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B2 Questions and Answers
B2 Questions and Answers
B2 Questions and Answers
The table shows how hydrogencarbonate indicator solution changes colour when the
concentration of carbon dioxide in it changes.
Sunil set up the experiment shown below and put both test-tubes on a
window-sill.
Use information in the table to help you answer the questions below.
(i) What process, in the cells of the maggots, caused this colour change?
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1 mark
(ii) Explain what happens in this process to cause the colour change.
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1 mark
(i) What process, in the cells of the leaves, caused this colour change?
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1 mark
(ii) Explain what happens in this process to cause the colour change.
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1 mark
(c) Sunil then put two fresh leaves into test-tube C containing 30 cm3 of orange
hydrogencarbonate indicator.
He added some maggots on a piece of wire mesh as shown below.
He put the test-tube on a window-sill.
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1 mark
maximum 5 marks
Q2.
(a) Alex poured some pond water into three beakers. She then put waterweed into
each beaker. She put the beakers in different places.
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(i) In which beaker did the waterweed grow best? Give the correct letter.
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1 mark
(ii) The waterweed in the box changed from dark green to pale yellow.
Why did this happen?
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1 mark
(b) In the school pond there were lots of water lilies with large leaves covering the
surface.
There were not many plants growing below the surface.
Suggest a reason for this.
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1 mark
(c) In another experiment, Alex put similar pieces of waterweed into two more beakers
of pond water.
She added fertiliser to one of them.
She kept them both by a window.
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(i) Alex added fertiliser to beaker E. Suggest the results of this experiment.
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fat minerals
sand sugar
1 mark
Maximum 5 marks
Q3.
Rhododendron plants grow bigger and faster than other plants.
The drawing below shows a man cutting down rhododendron plants.
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(a) (i) Scientists think the rhododendron roots might produce a chemical that stops
other plants growing nearby.
Why does this help rhododendrons to grow?
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1 mark
(ii) Give another reason why hardly any other plants can grow under the
rhododendron bushes.
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1 mark
(b) After the rhododendrons and their roots are cleared away there will not be any of the
chemical in the soil.
What will happen to the number of other plants growing there?
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1 mark
Draw a line from the rhododendron box to the word that describes the
rhododendron.
Draw a line from the weevil box to the word that describes the weevil.
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2 marks
Maximum 5 marks
Q4.
The drawing shows a bluebell plant. The plant grows from an underground stem called a
bulb.
Each year new leaves and flowers grow from the bulb.
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(a) Describe the process by which glucose is made in the leaves.
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(c) In the sixteenth century bluebell bulbs were dug up to obtain a starch-like
substance that was used to make collars stiff.
(i) Digging up bluebell bulbs has caused a decrease in the number of bluebells
growing in Britain.
It is now against the law to dig up bluebells.
Suggest one other environmental reason why the number of bluebell plants
has decreased in Britain.
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1 mark
(ii) Every 10 years the trees and bushes in some bluebell woods are cut down to
ground level.
What effect does this have on the number of bluebells in the woods?
Explain your answer.
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1 mark
Maximum 6 marks
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Q5.
Suzi investigated how temperature affects the number of bubbles produced by
waterweed in one minute.
When the temperature of the water was 10°C the waterweed did not produce bubbles.
(a) Suzi increased the temperature of the water in the water-bath to 20°C.
The waterweed started to produce bubbles.
She waited two minutes before starting to count the bubbles.
Explain why she waited for two minutes before she started to count the bubbles.
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1 mark
(b) Suzi counted the number of bubbles produced at six different temperatures.
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(i) Draw a smooth curve on the graph.
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(ii) Use your curve to find the temperature of water which produced the most
bubbles per minute.
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1 mark
(c) Suzi predicted that the higher the temperature the more bubbles would be
produced.
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(d) Suzi’s data does not show clearly the exact temperature at which most bubbles
were produced.
How could she improve the data she collects to find this temperature?
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1 mark
maximum 5 marks
Q7.
An ecosphere is a model habitat that can last for many years.
The ecosphere below is a sealed glass ball containing sea water,
green algae, bacteria, a snail and shrimps.
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not to scale
Explain why light is necessary for the survival of the green algae and the animals
in the ecosphere.
