Cambridge International Examinations

Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education

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BIOLOGY 0610/22
Paper 2 Core May/June 2014
1 hour 15 minutes
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The syllabus is approved for use in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a Cambridge International Level 1/Level 2 Certificate.

This document consists of 18 printed pages and 2 blank pages.

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1 Fig. 1.1 shows five molluscs. They all live in the sea or on the shore.

A C E

B D

Fig. 1.1

Use this key to identify these molluscs.

1 Shell has one part Go to 2

Shell has two parts C. edule

2 Shell has a hole in the top F. aperta

Shell does not have a hole in the top Go to 3

3 Shell is narrow, with an obvious point C. australis

Shell is rounded with no obvious point Go to 4

4 Shell is plain, with no pattern L. littorea

Shell is patterned T. regina

Write your answers in Table 1.1.

Table 1.1

mollusc name
A
B
C
D
E
[4]

[Total: 4]

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2 (a) Use words from the following list to complete the passage about plant reproduction.

You may use each word once, more than once or not at all.

asexual cotyledon diploid fertilisation gamete

haploid pollination sexual testa zygote

Living organisms must reproduce to replace organisms which die, and to supply more

organisms to occupy new environments. Genetically identical offspring are produced from a single

parent during the process of .................................... reproduction. During ...............................

reproduction, a special cell called a ................................ is made by one parent and fuses with a

..................................... from another parent. This process of fusion is called ..................................

and may eventually lead to the development of a seed.

[3]

(b) Describe how potatoes reproduce asexually.

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[Total: 6]

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3 A woman wants to have a baby.

Her doctor suggests that she measures her temperature every day to find out when she ovulates.

On the day that she ovulates, her temperature will increase sharply.

Fig. 3.1 shows her temperature results over ten days.

(a) She forgot to measure her temperature on day 7.

(i) Use Fig. 3.1 to work out what her temperature would have been on day 7.

............................................................................................................................... oC [1]

(ii) On which day did she ovulate?

...................................................................................................................................... [1]

(iii) Her doctor told her to measure her temperature at the same time each day.

Explain why this is important.

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(b) Ovulation is controlled by the release of a hormone.

The hormone responsible for the changes in a girl’s body when puberty takes place is the
same as the hormone that controls ovulation.

(i) Name this hormone.

...................................................................................................................................... [1]

(ii) State how hormones travel round the body.

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[Total: 5]

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36.9

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4 Cells are adapted to their function, and may be arranged into tissues.

(a) Define the term tissue.

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(b) Fig. 4.1 shows four cell types.

Draw lines to join the diagrams with the description of each cell’s function.

cell type cell function

absorption

contraction

protection in respiratory system

transport

[3]
Fig. 4.1

(c) Living cells may take in useful materials by diffusion.

(i) Define the term diffusion.

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(ii) Complete Table 4.1 by naming the substances that move by diffusion in the following
parts of the body.

Table 4.1

name of substance
part of body direction of diffusion
that diffuses

lungs from air in alveolus to red blood cell

small intestine across villus to blood in capillary

biceps from muscle cell to blood in capillary

[3]

[Total: 9]

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5 (a) Fig. 5.1 shows the proportion of different food groups in a diet.

carbohydrates vitamins, minerals fats proteins

and fibre

Fig. 5.1

(i) State the two food groups, shown in Fig. 5.1, that supply the most energy per kilogram.

........................................................ and ........................................................

[2]

This diet has a low proportion of iron and vitamin D.

(ii) Describe one effect of a shortage of iron in the human diet.

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(iii) Describe one effect of a shortage of vitamin D in the human diet.

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(b) Fig. 5.2 shows how much energy is required, each day, by different people.

20

15

energy
requirement /
× 1000 kJ
per day

10

female office worker

5
male office worker
hospital patient

elderly person
teenage boy

farm worker
teenage girl
young child

0
person

Fig. 5.2

(i) Use Fig. 5.2. to suggest two factors which affect the energy requirements of a person.

1 ........................................................................................................................................

2 ........................................................................................................................................
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(ii) Explain why a female office worker with a daily intake of 15 000 kJ is likely to become
overweight.

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(c) In many parts of the world, rice forms an important part of the diet.

Rice contains a high proportion of starch.

Egg, chicken or fish may be added to the rice.

(i) State why undigested starch cannot be used by the body.

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(ii) If food containing a lot of starch is chewed for a long time, it may leave a sweet taste in
the mouth.

Explain why this happens.

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(iii) Suggest the benefit of adding egg, chicken or fish to the rice.

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(iv) Rice is not the only food that contains a lot of starch.

Name two other foods that contain a lot of starch.

1 ........................................................................................................................................

2 ........................................................................................................................................
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(v) Rice is usually boiled, but it can also be cooked in fat.

There may be harmful effects to the body of eating too much fatty food.

