Q1.

The diagram below shows a cell from the inside of a human cheek.

(a)     On the diagram, label parts A, B and C.

 
3 marks

(b)     Plant cells have some parts which animal cells do not have. Name two of
these parts.

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2. .....................................................................
2 marks
Maximum 5 marks

Q2.
The diagram shows a woman’s reproductive system just before fertilisation takes place.

An egg cell, a ciliated cell and a sperm cell are drawn in more detail.

not to scale

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(a)     An egg cell is fertilised by a sperm cell in the oviduct.

          Describe one way in which a sperm cell is adapted to its function.

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1 mark

(b)     What is the function of the ciliated cells in the lining of the oviduct?

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1 mark

(c)     A hen’s egg contains yolk which is a food store for the developing chick.
A human egg cell does not contain yolk.
Describe the way a human foetus gets its food.

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3 marks
Maximum 5 marks

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Mark schemes

Q1.
(a)     A: membrane
1 (L6)

B: nucleus
1 (L6)

C: cytoplasm
1 (L6)

(b)     any two from

•    cell wall

•    chloroplasts
accept ‘chlorophyll’

•    large vacuole

accept ‘vacuole’’
accept ‘starch grain’
2 (L6)
[5]

Q2.
(a)     any one from

•    has tail or flagellum

•    it is streamlined
accept ‘it has a pointed head’
accept ‘it only contains half the number of chromosomes’
1 (L7)

(b)     cilia move or push the egg

accept ‘to waft the egg along’
1 (L7)

(c)     any three from

•    from the mother’s intestine

accept ‘through the mother’s gut’

•    carried in the mother’s blood

•    through the placenta

•    into the blood of the foetus

•    along the umbilical cord

3 (L7)
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