PERUVIAN NORTH AMERICAN ABRAHAM LINCOLN SCHOOL

DIPLOMA PROGRAMME

BIOLOGY CLASSIFICATION EXAM

Student’s name Valeria Vidal Field Grade / Section: 9°MLK

November, 18 2020

60 min

40 marks

1. Which of the following will contribute to the cell theory?

I. Living organisms are composed of cells.

II. All cells come from pre-existing cells by mitosis.

III. Cells are the smallest units of life.

A. I only

B. II only

C. I and III only

D. I, II and III
(Total 1 mark)

2. What do diffusion and osmosis have in common?

A. They only happen in living cells.

B. They require transport proteins in the membrane.

C. They are passive transport mechanisms.

D. Net movement of substances is against the concentration gradient.

(Total 1 mark)

3. Which of the following characteristics found in a structure necessarily indicates that it is alive?

A. The presence of genetic material

B. The presence of a lipid bilayer

C. Metabolism

D. Movement
(Total 1 mark)

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4. Which of the following does not occur during interphase?

A. Replication

B. Translation

C. Cytokinesis

D. An increase in the number of mitochondria

(Total 1 mark)

5. Which pair of features is correct for both a human liver cell and an Escherichia coli cell?

Human liver cell Escherichia coli cell

A. contains DNA associated with protein contains naked DNA
B. has 70S ribosomes has 80S ribosomes
C. contains mitochondria contains mitochondria
D. contains DNA enclosed by a membrane contains DNA associated with protein
(Total 1 mark)

6. Which of the following are connected by hydrogen bonds?

A. Hydrogen to oxygen within a molecule of water

B. Phosphate to sugar in a DNA molecule

C. Base to sugar in a DNA molecule

D. Hydrogen to oxygen between two different molecules of water

(Total 1 mark)

7. The percentage of thymine in the DNA of an organism is approximately 30%. What is the
percentage of guanine?

A. 70%

B. 30%

C. 40%

D. 20%
(Total 1 mark)

8. What is denaturation?

A. A structural change of a protein that results in the loss of its biological properties

B. A change in the genetic code of an organism

C. A change in the amino acid sequence of a protein causing a disruption of its 3D shape

D. The process by which amino acids are broken down and ammonia is released
(Total 1 mark)

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9. How do cells capture the energy released by cell respiration?

A. They store it in molecules of carbon dioxide.

B. They produce glucose.

C. The energy is released as pyruvate.

D. They produce ATP.

(Total 1 mark)

10. What is the source of the oxygen released into the air as a product of photosynthesis?

A. Chlorophyll

B. Carbon dioxide only

C. Water only

D. Both water and carbon dioxide

(Total 1 mark)

11. Which process produces the most ATP per molecule of glucose?

A. Anaerobic respiration in a yeast cell

B. Aerobic respiration in a bacterial cell

C. Glycolysis in a human liver cell

D. The formation of lactic acid in a human muscle cell

(Total 1 mark)

12. Which variable has the least effect on enzyme activity?

A. Temperature

B. Light intensity

C. pH

D. Substrate concentration
(Total 1 mark)

13. Which of the following is the best definition of a population?

A. A group of individuals that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring

B. The number of individuals of the same species in a given area

C. A group of species living and interacting with each other in a given area

D. The total number of individuals in a given area

(Total 1 mark)

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14. The diagram below shows a simplified food web.

What is the role of the snake in this food web?

A. Primary consumer

B. Secondary consumer

C. Tertiary consumer

D. Producer
(Total 1 mark)

15. Which enzymes are needed to produce recombinant plasmids to be used in gene transfer?

A. DNA polymerase and DNA ligase

B. DNA polymerase and restriction enzyme (endonuclease)

C. Transcriptase and RNA polymerase

D. Restriction enzyme (endonuclease) and DNA ligase

(Total 1 mark)

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 Paper 2

Section A

16. The electron micrograph below shows the ultrastructure of part of an animal cell.

[Source: Reproduced with the kind permission of the Electron Microscopy Facility, Trinity College, Hartford,
Connecticut, USA, and Professor Daniel G. Blackburn.]

(a) Identify the structure labelled I.

Golgi apparatus

(1)

(b) Explain briefly how materials produced in the structure labelled I are transported
to the plasma membrane.

Vesicles are formed (from the rough ER), they are received by Golgi apparatus, Golgi
apparatus forms vesicles that transport substances to membrane.
(2)

(c) Outline the function of the mitochondria in the cell.

Mitochondria produce ATP through process of cellular respiration—specifically, aerobic

respiration, which requires oxygen. The citric acid cycle, or Krebs cycle, takes
place in the mitochondria. This cycle involves the oxidation of pyruvate, which
comes from glucose
(2)

(d) Suggest why the two labelled mitochondria are different shapes in the micrograph.

They are cut in different planes due to threedimensional nature.

(1)
(Total 6 marks)

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 Section B

17. Up to one additional mark is available for the construction of your answers.

(a) Escherichia coli is a unicellular organism, so each cell must carry out all of the processes
required for life. Outline the functions of each of the structures in the cells of Escherichia
coli.
(9)

(b) Compare the use of carbohydrates and lipids in energy storage.

(4)

(c) Compare how pyruvate is used in human cells when oxygen is available and when
oxygen is not available.
(5)

(Total 18 marks)

18. Up to ONE additional mark is available for the construction of your answers. (1)

(a) Living organisms at every trophic level are part of the carbon cycle. Draw a labelled
diagram of the carbon cycle to show the processes involved.
(9)

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 (b) Explain, using an example of a food chain, how trophic levels can be deduced.

- Trophic level is a step in the flow of energy through an ecosystem

- Producer (Passionflower) does not eat other organisms: captures energy through
photosynthesis

- Primary consumer (Butterfly) feeds on producers

- Secondary consumer (Lizard) feeds on primary consumers

(4)

(b) Explain methods that can be used to measure the rate of photosynthesis.

1) Measuring the uptake of CO2

2) Measuring the production of O2

3) Measuring the production of carbohydrates

4) Measuring the increase in dry mass

(5)

(Total 18 marks)

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