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energy used in
1 minute (kJ)
or 40
cilia sweep the mucus with dust and bacteria 35
back up the throat 1
30
d capillaries 1 25
valves 1
20
veins 1
15
arteries 1
10
Examiner’s tip 5
Learn carefully the different parts of the circulatory
0
system. Veins and arteries are very different in lying still sitting walking dancing running
activity
structure and purpose.
b 5(kJ) 1
c Dancing for 10 minutes uses 300kJ. She would
e Blood leaving the lungs is richer in oxygen. 1
have to walk for 30 minutes to use the same
Blood reaching the lungs is richer in carbon
amount of energy. 1
dioxide. 1
d Any 1 from:
2 a Insecticide gets sprayed onto the fields. 1
for respiration, growth or repair 1
Insecticide is washed off the fields. 1
+ 1 mark for making the link between e The more physical the activity 1
the two statements. 1 the greater the amount of energy used. 1
b The small fish do not contain enough Examiner’s tip
poison to kill them. 1 Bar charts and pie diagrams can feature only on
The otters contain enough poison to kill them.1 Foundation papers.
Draw the bars carefully with a ruler and pencil. Many
Examiner’s tip
students do them roughly and fail to score. The answer to
You have probably learnt about DDT in your studies. This
(e) is a comparative – The more … the greater … .
built up along the food chain and caused problems, for
example, with birds of prey.
5 a i A: nucleus
B: cytoplasm
3 a i oxygen 1
C: cell membrane
ii carbon dioxide 1 3 correct: 2 marks; 2 correct 1 mark. 2
b i The graph is horizontal or flat. 1 ii X drawn anywhere in the central portion
Rate of respiration is the same throughout the labelled A. 1
24 hours. 1
iii cell wall 1
b dominant 1
recessive 1
Examiner’s tip.
Genetic questions can be difficult, but this one on the 2
Foundation paper is straightforward. The key to the
question is understanding the words dominant and Examiner’s tip
recessive. Hopefully by highlighting them in (b), you are Note that the parts exposed to light need to be shaded.
thinking in those terms for (c). If you gave the wrong Good candidates even remember to shade the shape in the
answer for the nucleus in (a) (i) you can still get the mark in middle of the foil!
(a) (ii) for putting the cross in the correct place.
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3 a i Never state that enzymes are killed: not true and no mark!
5 a Route Part
1 lungs
2
2 pulmonary vein
Examiner’s tip 3 left atrium
Note that the parts exposed to light need to be shaded. A 4 left ventricle
and B candidates even remember to shade the shape in the 5 aorta
middle of the foil! 6 renal artery
7 kidney
8 renal vein
ii • The leaf was dipped into boiling water to 9 vena cava
soften it. 10 right atrium or right ventricle
• It was then put into boiling ethanol; in a 11 pulmonary artery
water bath for 10 minutes to remove the green 12 lungs 5
colour from the leaf. 8 correct = 6 marks, 7 correct = 5 marks,
• The leaf was then dipped into water. 6 correct = 4 marks, 5 correct = 3 marks,
• It was laid flat in a Petri dish and iodine; 4 correct = 2 marks, 3 correct = 1 mark
solution was poured over the leaf.
The parts which contained starch turned a Examiner’s tip
blue/black; colour. 3 Take care with arteries and veins. An artery takes blood
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To score this mark you need to spell the basic words
b More ADH produced;
correctly and use complete sentences. You will need to use
so more water reabsorbed back into blood;
capital letters to begin each sentence and a full stop to end.
less water content in urine/urine increased in
concentration. 3
Grade Predictor
The grid below suggests the grade that you might expect to achieve on this examination paper.
It is an indication only and does not imply that this is the grade you will receive in the actual examination.
A* 83–90
A 70–82
B 56–69
C 43–55
D 27–42
E 16–26
Note; You cannot be awarded a grade below E on the higher tier paper.