Describe two ways in which too much fat in the diet may be harmful to the body.

1 ........................................................................................................................................

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2 ........................................................................................................................................

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[2]

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6 The zebra fish, Brachydanio rerio, is a small tropical fish which lives in freshwater streams.

In zebra fish, the allele for dark eye colour, D, is dominant to the allele for light eye colour, d.

Fig. 6.1 shows a dark-eyed fish and a light-eyed fish.

Fig. 6.1

(a) Two dark-eyed fish were allowed to breed together.

They produced 32 offspring. 24 of these offspring were dark-eyed.

Calculate the ratio of dark-eyed to light-eyed offspring. Show your working.

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(b) Complete this genetic diagram for the original cross between the two dark-eyed parent fish.

parental phenotypes: dark-eyed dark-eyed

parental genotypes: .................... ....................

gametes: ..... ..... ..... .....

offspring genotypes: ............... ............... ............... ...............

offspring phenotypes: ............... ............... ............... ...............

[5]
Fig. 6.2

(c) Sometimes zebra fish have one dark eye and one light eye. This is very unusual.

(i) Name the genetic change which could produce this unusual appearance.

...................................................................................................................................... [1]

(ii) Suggest two environmental factors that can increase the rate of this process.

1 ........................................................................................................................................

2 ........................................................................................................................................
[2]

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7 Fig. 7.1 shows some of the feeding relationships in an oak woodland.

sparrowhawk
(bird)

great tit carabid beetle

(bird) (insect)

13 12

speckled moth winter moth

larvae (insect) larvae (insect)

110 104

leaves of oak tree

990

= energy trapped
in tissues of
organisms / kJ

Fig. 7.1

(a) Use the information in Fig. 7.1 to name:

a producer .................................................................................................................................

an organism that feeds on consumers. .....................................................................................

[2]

(b) (i) Name the two secondary consumers in this food web.

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(ii) Calculate the total amount of energy trapped in the tissues of these secondary
consumers.

............................................................................... kJ [1]

(c) The leaves of the oak tree are the only part of this food web capable of trapping energy by
photosynthesis.

Calculate the percentage of the energy trapped by the oak leaves which becomes part of the
tissues of the primary consumers.

Show your working. Give your answer as a percentage.

................................ % [3]

(d) Some sparrowhawks have not been able to produce young because their eggs have only
very thin shells. The tissues of these female sparrowhawks were found to contain high
concentrations of insecticide.

Sparrowhawks do not eat insects.

Suggest how high concentrations of insecticide could have built up in the bodies of the
sparrowhawks. Refer to Fig. 7.1 in your answer.

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[Total: 10]

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8 In an ecosystem, there is an interaction between the living and the non-living environment. One
part of this interaction is the recycling of materials such as carbon.

Fig. 8.1 shows the carbon cycle.

carbon dioxide
in air

decay combustion

carbon compounds carbon compounds fossil fuels

in dead organisms in plants

Y X

carbon compounds
in animals

Fig. 8.1

Use information from Fig. 8.1, and your own knowledge, to answer the following questions.

(a) (i) Label with the letter P an arrow to show where photosynthesis occurs. [1]

(ii) Write the word equation for photosynthesis.

...................................................................................................................................... [2]

(iii) Name the green pigment in plants that is needed for photosynthesis.

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(iv) Many rainforests are being cut down.

This can bring about an increase in the percentage of carbon dioxide in the air.

Explain how this happens.

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...................................................................................................................................... [2]

(b) Name the processes labelled X and Y in Fig. 8.1.

process X .................................................................................

process Y .................................................................................
[2]

(c) (i) The waste stems that remain after a cereal crop has been harvested are called straw.
Farmers in some countries burn straw after the harvest.

What effect does this have on the amount of carbon dioxide in the environment?

...................................................................................................................................... [1]

(ii) Scientists suggest that it would be better for the environment if the straw was dug or
ploughed back into the soil.
In the soil, the straw could decay and decompose.

Name one of the main groups of organisms that is responsible for decay and
decomposition.

...................................................................................................................................... [1]

(iii) State two of the main benefits to plants of decomposition.

1 ........................................................................................................................................

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2 ........................................................................................................................................

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[2]

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9 If dust lands on the surface of their eye, a person will automatically blink.

This is an example of a reflex action.

(a) Give another example of a reflex action, and explain why it is important to humans.

name of reflex action. ................................................................................................................

importance to humans. .………………………………………………………………………………

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[2]

(b) Complete Table 9.1 to compare a nervous response with a hormonal response.

Table 9.1

nervous hormonal

signal type

transmission route

transmission
speed

duration of effect

[4]

(c) Plants can also show responses. For example, plant stems grow towards light.

(i) Name this response.

.......................................................................................................................................[1]

(ii) Explain why this response is important to a plant.

...................................................................................................................................... [1]

[Total: 8]

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