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Pearson Edexcel I nt ernat ional GCSE

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Quest ion
Answer Not es Marks
num ber
1 ( a) n a m e of pr oce ss de scr ipt ion of 5
pr oce ss
ingest ion; food ent ers t he m out h

digest ion break down large

m olecules / large
m olecules t o sm all
m olecules / insoluble
t o soluble m olecules;
absorpt ion; sm all m olecules m ove
from sm all int est ine
int o t he blood
assim ilat ion / sm all food m olecules
synt hesis; are used t o build large
m olecules
egest ion rem oval of undigest ed
food / faeces / wast e
from anus;

( b) 1. am ylase; ignore carbohydrase 3

2. st arch;
3. m alt ose / glucose;
4. physical digest ion / m echanical digest ion / chewing eq;
( c) ( yes) A is st arch; m ax 1 if A st arch and B glucose but say no 2
B is glucose; one is st arch and one is glucose = 1 m ark
( Tot al for Quest ion 1= 10 m ar ks)
 Quest ion
Answer Not es Marks
num ber
2 ( a) ( i) 250 000; 1

( ii) 32; ; allow one m ark for 80 000 in working 2

( b) 1. rare / random ; 2
2. change / dam age / eq; random change in cells = 2
3. DNA / gene / allele / genet ic code / eq;

( c) 1. less surface area; ignore less room 2

2. slower diffusion / less diffusion / less gas exchange;
3. less oxygen / less carbon dioxide; allow converse for X

( d) 1. blocked / narrowed / clogged / eq; 5

2. coronary art ery;
3. clot ;
4. fat / cholest erol;
5. less blood t o heart ;
6. less oxygen / less oxygenat ed;
7. m uscle ( cells) ;
8. less respirat ion / anaerobic respirat ion;
9. lact ic acid / angina;
10. heart at t ack / heart st ops / cardiac ar rest / eq;
( Tot al for Quest ion 2 = 12 m ar ks)
 Quest ion
Answer Not es Marks
num ber
3 ( a) 1. t ot al decreased; 3
2. high and m iddle alt it ude decreased;
3. low alt it ude increased;

( b) ( i) 1. less growt h / lower yield / sm aller plant s / eq; allow converse for lower 2
2. enzym es / react ions / kinet ic energy / collisions / less
phot osynt hesis / less respirat ion / eq;

( ii) 1. ( sun) light ; ignore sun Max 2

2. m inerals / nam ed m ineral; weat her
3. carbon dioxide; soil pH
4. wat er / rain; hum idit y
oxygen
nut rient s
fert iliser

( c) 1. weigh / use a balance / eq; ignore m easure m ass / count ing plant s Max 3
2. repeat / several quadrat s / calculat e average;
3. random / eq;
4. scale / m ult iply / eq;

( Tot al for Quest ion 3= 10 m ar ks)

 Quest ion
Answer Not es Marks
num ber
4 ( a) 3
e ve nt st a ge
Cell division produces 6;
an em bryo
An em bryo is put int o a 7;
surrogat e m ot her
An egg cell is collect ed 3;
from a fem ale sheep

( b) C ( R) ; 1

( c) D ( P and R) ; 1

( Tot al for Quest ion 4= 5 m arks)

 Qu e st ion
An sw er N ot e s Marks
n u m ber
5 ( a) ( i) S – scale linear and half of bot h gr ids; lose S m ark if axis for dat a for Hb not t runcat ed 5
L – lines st raight and t hrough point s; m ax 3 for bar chart
A1 – axes correct way around – ( alt it ude on x axis) ;
A2 – axes labelled: ( m ass of) haem oglobin in g per
lit re
and alt it ude/ height in m et res / eq;
P – correct plot t ing of all point s;
( ii) t he higher t he alt it ude t he higher t he haem oglobin = 1
1. level / no change ( 0 t o 1000) ; 2
2. increase / eq;

( iii) idea of m ore m ust be evident once

1. m ore haem oglobin / m ore red blood cells; 3
2. ( m ore) oxygen;
3. ( m ore) respirat ion; not run fast er
4. ( m ore) energy / ( m ore) ATP;
5. less lact ic acid / oxygen debt / less anaerobic
respirat ion;
Qu e st ion
An sw er N ot e s Marks
n u m ber
( b) ( i) 1. lower pressure / slower blood flow / less blood allow w ill not spurt out 2
flow / eq; allow converse for art ery
2. t hinner wall;
3. easier t o see / nearer surface / easier t o access / ignore one cell t hick
eq; 1
( ii) 4. w ider lum en;

t oo sm all / eq;

( iii) ignore sickness 2

1. no pat hogens / bact eria / virus / m icroorganism /

parasit e / nam ed virus / HI V / eq;
2. infect ion / disease / illness / AI DS;

( Tot al for Quest ion 5 = 15 m ar ks)

 Qu e st ion
An sw er N ot e s Marks
n u m ber
6 ( a) A – Dd / dD; 2
L - DD;

( b) 11 / eleven; 1

( c) ( i) 0 / zero; 2
50;

( ii) 1. no fusion of recessive gam et es / eq; 1

2. random / probabilit y / chance / luck / eq;
3. no children who ar e dd / each child has at least
one dom inant allele / eq;
4. em bryo select ion / I VF / eq;

( Tot al for Quest ion 6 = 6 m arks)

 Qu e st ion
An sw er N ot e s Marks
n u m ber
7 ( a) broad bean aphid lacew ing / lar vae ; ; arrows correct ; 2
aphid in m iddle;
ignore sun before bean and organism s beyond lacewing
one for pyram id

