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UK GCSE 2009 : Foundation Tier, Biology Paper 1

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Centre Number 71 Candidate Number General Certificate of Secondary Education 2009 Paper 1 Foundation Tier G0901 Science: Biology [G0901] WEDNESDAY 20 MAY, AFTERNOON TIME 1 hour For Examiner s use only Question Number 1 INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your Centre Number and Candidate Number in the spaces provided at the top of this page. Write your answers in the spaces provided in this question paper. Answer all fourteen questions. 2 3 4 5 6 7 INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES The total mark for this paper is 80. Quality of written communication will be assessed in question 14(d) Figures in brackets printed down the right-hand side of pages indicate the marks awarded to each question or part question. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Total Marks 4521 Marks 1 The diagram shows a plant. Examiner Only Marks Remark A B C (a) Name the plant organs A and B. A ____________________________ [1] B ____________________________ [1] (b) Give two functions of C. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] (c) Name one other organ of a plant not shown in the diagram. _______________________________________ [1] 4521 2 [Turn over 2 The diagrams show two specialised cells. A Tail B Vacuole Animal cell Plant cell Examiner Only (a) Name parts A and B. Marks A ____________________________ [1] B ____________________________ Remark [1] (b) Give the function of the tail on this animal cell. _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [1] (c) On the animal cell draw and label the nucleus. 4521 3 [2] [Turn over 3 The diagrams show four animals. A B C D Examiner Only Marks Remark (a) Use the key to identify the animals and place the correct letter in each box. 1. Wings present go to 2 No wings go to 3 2. Two wings Four wings 3. Six legs Eight legs Musca [1] Bombus [1] Formica [1] Pisaura [1] (b) Name the group to which animals A, C and D belong. _______________________________ [1] 4521 4 [Turn over 4 The diagram shows tooth decay. Examiner Only Marks Remark A B Source: G. Jones, M Jones, BIOLOGY GCSE edition, Cambridge University Press, 1987 (a) Name parts A and B. A ____________________________ [1] B ____________________________ [1] When sugary foods collect around teeth plaque may form. (b) Name the type of microorganism which is found in plaque. _______________________________ [1] (c) Explain how the microorganisms in plaque cause tooth decay. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] 4521 5 [Turn over 5 The diagram shows part of the carbon cycle. Carbon in the air Process A Process C Carbon in plants Carbon in animals Process B Examiner Only Choose words from the list to help answer the following questions. burning photosynthesis fossilisation Marks Remark respiration feeding (a) Name processes A and B. A ___________________________ [1] B ___________________________ [1] (b) Explain how process C increases the amount of carbon in the air. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] (c) Name one food molecule, produced by plants, which contains carbon. _________________________________ 4521 6 [1] [Turn over 6 The table shows some characteristics of 25 pupils in a class. Examiner Only Marks Characteristic Tongue rolling Scars Hair length Variations Remark Number of pupils 19 6 5 20 13 8 Yes No Present Absent Short Shoulder length Long (a) Calculate the number of pupils in the class who had long hair. Show your working. ____________________ [2] (b) Some characteristics are controlled by genes. (i) What is a gene? _____________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ [1] (ii) Suggest one characteristic from the table which is normally controlled by genes. _______________________________________________ the environment. _____________________________________ [2] 4521 7 [Turn over 7 (a) Complete the table. Examiner Only Marks Method to prevent food spoilage Treatment Example of food treated this way Food kept at 18 C Ice cream Heated to high temperature and cooled quickly Remark Milk Refrigeration [4] (b) Describe how drying preserves food. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] 4521 8 [Turn over 8 The graph shows the effect of exercise on heart rate. Examiner Only Marks Remark 160 Heart rate/beats per min 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 Exercise Rest Recovery 0 0 5 10 15 20 25 Time/min Biology for AQA by Anne Fullick published by Heinemann Education, 2001, ISBN 0435583549, reprinted by Pearson Education Ltd, publishers. Use the graph to answer the following questions. (a) What is the heart rate at rest? ____________________ beats per minute [1] (b) Describe what happens to the heart rate during exercise. _______________________________________________________ [1] (c) Explain why the heart rate changes during exercise. