CAMBRIDGE IGCSE™ BIOLOGY: END-OF-CHAPTER TEST ANSWERS

Answers for end-of-chapter 3 test

Question Answer Marks

The completed table will look like this: 3

Diffusion Osmosis Active transport

Does it involve random movements

of particles?
Does a partially permeable membrane
have to be present?
1
Does it involve particles moving down
their concentration gradient?
Does it involve particles moving up
their concentration gradient?
Does the cell use energy to make
it happen?
[1 mark for each correct column]

2a V: (+)0.5; W: (+)0.2; X: –0.1; Y: –0.4; Z: –0.8 [1] 1

2b Block V gained mass because water moved [1] into the yam tissue. [1] Block Z lost mass 3
because water moved out of the yam tissue. [1]

2c Any two from: 2 max.

to remove surface / excess solution; [1]
so that excess solution is not included in the mass of the strip; [1]
so that only the mass of the strip is measured; [1]

2d To ensure that glucose solution concentration is the only independent variable [1] and 2
to make comparison valid / increase the validity of the investigation or to make a valid
comparison of the final masses. [1]

2e add 20 cm3 water [1] 1

3a 20% [1 mark for the correct calculation (9  44) × 100 and 1 mark for rounding down to 2
the nearest whole number]

3bi axes fully labelled, either concentration of glucose solution / % or percentage of 4

plasmolysed cells; [1]
glucose concentration on x-axis, % cells on y-axis + linear scales + 0 at origin + at least
half grid used; [1]
all 5 points visibly plotted correctly; [1]
plotted points joined with ruled lines and not extrapolated beyond 0.5/100 plot. [1]

3 b ii working shown on graph [1] and the value is read correctly from the learner’s working 2
and % units [1].

[Total: 20 marks]

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