( b) ( i) 1. all aphids eat en / num bers fall t o zero / allow converse for hoverfly 2
rem ove all pest / eq;
2. lacew ings rem ain / lacew ings reproduce m ore / eq;

( ii) quicker / fast er / shor t er period of t im e t o r educe 1

aphid num bers / eq;

( c) ( i) 1. disease / eq; ignore reproduct ion / ignore predat ors 2

2. plant availabilit y / food ;
3. com pet it ion;

( ii) 1. t em perat ure / cold / heat ; ignore w ind / weat her / clim at e change / sun
2. hum idit y / wat er / rain / snow / drought ; 2
3. ( sun) light ; ignore fert iliser / herbicide / O2 / CO2
4. pest icide / insect icide / pollut ion;

( Tot al for Quest ion 7 = 9 m arks)

Qu e st ion
An sw er N ot e s Marks
n u m ber
8 gam et es;
sperm / m ale;
egg / fem ale;
t ail / flagellum / flagella;
m eiosis;
t est is / t est es / t est icles;
uret hra; rej ect penis / sperm duct
oviduct / Fallopian t ube;

( Tot al for Quest ion 8 = 8 m arks)

 Qu e st ion
An sw er N ot e s Marks
n u m ber
9 ( a) ( i) fungi / bact er ia / Penicillium ; allow nam ed correct organism 1

( ii) bact eria; 1

5
( b) 1. m ut at ion;
2. var iat ion;
3. gene / allele / DNA;
4. survive / not killed / eq;
5. resist ant ; allow resist
6. reproduce / m ult iply / replicat e / breed /
produce offspr ing / eq;
7. pass on gene / allele / DNA; pass on resist ance = 1
for resist ance MP 5 only

pass on gene = 2 = Mp3 and Mp7

( Tot al for Quest ion 9 = 7 m arks)

Qu e st ion
An sw er N ot e s Marks
n u m ber
10 ( a) 1. nam ed feeding level such as producer / ignore herbivore / car nivore 1
consum er;
2. st age / posit ion / place / level in food chain /
pyram id / food web / eq;

( b) 1. shape; m ax 1 if food chain 3

2. order;
3. nam es;

( c) 1. fewer cat erpillars; 2

2. fewer net t les / less food / eq;
3. colder / less light / eq;
4. becom e cocoon / pupa / but t erfly / eq; ignore hibernat ion

( d) 1. energy loss / not all t ransferred / eq; ignore heat loss in Mp 1 4

2. respirat ion; ignore wast e for Mp 3 and Mp 4
3. excret ion / ur ine;
4. egest ion / not digest ed / faeces / eq;
5. not all of each organism eat en / eq;
6. som e organism s die / decom pose / eq;
7. m ovem ent ;
8. heat loss / t herm oregulat ion / eq;

( Tot al for Quest ion 10 = 10 m arks)

 Qu e st ion
An sw er N ot e s Marks
n u m ber
11 ( a) ( i) m aint ain/ cont rol/ balance wat er/ salt / concent rat ion ignore det ect s 1
( of blood / of body / of cells) / eq;

( ii) lungs / skin / liver; 1

( b) ( i) wat er / urea / salt / m ineral / nam ed ion / eq; ignore nit rogen / phosphorus 1

( ii) 1. large m olecules / t oo big ( t o pass t hrough) ; 3

2. ( ult ra) filt rat ion / pressure / eq; not filt ered out of blood = 2m arks for MP4 and
3. glom erulus / Bowm an’s capsule; MP 2
4. st ay in blood / eq;

( iii) 1. respirat ion / eq; ignore absorbed alone 3

2. energy / ATP;
3. ( select ive) reabsorpt ion / back int o blood / eq;
4. proxim al convolut ed t ubule / first coiled t ubule /
eq;
5. act ive t ransport / act ive upt ake;

( Tot al for Quest ion 11 = 9 m ar ks)

 Qu e st ion
An sw er N ot e s Marks
n u m ber
12 ( a) 1. osm osis; 4
2. dilut e solut ion t o concent rat ed solut ion / eq;
3. root hair cells;
4. xylem ;
5. t ranspirat ion / evaporat ion / diffusion of wat er
from leaves;

( b) ( nam ed) m ineral / m ineral ion / salt / eq; ignore nut r ient s / nit r ogen / phosphorus 1

( c) ( i) wat er/ air- t ight / dr y leaves / cut under wat er / cut ignore safet y glasses / prevent falling over / parallax 1
st em at an angle / eq;

( ii) 1. w ind + how var ied / eq; ; eg fan at high and m ust st at e / describe m et hod not j ust hot and cold room 4
low speed or light and dark

2. light + how var ied / eq; ; eg lam p close and far m ax 2 for condit ions

3. hum idit y + how varied / eq; ; eg clear plast ic

bag

4. t em p + how var ied / eq; ; eg air condit ioning /

room t herm ost at

( Tot al for Quest ion 12 = 10 m arks)

 Qu e st ion
An sw er N ot e s Marks
n u m ber
13 ( a) ( i) plasm id; 1

( ii) rest rict ion / endonuclease; 2

ligase;

( b) C different t em ps / range of t em ps; 6

O sam e species / sam e bact eria / m ass /

am ount / num ber of bact eria;

R repeat ;

M1 m easure insulin;

M2 concent rat ion / m ass / volum e;

S1 + S2 sam e pH / food / oxygen / t im e ignore light / carbon dioxide

period /
t ype of ferm ent er / st erile / eq; ;

( Tot al for Quest ion 13 = 9 m arks)

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