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CAIE IGCSE
BIOLOGY
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CAIE IGCSE BIOLOGY
1. Drawings
1.1. Drawing Specimens
Make sure you use a sharp pencil.
Your outline is clear.
The drawing should be as large as space provided.
It has definite outlines (no 'sketchy’ lines)
No shading,
No arrow heads when labelling Conversions
Lines point exactly at the labelled part.
1. 1m = 100cm
2. 1cm = 10mm
3. 1mm = 1000µm
3. Comparisons
Make sure the points you use to compare diagrams are
visible in the diagrams
Use labels on the diagrams as your guide
You can compare numbers shape and proportional sizes.
Don't compare sizes unless you're given a scale.
4. Drawing Graphs
Use a sharp pencil
Label both axes including the units and a key may be
needed to indicate different plots
Choose an even scale for each axis that uses up as much
of the grid as possible.
The independent variable is plotted on the x-axis
The dependent variable (i.e. the one that changes due to a
change of the other) is plotted on the y-axis.
Join your plotted points with ruled lines
Labellings When drawing bar charts, all bars must be of the same
width
The label should point directly to the requested The bars, when drawn cannot touch each other
component/part. Use crosses “(×)” or “⊙” to mark the data points (for
Ensure a ruler is used to draw a label line scatter graphs)
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6. Enzyme Activity
2H2 O2 (l) → 2H2 O (l) + O2
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take away beaker of water and allow the plant to Chemical reactions in cells that do not use oxygen to
transpire break down nutrient molecules to release energy. It
re-immerse the capillary tube into the beaker of water releases much less energy per glucose molecule than
again. aerobic respiration.
Estimate rate of transpiration by measuring distance In yeast: Glucose → carbon dioxide + ethanol C6H12O6 +
moved by the air bubble per unit time. → 2CO2 + 2C2H5OH.
In muscles during vigorous exercise: Glucose → Lactic
acid
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