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INTERNATIONAL GCSE BIOLOGY 4BI0 4SC0 /1B – JANUARY 2012
Question
Answer Notes Marks
number
1 (a) (i) Lactobacillus; Allow approx. 1
spelling
(ii) Mucor; 1
(iii) bean; 1
(iv) mosquito; 1
(b) (i) only reproduce in living cells / ignore cell wall / max 3
eq; cell membrane /
protein coat; chloroplast /
only DNA / only RNA / one type nucleus / nucleiod
of nucleic acid / eq; / multicellular
smaller;
no organelles;
no cytoplasm;
no mitochondria;
do not move;
do not respire;
do not feed;
no sensitivity;
do not grow;
do not excrete / produce
waste;
TOTAL 10 MARKS
Question
Answer Notes Marks
number
2 DNA; 6
nucleus;
chromosomes;
thymine / T;
guanine / G;
mutation;
TOTAL 6 MARKS
Question
Answer Notes Marks
number
3 (a) (i) genes / alleles / eq; max 2
inherited / passed on / eq;
parent/offspring height eg tall / short /
described; big / small / high
/ low
reduce growth;
compete;
light / minerals / water /
carbon dioxide / eq; allow nutrients /
moisture
or ignore use
nutrients
reduce growth;
infection / disease / attack /
harm / eq;
pathogen;
TOTAL 8 MARKS
Question
Answer Notes Marks
number
4 (a) 90 / tube 3 at 30 oC; wrong anomalous 2
result = 0 for
question
tube at 25 oC / tube at
different temperature / ignore other
miscounted / human error / numbers
different food / fertility / different
fecundity / eq;
optimum at 25 oC / more at 25
o
C;
less at 30 oC / 35 oC / less at
higher temperatures / idea of
decrease / eq;
none at 45 oC / eq;
enzymes;
TOTAL 9 MARKS
Question
Answer Notes Marks
number
5 (a) small surface area to volume allow small 2
(ratio); surface area to
mass (ratio)
decrease SA:Vol;
TOTAL 10 MARKS
Question
Answer Notes Marks
number
6 (a) 5
Organ needed
Illness to cure illness
uremia (kidney)
emphysema lung(s);
coronary failure heart;
diabetes pancreas;
hepatitis liver;
poor vision cornea(s);
(b) bile; 2
emulsifies / large drops to small drops
/ eq;
neutralise / optimum pH / alkaline;
allow ref to
no rejection / match / accepted by blood type
body / eq;
TOTAL 11 MARKS
Question
Answer Notes Marks
number
7 (a) (i) 9.8(03922%);; 2
allow one for 0.51 in working
TOTAL 14 MARKS
Question
Answer Notes Marks
number
8 (a) 4
Order Name of stage 1 mark for
1 gametes; gametes
2 zygote 1 mark for baby
3 embryo 2 marks for zef
4 fetus;;
5 baby; 1 mark for zfe or
ezf or fez
(ii) 46 or 23 pairs 1
TOTAL 8 MARKS
Question
Answer Notes Marks
number
9 large surface area; mark points max 6
thin (leaf); independently
upper epidermis / cuticle;
transparent / lets light through; allow carbon
chloroplasts / chlorophyll; dioxide and water
palisade (mesophyll); if given in an
close to surface; equation
absorb light;
spongy (mesophyll);
diffusion;
stomata / guard cells;
carbon dioxide;
xylem;
water; ignore if transpired
TOTAL 6 MARKS
Question
Answer Notes Marks
number
10 (a) (i) named ion; eg. nitrate for 2
eg. nitrate / magnesium / amino acids /
phosphate / sulphate / iron / protein / nucleic
potassium / calcium acid / eq
allow symbols
ignore nitrogen /
copper
TOTAL 11 MARKS
Question
Answer Notes Marks
number
11 mutation; ignore camouflage max 5
allow points if
competition; predation
discussed
tail attractive (to female) /
selected (by female) / chosen allow converse
(by female);
gene/allele (passed on /
inherited);
TOTAL 5 MARKS
Question
Answer Notes Marks
number
12 C noise and no noise / max 6
range of
noise;
TOTAL 6 MARKS
Question
Answer Notes Marks
number
13 (a) shape; allow names or 4
order; levels
names; ignore order
width to scale / area to scale;
(d) decrease; 2
TOTAL 10 MARKS
Question
Answer Notes Marks
number
14 control intraspecific predation ignore clean max 6
/ control overcrowding / water
separate sizes / separate ages
/ eq;
control oxygen;
remove waste products;
TOTAL 6 MARKS