Theory

CH10 - INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Fig. 1.1 shows the outline of a ciliated cell from the human gas exchange system.(a) (i) Inside the ciliated cell in Fig. 1.1, draw the nuclear envelo...

2009 Summer

Theory

CH10 - INFECTIOUS DISEASE

The fungus *Penicillium chrysogenum* is grown in fermenters on an industrial scale to produce penicillin, using a batch culture system.(a) Explain why...

2009 Summer

MCQ

CH10 - INFECTIOUS DISEASE

A country has fewer than 2.5 deaths per 100 000 people from TB in one year and the next year this rose to 25 deaths per 100 000. What may have contrib...

2009 Winter

MCQ

CH10 - INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Scientists are concerned that avian (bird) flu caused by the H5N1 virus, could infect humans and cause a pandemic. If this occurs, which factors could...

2009 Winter

MCQ

CH10 - INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Scientists are concerned that avian (bird) flu caused by the H5N1 virus, could infect humans and cause a pandemic.If this occurs, which factors could ...

2009 Winter

MCQ

CH10 - INFECTIOUS DISEASE

A country has fewer than 2.5 deaths per 100 000 people from TB in one year and the next year this rose to 25 deaths per 100 000.What may have contribu...

2009 Winter

Theory

CH10 - INFECTIOUS DISEASE

(a) $P.\ jirovecii$ has a haploid number of 13 chromosomes. Complete the life cycle by writing either mitosis or meiosis in the boxes in Fig. 5.1. [2...

2009 Winter

Theory

CH10 - INFECTIOUS DISEASE

(a) Cell walls of bacteria contain peptidoglycans. Peptidoglycans are long chains of the sugars N-acetylmuramic acid (NAM) and N-acetylglucosamine (NA...

2009 Winter

Theory

CH10 - INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Malaria and tuberculosis (TB) are two of the most important infectious diseases.(a) Define the term \textit{infectious disease}..........................

2010 Summer

Theory

CH10 - INFECTIOUS DISEASE

(a) Using the ‘without HIV/AIDS’ and ‘with HIV/AIDS’ data shown in Table 3.1, calculate the percentage decrease in life expectancy for Botswan...

2010 Summer

Theory

CH7 - TRANSPORT IN PLANTS

(a) The structure of a phloem sieve tube element is adapted to its function.Each of explanations A to F describes how a particular structural feature ...

2020 Spring

Theory

CH3 - ENZYMES

Phosphatidate phosphatase (PAP) enzymes have an important role in lipid metabolism.The reaction catalysed by PAP is shown in Fig. 2.1.Experiments were...

2020 Spring

Theory

CH8 - TRANSPORT IN MAMMALS

During one cardiac cycle:blood enters the heart from the lungs and from the rest of the bodyblood leaves the heart to be transported to the lungs and ...

2020 Spring

Theory

CH9 - GAS EXCHANGE AND SMOKING

(a) When a section of lung tissue is viewed using a light microscope, it is possible to identify the trachea, the bronchus, the bronchioles and the al...

2020 Spring

Theory

CH11 - IMMUNITY

Myasthenia gravis and HIV/AIDS both involve disorders of the immune system.(a) Outline why myasthenia gravis is described as a disorder of the immune ...

2020 Spring

Theory

CH1 - CELL STRUCTURE

Fig. 6.1 is a transmission electron micrograph of a plant parenchyma cell.(a) The external environment of the parenchyma cell has a higher water poten...

2020 Spring

Theory

CH14 - HOMEOSTASIS

(a) Fig. 1.1 represents part of the wall of a proximal convoluted tubule (pct) in a kidney nephron.[Image_1: Fig. 1.1](i) Name the features of the wal...

2020 Spring

Theory

CH11 - IMMUNITY

Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is a group of life-threatening diseases. SCID is caused by mutations that prevent the normal function of the i...

2020 Spring

Theory

CH16 - INHERITED CHANGE

Flowers of the common morning-glory plant, Ipomoea purpurea, can have several different phenotypes. An example of these flowers is shown in Fig. 3.1.[...

2020 Spring

Theory

CH16 - INHERITED CHANGE

The rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, is a fish that is bred in commercial fish farms. Rainbow trout that have a blue-silver colour are sold at a hi...

2020 Spring