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CH17 - SELECTION AND EVOLUTION

(a) Explain how changes in the nucleotide sequence of DNA may affect the amino acid sequence in a protein.[7](b) Explain how natural selection may bri...

2009 Summer

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CH17 - SELECTION AND EVOLUTION

(a) *Asellus aquaticus* is a small freshwater crustacean. 200 *A. aquaticus* were released into a pond where there had previously been none. The pond...

2009 Winter

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CH17 - SELECTION AND EVOLUTION

(a) Complete Fig. 4.1 by writing letters to represent the sets of chromosomes in bread wheat.(b) Explain why hybridisation between emmer wheat and goa...

2009 Winter

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CH17 - SELECTION AND EVOLUTION

(a) A recent study of the house mouse, Mus musculus, on the island of Madeira resulted in the following observations. • There are six distinct popul...

2009 Winter

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CH17 - SELECTION AND EVOLUTION

(a) Explain how two parents, both of whom produce normal amounts of AG, can produce a child with Pompe disease...........................................

2009 Winter

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CH17 - SELECTION AND EVOLUTION

Anole lizards are found throughout the Caribbean and the surrounding mainland. There are many species. Each species is found only on one island or a s...

2010 Summer

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CH17 - SELECTION AND EVOLUTION

The American crocodile, Crocodylus acutus, was classified as an endangered species by the USA in 1975. It is found in estuarine regions of southern Fl...

2010 Summer

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CH17 - SELECTION AND EVOLUTION

The fruitfly, _Drosophila_, has many different species. Three of these species, _Drosophila pseudoobscura_, _D. persimilis_ and _D. miranda_, are thou...

2010 Summer

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CH17 - SELECTION AND EVOLUTION

The American crocodile, Crocodylus acutus, was classified as an endangered species by the USA in 1975. It is found in estuarine regions of southern Fl...

2010 Summer

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CH17 - SELECTION AND EVOLUTION

The fruitfly, \textit{Drosophila}, has many different species. Three of these species, \textit{Drosophila pseudoobscura}, \textit{D. persimilis} and \...

2010 Summer

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CH1 - CELL STRUCTURE

(a) (i) Name the cells labelled A and the structure labelled B.A ........................................................................................

2013 Summer

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CH10 - INFECTIOUS DISEASE

(a) Explain how the virus that causes measles is transmitted.............................................................................................

2013 Summer

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CH7 - TRANSPORT IN PLANTS

(a) Transpiration is often described as an 'inevitable consequence of gas exchange in plants'.Explain what is meant by this statement....................

2013 Summer

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CH6 - NUCLEIC ACIDS AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS

Fig. 4.1 shows the two base pairs in a DNA molecule.(a) Name the bases labelled J and K and the bond labelled L.J .......................................

2013 Summer

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CH4 - CELL MEMBRANES AND TRANSPORT

Fig. 5.1 shows a section of a cell surface membrane.(a) State the functions of structures P, Q and R.P ..................................................

2013 Summer

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CH5 - THE MITOTIC CELL CYCLE

(a) Explain how uncontrolled cell division can result in cancer. ........................................................................................

2013 Summer

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CH5 - THE MITOTIC CELL CYCLE

(a) The cells in Fig. 1.1 are from the same organism and look the same. The cells in Fig. 1.1(a) have been produced by mitosis and the cells in Fig. 1...

2013 Summer

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CH7 - TRANSPORT IN PLANTS

Fig. 2.1 shows xylem tissue in a longitudinal section through the stem of a dicotyledonous plant. [Image_1: Fig. 2.1] (a) Describe and explain how the...

2013 Summer

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CH10 - INFECTIOUS DISEASE

(a) Explain why tuberculosis (TB) is known as an infectious disease......................................................................................

2013 Summer

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CH2 - BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES

Polysaccharides are synthesised by condensation reactions between monosaccharide or disaccharide subunits (monomers).(a) Name the type of bond formed ...

2013 Summer