Theory

CH12 - ENERGY AND RESPIRATION

(a) The respiratory quotient (RQ) is used to show what substrates are being metabolised in respiration.The RQ of a substrate may be calculated using t...

2009 Summer

Theory

CH12 - ENERGY AND RESPIRATION

(a) Describe the process of glycolysis. [7] (b) Describe the structure and synthesis of ATP and its universal role as the energy currency in all livi...

2009 Winter

Theory

CH12 - ENERGY AND RESPIRATION

(a) Outline the main features of the Krebs cycle. [9](b) Explain the role of NAD in aerobic respiration. [6]

2009 Winter

Theory

CH12 - ENERGY AND RESPIRATION

(a) The initial stages of respiration convert one molecule of glucose into two molecules of a 3C compound.State(i) the name given to these initial sta...

2010 Summer

Theory

CH12 - ENERGY AND RESPIRATION

Fig. 7.1 is an outline diagram of the Krebs cycle. A two carbon acetyl group enters the cycle by combining with a molecule of oxaloacetate. A molecule...

2010 Summer

Theory

CH12 - ENERGY AND RESPIRATION

(a) (i) Explain what is meant by the following terms:decarboxylation ....................................................................................

2010 Summer

Theory

CH12 - ENERGY AND RESPIRATION

Rice, *Oryza sativa*, is a staple food in many parts of the world. Rice is often grown in fields that are flooded with water for part of the growing s...

2010 Winter

Theory

CH12 - ENERGY AND RESPIRATION

(a) Outline the need for energy in living organisms using named examples. [9](b) Explain the different energy values of carbohydrate, lipid and protei...

2010 Winter

Theory

CH12 - ENERGY AND RESPIRATION

Rice, Oryza sativa, is a staple food in many parts of the world. Rice is often grown in fields that are flooded with water for part of the growing s...

2010 Winter

Theory

CH12 - ENERGY AND RESPIRATION

(a) Outline the need for energy in living organisms using named examples. [9](b) Explain the different energy values of carbohydrate, lipid and protei...

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