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January 2013
International GCSE
Biology (4BI0) Paper 1B
Science Double Award (4SC0) Paper 1B
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January 2013
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Answer Notes Marks
number
1 (a) (i) trachea / wind pipe / cartilage; 2
alveoli / alveolus / air sacs; reject air pockets
(b) (i) X – oxygen / O2; 2
(iii) B diffusion; 1
Total 6
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Answer Notes Marks
number
2 humans / people / farmers / scientists / breeders / 4
eq;
offspring / eq;
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Answer Notes Marks
number
3 (a) (i) rice; 1
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Answer Notes Marks
number
3 (d) idea of increasing number of toads/other 2
organism/ predator;
eats beetles / eq; reduce the amount of
beetles eating rice = 1
OR introduce predator to
control pest = 1
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Answer Notes Marks
number
4 (a) (trap/absorb) light / eq; ignore trap energy 2
chlorophyll;
photosynthesis / starch / glucose / eq;
(c) (i) C; 2
A;
(iii) boil (in ethanol) / heat (in ethanol)/ eq; allow water mark if 3
ethanol / alcohol; linked to boil / heat
no naked flame / water bath / hot water / in water
/ eq;
Total 13
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Answer Notes Marks
number
5 (a) constipation; 1
lack of water / lots of water absorbed/ drink less water;
lack of fibre / less vegetables / eq;
(b) diarrhoea; 1
less water absorbed;
food poisoning / infection / eq;
(c) peristalsis; 3
contraction;
muscles;
pushed / squeezed / waves / eq;
(d) (i) rectum; 1
(ii) anus; 1
Total 10
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Answer Notes Marks
number
6 (a) correct tally 1 mark; (15, 2, 1, 2) 1
correct transfer of tally to number 1 mark; 1
escape;
eaten;
reproduce / eq;
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Answer Notes Marks
number
6 (e) (i) number of named organism / number of an organism / number of organisms = 0 1
number of a species / eq; allow amount as eq to
number
(ii) different types / different species / different organisms; 1
Total 17
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Answer Notes Marks
number
7 (a) hybrid cross
Group Can carry out Have a cell wall Can be tick = 0
photosynthesis pathogenic
bacteria 9 9 9 blank = 0
fungi X 9 9
4
viruses X X 9 8 = 4
7/6 = 3
5/4 = 2
3/2 = 1
1/0 = 0
(b)
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Answer Notes Marks
number
7 (c) receptor / nerve ending; sensory or
sensory neurone / sensory nerve; motor not in
impulse / message / signal; correct
CNS / spinal cord / grey matter; order = 0
synapse;
relay neurone / relay nerve; ignore brain
5
motor neurone ;
muscle / effector; allow
contract; intermediate
/
association;
Total 13
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Answer Notes Marks
number
8 (a) purple;
2
(all) offspring are purple / no white;
(b) separate from other flowers / pollen / insects /
wind /
cover with bag / separate room;
2
transfer pollen by man / brush / eq;
FF and Ff (and Ff) and ff; (allow homozygous allow other letters eg
4
dominant / heterozygous / homozygous Pp or PW for
recessive) heterozygote
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Answer Notes Marks
number
8 (d) more purple pollen / less white pollen / eq;
carried to other (purple) flowers;
Total 16
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Answer Notes Marks
number
9 C different temperatures / eq;
O same species / size/ age/gender/eq;
R repeat / eq;
M1 mass / length / number / eq;
M2 time period stated;(one day minimum)
S1 and S2 same food type / same food mass / 6
same oxygen / tank size /
fish density stated / eq;;
Total 6
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Answer Notes Marks
number
10 (a) no mark if blank is left
Statement Red blood White blood
cells cells no marks for two
transport oxygen 3 X crosses or two ticks in
contain a nucleus X 3; a row
produce antibodies X 3;
biconcave shape 3 X; no mark for hybrid tick 5
ingest pathogens X 3; cross
numbers may X 3;
increase following
infection
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Answer Notes Marks
number
10 (c) short race / quick race / short time / short
distance / eq;
anaerobic respiration;
Total 11
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Answer Notes Marks
number
11 (a) water / H2O; ignore sugar / alcohol /
mineral(s) / ion(s) / salt(s) / named hormones
2
mineral/ion/salt;
diffusion;
(iv) same conc. in fluid and blood / normal blood conc.
in fluid / correct glucose conc. in fluid / eq;
2
if high in blood moves out of blood/into fluid;
active transport;
glucose / energy / low to high conc. / eq;
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Answer Notes Marks
number
11 (c) (i) renal vein and renal artery;
ureter; 2
Total 16
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