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Biolog y
Biolog y
Characteristics and
Classification of
Living Organisms
Mark Scheme 2
Level IGCSE
Subject Biology
Exam Board CIE
Topic Characteristics and Classification of Living Organisms
Paper Type (Extended) Theory Paper
Booklet Mark Scheme 2
Score: /57
Percentage: /100
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1 (a)
group of scaly skin external ear feathers mammary
vertebrates (pinna) glands
birds
bony fish ;
amphibians ;
reptiles ;
;
mammals
[4]
5 water (dispersal) ;
6 float / buoyant ;
[max 2]
(d) oxygen ;
warmth / warm temperature ; A suitable quoted warm temp, 15–30 ºC
water ; [max 2] I humidity
[Total: 13]
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uestion E Answers Marks Additional Guidance
Question
uestion E Answers Marks Additional Guidance
2 (d) 1 population remains the same if birth rate = death rate/ref to examples of MP4 and MP5
carrying capacity ; eaten by predators
2 death rate must be high ; competition with other crabs (of the same species/other
3 many young crabs do not survive to, adulthood/breed ; species)
4, 5 example of cause of high death rate ;; competition with other non-crab species
6 lack of/competition for, food ; (infectious) disease
7 ref to limiting factor(s) ; effect of abiotic factor (e.g. dehydration)
indirect effect of man, e.g. pollution/habitat destruction
genetic disease/genetic ‘fault’
[max 3] fishing/crabbing
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[Total: 13]
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Tegenaria domestica
A
Odielus spinosus
G
Chelifer tuberculatus
D
go to 5
Poecilotheria regalis
F
go to 6
Tyroglyphus longior
C
Ixodes hexagonus 4
B
[Total: 7]
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(c) 1 mutation ;
2 gives stripes ;
3 (some) stripey insects were not, eaten / killed (by, predators / other animals) ; R camouflage
4 survived ;
5 to, breed / reproduce / mate ;
6 pass on the allele(s) for stripes (to next generation) ; A gene(s)
7 non-stripey insects, did not survive / became extinct / died out ;
8 (natural) selection ; A ref. to selected for / selected against [max 5]
[Total: 11]
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(ii) 1 (stigma) place where pollen grain, germinates / develops (to I lands
form a tube) ;
2 growth of pollen tube (down the style) ; MP2 A male gamete travels down R pollen grain
3 pollen tube / A, enters, ovule / B ; moves
4 ref to micropyle ;
5 tip of, pollen tube / A, opens ; linked to pollen tube
6 (male) nucleus / gamete fuses with, female gamete /
nucleus / egg cell (nucleus) / C ;
7 forms zygote ; A ovum as an ecf
8 diploid ; [max 3]
disadvantages
6 less, variation ; R ref. to clones / genetically identical
7 ref. to genotype becoming homozygous ;
8 ref. to harmful alleles (A genes) ;
9 less chance of adapting to changing conditions / AW ;
10 more susceptible to diseases ;
11 may become extinct ;
[max 4]
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[Total: 13]