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ [2] (d) Give two other changes to the body during exercise. 1. _____________________________________________________ [1] 2. _____________________________________________________ [1] 4521 9 [Turn over 9 The diagram shows a microscope slide being prepared. Forceps A Slide Onion tissue in iodine solution Source: D. G. Mackean, Life Study: A Textbook of Biology, John Murray (Publishers) Ltd., 1981 Examiner Only (a) Name A. Marks Remark ___________________________________ [1] (b) Describe how the forceps are used when preparing a slide. _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [1] (c) Explain why the onion tissue is placed in iodine solution. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] 4521 10 [Turn over The drawing shows the appearance of a prepared slide. Examiner Only Marks Remark Ring shape (d) What causes the ring shapes? _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [1] 4521 11 [Turn over 10 The diagram shows an artery and a vein. Examiner Only Marks Remark Lumen Artery Vein Source: Human Biology: An Activity Approach, P. Rowlinson, M. Jenkins, Cambridge University Press, 1982 (a) Give two ways the structure of an artery differs from a vein. 1. _____________________________________________________ [1] 2. _____________________________________________________ [1] (b) Describe how the composition of blood in an artery differs from that in a vein. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ [2] (c) Name the artery which takes blood to the kidney. ________________________________ lung. _________________________________ 4521 [1] [1] 12 [Turn over 11 Thumb shape is controlled by a gene. Examiner Only Marks Remark The dominant allele, T, results in a normal thumb shape. The recessive allele, t, causes the thumb to be slightly bent to form hitchhiker s thumb. Normal thumb Hitch-hiker s thumb (a) Give the phenotype of someone whose genotype is TT. ___________________________ [1] (b) Complete the Punnett square to show the possible offspring of a cross between a person with a normal thumb and one with a hitch-hiker s thumb. Hitch-hiker s thumb Types of gamete Normal thumb T t [3] (c) What portion of the offspring would be expected to have hitch-hiker s thumb? _______________________________________ [1] are heterozygous? _______________________________________ [1] 4521 13 [Turn over 12 The diagram shows a cross section of a stem. Examiner Only Marks Remark A D B C D (a) Name parts A, B, C and D. A _______________________________ [1] B _______________________________ [1] C _______________________________ [1] D _______________________________ [1] (b) Describe the function of the phloem. _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] 4521 14 [Turn over 13 The diagram shows the human digestive system. Examiner Only Marks Remark A B C Source: R. McIlwaine, J Napier, GCSE BIOLOGY for CCEA, Hodder & Stoughton Educational, 2003 (a) On the diagram draw a line labelled X to show where ingestion takes place. [1] labelled Y to show where water is absorbed. [1] (b) Name parts A, B and C. A ________________________________ [1] B ________________________________ [1] C ________________________________ [1] (c) Explain why digestion is necessary. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [2] 4521 15 [Turn over 14 The diagram shows one way white blood cells destroy bacteria. Examiner Only Marks Remark Micro-organism White blood cell Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Source: G. Jones, M Jones, BIOLOGY GCSE edition, Cambridge University Press, 1987 (a) Name the process shown in the diagram. _____________________________ [1] (b) Explain how the bacteria are destroyed. ______________________________________________________ [1] (c) Give one other way white blood cells fight infection. ______________________________________________________ [1] Vaccination is another way of fighting infection. (d) Describe how Jenner developed a vaccine for smallpox. _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ [3] Quality of written communication 4521 [2] 16 [Turn over THIS IS THE END OF THE QUESTION PAPER Permission to reproduce all copyright material has been applied for. In some cases, efforts to contact copyright holders may have been unsuccessful and CCEA will be happy to rectify any omissions of acknowledgement in future if notified. 937-030-1

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