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3 marks
(b) When organisms in the ecosphere die, they are broken down by bacteria.
Nutrients, such as nitrates, are released back into the ecosphere.
Why is this necessary for the survival of the other organisms in the ecosphere?
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1 mark
(c) The table shows how the mass of oxygen dissolved in water changes with
temperature.
17 9.7
19 9.3
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21 9.0
23 8.7
25 8.4
27 8.1
29 7.9
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1 mark
maximum 5 marks
Q8.
Joe bought a potted plant. He kept it well watered but some of the leaves turned
yellow.
Joe thought that the plant did not have enough light for photosynthesis. He moved the
plant closer to the window but more leaves turned yellow.
(a) He then thought that the plant did not have enough minerals.
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potassium to make fruit
(i) Joe’s plant did not have enough of one of the minerals in the table.
Use the information in the table to suggest which mineral this was.
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(i) Give the letter of one box of fertiliser, A, B, C or D, that would provide each
of the minerals in the table below.
Write the letters in the table.
magnesium
nitrogen
phosphorus
potassium
3 marks
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1 mark
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(iii) How many atoms are present in the formula of ammonium nitrate?
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1 mark
maximum 7 marks
Q9.
The drawing below shows Rebekah pulling a turnip out of the ground.
(a) Which arrow, A, B, C or D, shows the direction of force of Rebekah’s hand on the
turnip?
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Damaged roots do not grow very well.
(c) The drawing below shows a food chain including a rove beetle.
not to scale
herbivore predator
prey producer
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(i) Which part of a plant makes food?
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(ii) What will the turnip plant use stored food for?
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1 mark
maximum 6 marks
Q12.
The diagram below shows an organism called Euglena.
It is made of only one cell. It lives in ponds and streams.
Euglena have features of both plants and animals.
Give two pieces of evidence which suggest it is an animal cell and not a plant cell.
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Mark schemes
Q1.
(a) (i) respiration
1 (L7)
Q2.
(a) (i) C
1 (L3)
• no light
accept ‘no Sun’
(ii) minerals
if more than one box is ticked, award no mark
1 (L4)
[5]
Q3.
(a) (i) any one from
(c)
Q4.
(a) any three from
• by photosynthesis
• oxygen produced
accept for two marks the second and third
marking points in a word or symbol equation,
for example ‘carbon dioxide + water → glucose + oxygen’
(b) carbohydrates
1 (L6)
• loss of habitat
accept ‘more buildings’
• climate change
accept ‘global warming’
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• competition with other plants
do not accept ‘growing populations’
as this answer is too vague
1 (L7)
(ii) it increases
because there is more light or there is more photosynthesis
both the answer and the explanation
are required for the mark
1 (L6)
[6]
Q5.
(a) any one from
• to make sure the water in the boiling tube had reached the
required temperature
accept ‘time for the water in the test-tube to heat up’
• A, B, C
accept ‘A, B, C and D’
• between A and C
accept ‘between A and B’ or ‘between A and D’
or ‘between B and D’
do not accept ‘between C and D’
1 (L6)
Q7.
(a) any three from
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‘there would be more oxygen’ is insufficient
1 (L6)
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Q8.
(a) (i) magnesium
1 (L6)
(b) (i)
letter of
mineral
fertiliser
magnesium B
nitrogen A or C
phosphorus D
potassium C
(ii) 3
1 (L6)
(iii) 9
1 (L6)
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[7]
Q9.
(a) • A
accept ‘up’
1 (L3)
• water
accept ‘H2O’
‘rain’ is insufficient
accept ‘moisture’
• minerals
accept a named mineral
award two marks for two different named minerals
accept ‘nutrients’ or ‘salts’ or named examples
do not accept ‘food’
award one mark for ‘mineral’ and a named mineral or
nutrient or salt
accept ‘oxygen’
answers may be in either order
2 (L4)
(c) • predator
if more than one box is ticked, award no mark
1 (L4)
• growth or to grow
accept ‘to produce new cells’
• energy
accept ‘respiration’
accept ‘to survive winter’
1 (L4)
[6]
Q12.
(a) any two from
(c) • water
accept ‘H2O’
1 (L6)
• oxygen
accept ‘O2’
answers must be in the correct order
1 (L6)
[5]
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