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MARK SCHEME for the October/November 2010 question paper
for the guidance of teachers

0653 COMBINED SCIENCE

0653/32 Paper 3 (Extended Theory), maximum raw mark 80

This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates, to indicate the requirements of
the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not
indicate the details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began,
which would have considered the acceptability of alternative answers.

Mark schemes must be read in conjunction with the question papers and the report on the
examination.

• CIE will not enter into discussions or correspondence in connection with these mark schemes.

CIE is publishing the mark schemes for the October/November 2010 question papers for most IGCSE,
GCE Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level syllabuses and some Ordinary Level
syllabuses.
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1 (a) idea of restoring full / correct number (of 46) in the zygote ; [1]

(b) (i) ovary ; [1]

(ii) oviduct / Fallopian tube ; [1]

(c) produces / contains, amniotic fluid ;

protects / supports, embryo ; [2]

(d) (i) T, because Tt does not have thalassaemia / owtte ; [1]

(ii)
phenotypes of parents man without woman without
thalassaemia thalassaemia

genotypes of parents Tt Tt
......................

gametes T and t T and t

gametes from woman

T t

T TT Tt
gametes
from man
t Tt tt
thalassaemia

parental genotype ;
gamete genotypes ;
offspring genotypes ;
child with thalassaemia identified ; [4]

(iii) haemoglobin transports oxygen / person with thalassaemia has less oxygen
(in blood) ;
so less respiration (in cells) / description of respiration ;
which releases energy ; [2 max]

[Total: 12]

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2 (a) (i) pink / orange / brown / copper (layer) ; [1]

(ii) 2+ ;
two negative charges from chloride must balance the charge on the copper
ion / owtte ;
[2]

(iii) (L)
it is a negative ion / has a negative charge / has more electrons than protons ;
reference to attraction between opposite charges ; [2]
(points separately marked)

(iv)

one shared pair ;

all other electrons correctly shown ; [2]

(b) (i) carbon dioxide ; [1]

(ii) 2PbO + C → 2Pb + CO2 ;;

(correct formulae and balanced) [2]

[Total: 10]

3 (a) (i)
description charge range in air ionising ability

alpha helium positive 5 cm very strong

nucleus

beta electron negative 50 cm medium

gamma electromagnetic none many kilometres weak

wave

(the wording for ionising ability must show beta lies between alpha and
gamma) ;;;; [4]

(ii) alpha particles have low penetration in air / absorbed by casing / will not reach
people living in house / smoke detectors are a long way from people ; [1]

(b) working (on graph or numerically) ;

5 hours ; [2]

[Total: 7]

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4 (a) terracing / building of walls (qualified) ;

bunds / embankments / ditches ;
plough along slope (not up and down) ;
keep crop cover ;
plant trees ; [max 2]

(b) (i) advantage

kills more pests / can completely destroy pest population / faster acting ;
does not introduce a (potentially) damaging new organism (to the
ecosystem) ;

disadvantage
may kill other beneficial / all insects / toxic to humans / have to apply several
times / development of resistance ;
bioaccumulation / persistence provided related directly to DDT ;

(ignore refs to costs unless related to reason)

(1 max for advantage, 1 max for disadvantage) [2]

(ii) meaning
absorbed (by plant) and transported (in phloem) ;
reaches all parts of plant ;

advantage
can kill pests even if it does not directly hit them ;
only affects insects feeding on the plant ; [2]

(1 max for advantage, 1 max for disadvantage)

[Total: 6]

5 (a) (i) K and L ; [1]

(ii) J lights up / on ;
K and L go off ; [2]

(b) 2 × 12 Ω resistors ;
in parallel ;
calculation to show this ; [3]

(c) (i) coil cuts magnetic field / coil experiences changing magnetic field ; [1]

(ii) direction of magnetic field relative to coil changes (every half turn) / direction
of motion of coil through magnetic field changes / reverses ; [1]

[Total: 8]

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6 (a) (H+ +) OH– → H2O ;; [2]

(b) (acid is added) until indicator / solution changes colour ;

colour change correct – allow blue to either red or reasonable intermediate ; [2]

(c) no indicator added / use of pH meter to show neutrality ;

ref. to same amount / volume of sodium hydroxide solution / alkali (as in (b)) ;
ref. to same amount / volume of acid (as in (b)) ;
evaporate / heat / boil off the water (from the solution) ; [max 3]

[Total: 7]

7 (a) (i) traps layer of air ;

acts as insulator / reduces convection and conduction ; [2]

(ii) white surfaces radiate less heat than black surfaces ;

less heat is lost ; [2]

(b) (i) below 20 Hz ;

lowest frequency of human hearing is 20 Hz / below range of human hearing ; [1]

(ii) (number of) waves / oscillations produced per unit time / wavelengths passing
a point per unit time ; [1]

(iii) waves have same amplitude ;

less waves shown on trace ; [2]

(c) (i) 1.6 cm ; [1]

(ii) both rays drawn backwards to meet ;

image labelled / clearly and unambiguously visible on diagram ; [2]

(iii) image which cannot be projected (onto a screen) / light (rays) does not pass
through it ; [1]

[Total: 12]

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8 (a)
H H

C C

H H ;;
(2C and 4H bonded and double bond shown) [2]

(b) (catalytic / thermal) cracking ;

fractions are boiled / vaporised / heated ;
passed over (hot) catalyst / subjected to very high temp. and pressure ; (allow
named catalyst e.g. alumina, silica, pumice, porcelain) [3]

(c) double bonds become single ;

single bonds form between molecules to form a long chain ; [2]
(marks can be obtained by clear diagrams)

(d) Ar C = 12 and H = 1;
(12 × 2) + (1 × 4) = 28 ; [2]

[Total: 9]

9 (a) water vapour lost from plant(’s leaves) ;

correct ref. to transpiration ;
condensation ;
water vapour cooled ;
gas changed to liquid ;
ref. to particles and (kinetic) energy ; [max 4]

(b) (i)

cell wall ;

vacuole ;

chloroplast ;

[max 2]

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(ii) water moved out of the cell ;

down a water potential gradient / from where there was a lot of water to
where there was less / from dilute solution to concentrated solution ;
through partially permeable cell membrane ;
so volume of cell / vacuole shrank ;
strong cell wall cannot change shape (much) so cytoplasm / cell membrane
pulls away from it ; [max 3]

[Total: 9]

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