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Question 21 (5 marks)
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(b) Draw a scaled diagram that shows the features of both a red blood cell and a 3
white blood cell.
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Question 22 (7 marks)
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Question 22 (continued)
(b) On the grid below, plot the data from the table in part (a) and draw a curve of 3
best fit.
pH
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(c) Why is it better to represent these results as a curve of best fit rather than as a 2
column graph?
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Question 23 (5 marks)
A non-infectious disease was observed in a mother and her four sons who live with
her. She has no daughters. The father of these children does not have the disease and
does not live with them. The womans parents and her two sisters who live overseas
do not have the disease.
(a) Her doctor suspects that the disease is NOT inherited. Identify data that could be 1
collected to investigate a non-inheritable cause of the disease.
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(a) Complete the following table by identifying the variables for ONE of your 1
investigations.
pH,
substrate concentration,
.................................... .................................... enzyme concentration
(b) Outline how you measured the activity of an enzyme in your investigation. In 2
your answer, name the enzyme.
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(c) Describe how a condition needed for optimal enzyme activity would be 2
expected to vary between endotherms and ectotherms.
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Question 25 (6 marks)
Beadle and Tatums experiment involved the analysis of bread mould growth. Bread
mould uses an enzyme to make the amino acid arginine.
The diagram shows bread mould growth after culturing on two different media. In one
part of the experiment, the bread mould had been irradiated before culturing.
Key
Bread mould
growth
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research Beadle and Tatums experiment.
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Question 26 (5 marks)
respondents. Removed some of the non-smokers until both groups had equal
numbers
4. Checked that all the respondents had a medical check-up in the past year
5. Analysed data, wrote the paper and published it in a scientific blog.
From the information provided, analyse the methodology used by this scientist.
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Question 27 (4 marks)
Give reasons for strategies that could be carried out to control this disease outbreak.
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Question 29 (5 marks)
(a) Complete the following diagram to show the process by which gametes are 3
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(b) How does the segregation of chromosomes during meiosis lead to a wide variety 2
of gametes being produced?
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Question 30 (8 marks)
Explain how the contributions of Louis Pasteur, Robert Koch and MacFarlane Burnet 8
have increased our understanding of the nature and prevention of infectious disease.
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