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CH13 - PHOTOSYNTHESIS

(a) Fig. 8.1 shows a scanning electron micrograph of a section through a leaf of the Christmas rose, *Helleborus niger*.[Image_1: Fig. 8.1]Name M and ...

2009 Summer

Theory

CH13 - PHOTOSYNTHESIS

(a) Fig. 8.1 shows the results from two experiments carried out to investigate the effect of light intensity and carbon dioxide concentration on the r...

2009 Winter

Theory

CH13 - PHOTOSYNTHESIS

(a) In Queensland, Australia, the effect of the water-holding capacity of soil on the yield of sorghum and wheat was investigated.• Four test plots ...

2009 Winter

Theory

CH13 - PHOTOSYNTHESIS

(a) In the majority of plants the leaf is the main photosynthetic organ. List four ways in which the structure of a dicotyledonous leaf is adapted for...

2009 Winter

Theory

CH13 - PHOTOSYNTHESIS

Fig. 4.1 is a photomicrograph of a transverse section through the leaf of a C4 plant.(a) (i) Identify structures J to L. J ..............................

2010 Summer

Theory

CH13 - PHOTOSYNTHESIS

(a) Explain how the palisade mesophyll cells of a leaf are adapted for photosynthesis. [8](b) Outline the light-independent stage of photosynthesis. [...

2010 Summer

Theory

CH13 - PHOTOSYNTHESIS

Cereal crops, such as sorghum and rice, are a major source of nutrients all over the world.(a) Explain why cereal crops are important components of ma...

2010 Summer

Theory

CH13 - PHOTOSYNTHESIS

(a) Describe the structure of photosystems and explain how a photosystem functions in cyclic photophosphorylation. [8] (b) Explain briefly how reduced...

2010 Summer

Theory

CH13 - PHOTOSYNTHESIS

Cereal crops, such as sorghum and rice, are a major source of nutrients all over the world.(a) Explain why cereal crops are important components of ma...

2010 Summer

Theory

CH13 - PHOTOSYNTHESIS

(a) Describe the structure of photosystems and explain how a photosystem functions in cyclic photophosphorylation. [8](b) Explain briefly how reduced ...

2010 Summer

Theory

CH9 - GAS EXCHANGE AND SMOKING

(a) Fig. 1.1 is an image of a transverse section through the trachea of the gas exchange system.Write the names of structures X and Y on Fig. 1.1 in t...

2021 Spring

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CH2 - BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES

Starch molecules are the main storage molecules in many types of cereal grain, such as the grainof the barley plant.(a) When the seed inside a barley ...

2021 Spring

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CH11 - IMMUNITY

T-helper lymphocytes and Leydig cells are two types of mammalian cells. The main role of T-helper lymphocytes and Leydig cells is to synthesise and se...

2021 Spring

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CH8 - TRANSPORT IN MAMMALS

(a) Using a light microscope at a magnification of ×400, it is possible to identify different types of blood cell in prepared slides of mammalian blo...

2021 Spring

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CH5 - THE MITOTIC CELL CYCLE

Each meristem cell in a leaf bud is able to grow and divide by mitosis to produce two daughter cells that are genetically identical to each other and ...

2021 Spring

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CH10 - INFECTIOUS DISEASE

In March 2019, a tropical cyclone in the south-west Indian Ocean caused widespread flooding in a number of countries.The flooding and the damage cause...

2021 Spring

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CH17 - SELECTION AND EVOLUTION

(a) The European eel, Anguilla anguilla, is a fish. The sizes of eel populations tend to remain relatively stable despite eels producing large numbers...

2021 Spring

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CH18 - BIODIVERSITY, CLASSIFICATION AND CONSERVATION

(a) The grey wolf, *Canis lupus*, is a large predator. During the 20th century, the grey wolf in south-west Europe was hunted almost to extinction.Fig...

2021 Spring

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CH19 - GENETIC TECHNOLOGY

Vitamin A deficiency is a widespread public health problem.One source of vitamin A is carotene in the diet. Carotene can be converted to vitamin A in ...

2021 Spring

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CH13 - PHOTOSYNTHESIS

Red algae are multicellular photosynthetic prototists that contain phycoerythrin. Phycoerythrin is a photosynthetic pigment.(a) Fig. 4.1 shows:• the...

2021 Spring