Theory

other

An athlete suggested the hypothesis:

‘Drinking a greater volume of beetroot juice would increase the length of time
that
athletes are able to run.’
Plan an investigation to test this hypothesis

A student investigated the effect of temperature on the leakage of pigment

from beetroot
cells

Plan an investigation to determine the effect of different concentrations of

amylase on
the breakdown of starch

A group of students investigated the changes in dry mass during germination

and growth of
maize grown in the light and maize grown in the dark.
The dry mass is the total mass left after all the water has been evaporated
(N2016)

Some students investigated the effect of light on the germination and early
growth of maize. The
students measured and observed maize grown in the light and maize grown in
the dark. (N2016 given)

Plan an investigation to determine the effect of the mass of sugar on the

volume of
carbon dioxide produced by a yeast suspension N2020

A student investigated the effect of temperature on the rate of rising of bread

dough (n2020 given)

A student investigated the rate of respiration of yeast at two different

temperatures.

3-movement in and out of cells

investigate factors that affect diffusion

surface area

Theory 1
 temperature

A student investigated the effect of temperature on diffusion. (June-2020

given)

concentration gradients

A student investigated the effect of different concentrations of sucrose

solution on the
movement of water into and out of potato cells by osmosis. (M2017
given)

distance

effects on plant tissues by immersing them in different concentrations

(osmosis)

A student investigated osmosis. They used a model cell made from dialysis
tubing. Dialysis tubing
is permeable to water but is not permeable to larger molecules such as
sucrose, which is a type of
sugar. (m2021)

4-biological molecules

food testing

starch

reducing sugars

protein

fats

vit C

A student stated the hypothesis:

“Treating fruit juice with pectinase reduces the vitamin C content of the
fruit juice”.
Plan an investigation to test this hypothesis. N2018

5-enzymes

inv effect of changes in temp

Plan an investigation using dialysis tubing to determine the effect of

temperature on the activity of the enzyme amylase. - N2019

Theory 2
 Some students investigated the effect of temperature on the activity of
amylase (M2016)

“The activity of amylase is greatest at 40 °C.”

Describe an investigation to test whether this statement is correct. 2016)

“” pH in enzyme activity

6- Plant nutrition

investigate the necessity of

chlorophyll

light

CO2

inv and des. the effects of varying

temp

CO2 conc.

light intensity (on the rate of photosynthesis

A student wanted to use hydrogencarbonate indicator to investigate the

effect of light
intensity on photosynthesis in fresh water algae.
Describe how the student could carry out this experiment. (June2018)

use hydrogencarbonate indicator sol to inv effects of gas exchange in an aq

plant kept in light and dark

8-transport in plants

investigate using stain, the water uptake

inv and des the effects of varying

temp

A student investigated the effect of temperature on water uptake in

celery stalks-M2018 (given)

humidity on transpiration

Plan an investigation to determine the effect of humidity on the ate of

movement of water through leafy celery stalks. - M2018

9-transport in animals

Theory 3
 effect of physical activity on the pulse rate (Nov2016)

11-gas exchange

use limewater to test different composition of CO2 in inspired and expired air

‘Expired air contains more carbon dioxide immediately after exercise than
before exercise.’
Plan an investigation using the apparatus shown in Fig. 2.2 to test this
hypothesis. - M2019

effects of physical activity on the rate and depth of breathing

12-respiration

uptake of oxygen by respiring organisms such as arthropods and

germinating seeds

temperature on the rate of respiration

14-responses

gravitropism

phototropism in shoots and roots

16-reproduction

environmental conditions that affect seed germination

water

oxygen

suitable temperature

Plan an investigation to determine the optimum (best) temperature for

germination of tomato
seeds (M2021)

A student put some seeds on wet cotton wool in a Petri dish and left
them to germinate. The
student counted the number of seeds that had germinated.
Describe a method the student could use to find the best or optimum
temperature for the
germination of seeds (M2017)

20-biotechnology

pectinase in fruit juice production

Theory 4
 The enzyme pectinase is used to produce clear fruit juice. This process is
called clarification. N2018-given)

A student stated the hypothesis:

“Treating fruit juice with pectinase reduces the vitamin C content of the fruit
juice”.
Plan an investigation to test this hypothesis. N2018

biological washing powders

A student investigated the effect of two different types of washing powder

on stained cloth. One was biological and contained enzymes and
detergent. The other was non-biological and contained only detergent. -
M2019 (given)

lactase to produce lactose free milk

Theory 5