;

Mark (1)

Answer transport / carry / eq; sucrose / sugars / carbohydrate / products of p.syn / amino acids; I food respiration; Answer air / oxygen; respiration; carbon dioxide; photosynthesis; stop microbes / eq; Answer glucose / carbohydrate / named carbohydrate; Answer quick / eq; large numbers; clones / genetically identical / eq; reduce deforestation;

Mark max(2)

Question Number 12(b)(i)

Mark max (2)

Question Number 12(b)(ii) Question Number 12(c)

Mark

(1) Mark (2)

(Total 8 marks)

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Question Number 13(a) Question Number 13(b)(i)

Answer 4.4 / 22:5;; Allow one mark in working for 22 or 5 Answer water in; osmosis; high conc. (of water) to low conc. (of water); / eq; Answer A and B: water/osmosis into chip A; in water for chip A / A in dilute solution / cell contents more concentrated /eq; A and C: more water/osmosis into chip A / more movement into chip A; temp. higher for chip A / more kinetic energy for chip A; A and D: less water/osmosis into chip A; less surface area in chip A; Accept converse

Mark (2) Mark Max (2) Mark Max (5)

Question Number 13(b)(ii)

(Total 9 marks)
Question Number 14 Answer restriction; ligase; vector; DNA / plasmid; fermenter; Mark (5)

(Total 5 marks)

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Question Number 15(a)(i)

Answer small use more oxygen; (more) heat loss; respiration; surface area to volume; larger (in small shrews); Answer 1920;; Allow one mark in working for 20 / 4 / 80 / 96 Answer vasoconstriction / eq; hair erect / eq; less sweat; idea of longer term changes / thicker fur / subcutaneous fat / eq; Answer sensory / afferent;

Mark Max (3)

Question Number 15(a)(ii) Question Number 15(b)

Mark (2) Mark max (2)

Question Number 15(c)(i) Question Number 15(c)(ii) Question Number 15(c)(iii)

Mark (1)

Answer synapse;

Mark (1)

Answer arrow towards muscle;

Mark (1)

(Total 10 marks)
Question Number 16 Answer easily seen / eq; predators / easy prey / eq; no camouflage; not well adapted / not well suited / adaptation / eq; struggle to survive / eq; less reproduction; less passing on of genes/characteristic / eq; Mark Max (5)

(Total 5 marks) PAPER TOTAL: 120 MARKS

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