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DP1 SL Unit Assessment
DP1 SL Unit Assessment
DP1 SL Unit Assessment
Biology
Wednesday 6 Oct 2021
DP 1/ SL + HL
80 minutes
Paper 1 & 2
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The image of a Paramecium refers to question 1 and question 2.
3. When during the cell cycle does DNA replication take place?
4. The salt concentration inside an animal cell is 1.8%. The salt concentration in the
surrounding medium becomes 5%. What will be the likely response?
A. The cell will gain water from the medium.
B. The cell will lose salt to the medium.
C. The cell will remain unchanged.
D. The cell will shrink from loss of water.
7. Which organelle provides evidence that eukaryotic cells originated when large
prokaryotes engulfed small free-living prokaryotes?
A. Chloroplast
B. Nucleoid
C. 80S ribosome
D. Vacuole
8. If cells of a multicellular organism have the same genes, how can there be many different
cell types in a body?
A. Some genes but not others are expressed in each cell type.
B. Cells lose some genes as development occurs.
C. Genes do not determine the structure of a cell.
D. Cells must practice division of labour in order to survive.
9. The concentrations of cyclins rise and fall in cells at certain times.
A. I only
B. I and II only
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III
13. The table shows the number of cells in various stages of the cell cycle in four samples of
ovarian tissue from different patients. Which tissue sample A, B, C or D has the highest
mitotic index? Using the following formula
17. In mammals, mature red blood cells are specialized in that they lack nuclei, mitochondria
or ribosomes. Which statement applies to red blood cells?
A. No chemical reactions take place within their cytoplasm.
B. They cannot produce new enzymes.
C. Materials cannot enter red blood cells.
D. Materials cannot exit red blood cells.
19. The Davson–Danielli model of membrane structure proposed that membranes were
composed of a phospholipid bilayer that lies between two layers of globular proteins, as
shown in this diagram.
What evidence supported this model?
A. An electron micrograph that showed two dark lines with a lighter band in between
B. Freeze-fracture electron microscopy
C. Evidence that all membranes are identical
D. The hydrophobic regions of protein would be in contact with water
20. A human organ is being prepared for transplant. In what type of solution must it be
bathed?
A. A hypertonic solution
B. A hypotonic solution
C. Pure water containing no solutes
D. A solution with the same osmolarity as the organ tissue
A. Cytoplasm
B. Ribosomes
C. Mitochondria
D. Centrioles
30. Pasteur used specially made swan-neck flasks to falsify the theory of spontaneous
generation. The sterile broth in the flasks did not ferment. What hypothesis did his
experiment provide supporting evidence for?
31. Acetabularia algae are said to be an exception to cell theory. Which of the explanations
below correctly justifies this claim?
32. The diagram below illustrates a cell surrounded by a solution of salt.What do the arrows
represent and are their pointing in the right direction?
I.Mitosis.
II.Anaerobic respiration.
III.Nerve impulses
IV.Protein synthesis
34. All of the following factors can lead to the development of tumors EXCEPT
A. Oncogenes activation
B. mutagens
C. carcinogens
D. crossing over
35. in animal cells, cytokinesis begins with the inward curving of cell membrane to make
A. cell plate
B. spindle fibers
C. cleavage furrow
D. centrosomes
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Paper 2
Its like when u put Lipton in hot water and the particles divide
Or like putting ice cube in the water and it melts
Help please……………………………..
1. Riobosome
2. Neuclues
3. Golgi apparatus
4. .mitochondria