Theory

CH4 - CELL MEMBRANES AND TRANSPORT

(a) With reference to Fig. 3.1 and the information above, explain how flatworms survive without a transport system for respiratory gases. ...............

2009 Summer

MCQ

CH4 - CELL MEMBRANES AND TRANSPORT

Cystic fibrosis is a disease where $Cl^-$ ions are unable to be transported into cells. Which structure in the cell surface membrane is faulty?

2009 Winter

MCQ

CH4 - CELL MEMBRANES AND TRANSPORT

Diagrams 1 and 2 show how the transverse section through a leaf changes when moved from one solution W to a different solution Y. How has the water p...

2009 Winter

MCQ

CH4 - CELL MEMBRANES AND TRANSPORT

The diagram shows a red blood cell and the concentrations of ions, in mmol dm-3, in the plasma and in the cell. Which ions are actively transported in...

2009 Winter

MCQ

CH4 - CELL MEMBRANES AND TRANSPORT

In an experiment, 5 cm$^3$ of 1 % salivary amylase are added to 100 cm$^3$ of different concentrations of starch.Which graph shows the results of plot...

2009 Winter

Theory

CH4 - CELL MEMBRANES AND TRANSPORT

During an immune response, plasma cells secrete antibody molecules. Fig.1.1 is a diagram of an antibody molecule. The diagram is not complete. (a) ...

2009 Winter

Theory

CH4 - CELL MEMBRANES AND TRANSPORT

(a) Cell surface membranes are involved with the movement of substances into and out of cells.Calcium pumps in cell surface membranes maintain a conce...

2009 Winter

Theory

CH4 - CELL MEMBRANES AND TRANSPORT

(a) With reference to Fig. 3.1, explain the effect of penicillin V on bacterium A........................................................................

2010 Summer

MCQ

CH4 - CELL MEMBRANES AND TRANSPORT

Which molecules, found in the cell surface membrane, have the properties listed? [Table 1]

2010 Winter

MCQ

CH4 - CELL MEMBRANES AND TRANSPORT

The stalk of a dandelion is a hollow tube. Pieces of the stalk are cut as shown and placed in sucrose solutions of different water potentials.Which di...

2010 Winter

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