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    ) To Indicate If Each Class Has The Feature or A Cross (×)

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    ) To Indicate If Each Class Has The Feature or A Cross (×)

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    ) To Indicate If Each Class Has The Feature or A Cross (×)

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    The passage discusses the external features of different classes of vertebrates and the structure and function of plant roots.

    The table shows which classes have mammary glands, fur/hair, scales, external ears and feathers.

    Fibrous roots absorb water and ions from the soil while storage roots store carbohydrates. The figure shows these roots on a sweet potato plant.

    1 Table 1.1 shows some of the external features of the five classes of vertebrates.

    Complete the table by using a tick () to indicate if each class has the feature or a cross (×)
    if it does not. The first row has been completed for you. For
    Examiner's
    Use
    Table 1.1

    feature fish amphibia reptiles birds mammals

    mammary
    glands × × × × 
    fur / hair

    scales /
    scaly skin

    external
    ears

    feathers

    [4]

    7 (a) With reference to a suitable example, define the term tissue . [3]

    (b) Identify parts A, B, C and D shown on Fig. 7.1 and describe their main features and
    functions.

    Fig. 7.1
    [12]

    [Total : 15]
    6

    3 The sweet potato plant, Ipomoea batatas, has fibrous roots and storage roots. For
    Fibrous roots absorb water and ions from the soil. Storage roots store insoluble Examiner's
    Use
    carbohydrates.

    Fig. 3.1 shows the growth of these roots on a sweet potato plant.

    stem

    storage
    roots

    fibrous
    roots

    Fig. 3.1

    (a) Explain, using the term water potential, how fibrous roots absorb water.

    [3]

    © UCLES 2011 0610/32/O/N/11


    The membranes of root hair cells contain proteins for the absorption of ions.

    (b) Describe how root hair cells are adapted for the absorption of ions.

    [3]
    6 (a) Define the term enzyme .

    [2]

    (b) Enzymes are used in biological washing powders.

    (i) Describe how the presence of these enzymes may increase the efficiency of the
    washing powder in removing stains from clothes.

    [3]

    5 Crop production in many areas of the world needs the application of large volumes of water.
    However, when the water evaporates from the soil, traces of salts are left behind. After
    several years, the soil becomes too salty for most plants to grow in it.

    (a) (i) State three functions of water in plants.

    1.

    2.

    3. [3]
    6

    2 Blood flows through the hepatic portal vein from some organs to the liver. For
    Examiner's
    Use
    Fig. 2.1 shows the hepatic portal vein and these organs.

    liver

    hepatic spleen
    portal
    vein

    Fig. 2.1

    (a) Blood in the hepatic portal vein is deoxygenated.

    Explain why the blood in the hepatic portal vein is deoxygenated rather than
    oxygenated.

    [2]

    © UCLES 2012 0610/31/O/N/12

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