Theory

CH17 - SELECTION AND EVOLUTION

Several different processes can affect allele frequencies in populations.(a) Outline the processes that may affect allele frequencies in wildlife popu...

2024 Winter

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Theory

CH17 - SELECTION AND EVOLUTION

Variation exists in populations of a species and this may provide the opportunity for evolution to occur.(a) Phenotypic variation exists in many forms...

2024 Summer

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Theory

CH17 - SELECTION AND EVOLUTION

Genes have a role in determining the overall phenotype of an organism.(a) Using haemophilia as an example, explain the relationship between a gene, a ...

2024 Summer

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Theory

CH17 - SELECTION AND EVOLUTION

(a) Variation in a particular characteristic can be described as either discontinuous or continuous. Table 5.1 contains a list of statements that app...

2024 Winter

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Theory

CH17 - SELECTION AND EVOLUTION

Complete the following paragraphs using the most appropriate word or words.The theory of evolution describes a process that can lead to the formation ...

2024 Spring

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Theory

CH17 - SELECTION AND EVOLUTION

(a) Young spadefoot toads are called tadpoles and live in water in ponds.S. multiplicata tadpoles show three different phenotypes due to genetic varia...

2024 Winter

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Theory

CH17 - SELECTION AND EVOLUTION

It has been hypothesised that the mutation rate of an animal species may affect how fast animals of that species age and how long they live (lifespan)...

2024 Summer

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Theory

CH17 - SELECTION AND EVOLUTION

The harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis, is an insect that shows discontinuous variation in colour pattern and continuous variation in body size.(a)...

2024 Summer

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Theory

CH17 - SELECTION AND EVOLUTION

(a) Young spadefoot toads are called tadpoles and live in water in ponds.S. multiplicata tadpoles show three different phenotypes due to genetic varia...

2024 Winter

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Theory

CH17 - SELECTION AND EVOLUTION

Oryza is a genus of grass plants that includes the rice, Oryza sativa, a food crop.(a) Farmers flood fields of rice because this encourages faster gro...

2023 Summer

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MCQ

CH1 - CELL STRUCTURE

Which organelles are enclosed in a single phospholipid bilayer and contain hydrolytic enzymes?

2017 Summer

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MCQ

CH1 - CELL STRUCTURE

The DNA of prokaryotes is naked and circular.Which statement describes how the DNA of eukaryotes differs from that of prokaryotes?

2017 Summer

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MCQ

CH1 - CELL STRUCTURE

The recently discovered Pandoravirus measures 1000 nm in diameter.The Mimivirus has a diameter of 400 nm.What can be detected using a light microscope...

2017 Summer

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MCQ

CH1 - CELL STRUCTURE

What are found in chloroplasts and mitochondria?1. DNA2. 70S ribosomes3. mRNA

2017 Summer

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MCQ

CH1 - CELL STRUCTURE

Boiling the bones and teeth from dead animals can be used to produce a type of glue. The glue is formed from the collagen fibres present in bones and ...

2017 Summer

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MCQ

CH1 - CELL STRUCTURE

What describes the primary structure of a protein?

2017 Summer

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MCQ

CH2 - BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES

The diagrams show four monosaccharides with the formula $C_6H_{12}O_6$.Which diagram shows $\alpha$-glucose?

2017 Summer

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MCQ

CH2 - BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES

Complete digestion of polysaccharides requires all the glycosidic bonds between the monomers to be broken.Amylase only breaks $\alpha$-1,4 glycosidic ...

2017 Summer

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MCQ

CH2 - BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES

The diagram shows the results of tests on four solutions containing biological molecules. Which shows the solution that contains only starch and prote...

2017 Summer

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MCQ

CH2 - BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES

The enzyme invertase catalyses the breakdown of sucrose to glucose and fructose.Three different enzyme inhibitors of invertase X, Y and Z were investi...

2017 Summer

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