Beachonhouse School System

Juniper Campus
Quetta.
Biology assessment for the month of October 2011
Subject: Biology
Time: 40mins

Class: XI C
Total marks: 20

Fig. 1.1 is a photograph of part of the outer layer of a leaf.

(a) Identify the structures labelled A and B.

A ________________________________
B ________________________________

[2]

(b)
(i) Name one of these substances that pass into the leaf in daylight.
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[1]
(ii) Name two substances that pass out of the leaf in daylight.
1. ________________________________
2. ________________________________

[2]

(iii) Suggest why there would be no movement in or out in darkness.

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(iv) Outline an experiment to demonstrate that one of the two
substances that you have named in section (b)
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(c) Fig. 1.2 and Fig. 1.3 show two cells from the leaf at different times
of the day.

(i) The magnification of the cells in Fig. 1.1 is 400. Calculate the
magnification of Fig. 1.2. Show your working clearly.
Magnification =_______________________________

[3]

(ii) Describe briefly how the cell walls of these cells enable the cells
to change shape.
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(iii) Name the structures, labelled F, that are shown inside the cells.
name of structures ________________________

If you had prepared a microscope slide to show these cells and their
contents, state the name of the reagent you would add to make your
preparation show up clearly.
name of reagent __________________________
[2]
(iv) Suggest how the structures F may help to change the condition of
the cells in Fig. 1.2 to be like those in Fig. 1.3.
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[Total: 20]

Fig. 2.1 shows the apparatus used in an investigation for measuring

the rate of water uptake as a way of comparing transpiration rates.

The plant is attached to the glass tube by a short piece of rubber

tube.
This is carried out under water so that no air can enter the base of
the plant.
As the plant absorbs water it draws more water along the capillary
tube.
It is noted how far along the scale the water moves in two minutes.
Water can be added from the syringe to refill the capillary tube.
This is recorded in Table 2.1.
Readings were taken at intervals of two hours, as shown in Table
2.1.
time of day
distance moved in
reading
two minutes
taken
/ arbitrary units

0800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
2000

7
12
26
29
42
30

(a) (i) Complete Table 2.1 by reading the scale in Fig. 2.1.

[1]

(ii) State how the scale could be set to zero before another reading
was taken.
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(iii) Construct a graph from the figures in Table 2.1.

[2]

(iv) Suggest three named environmental conditions that might

account for the shape of the curve.
1.______________________________________________________
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2.______________________________________________________
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3.______________________________________________________
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(v) Suggest a possible reason for the reading at 1400 hours being
lower than might have been expected.
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Fig.2.2 represents a section through a leaf.

(b) Draw arrows and labels on Fig.2.2 to show:

(i) a pathway by which water moves through the leaf and is lost to the
atmosphere. Identify, using appropriate labels, the physical
processes that are involved.

[4]

(ii) the route taken by carbon dioxide that is being used in

photosynthesis.

[3]

(iii) Label the leaf cells that are important in these processes.

[3]

[Total: 20]

Answering key
(a)
A = guard cell ;
B = stoma(ta) ; [2]
(b) (i) CO2 ; [1]
(ii) O2 and water (vapour) ; [1]
(iii) stomata/pore/guard cell closed (in darkness) ; [1]
(iv) either: cobalt chloride paper on leaf ; how held ;
(blue to) pink shows water ;
or: plant in bell-jar (etc) ; droplets (condense) ;
test for water ;
or: aquatic plant ; bubbles ; test for oxygen/glowing splint ;
[max 3]
(c) (i) measurements of both with units (once) ;
expression

;
magnification correctly given ; ( 2450 or c. 1100 if wrong
dimension used)
R: decimal places
Look for reasonable and consistent attempts. [3]
(ii) thicker inner wall ;
causes bending/banana shape ; when cell turgid ; [3]
(iii) chloroplast ;
iodine (solution)/methylene blue ; [2]
(iv) two from:
photosynthesis in light ; produces CHO/sugar ; R: starch/food
in cell sap/solution affects water potential ; AW

ref. osmosis/water enters/turgor ; [2]

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1 (a) (i) 68 recorded in Table 1.1 ; [1]
(ii) water (into apparatus) from syringe ;
fills capillary tube / replaces air / AW ; [2]
(iii) Graph marks:
1. time on x-axis, distance on y-axis with correct linear scales
;
2. axes labelled time of day or time / hours, distance /
arbitrary units
3. plots clear and accurate ;
4. ruled connections / line of best fit ; [2]
(iv) humidity ;
temperature ;
light ;
air movement / wind AW ; [max 3]
(v) cloud / rain / fall in temperature or wind / stomata closing
/ experimental error ; [2]
(b)
(i) arrow(s) from xylem out through stoma ;
evaporation / water vapour ;
diffusion (into air) / osmosis (cell to cell) ;
water pathway and carbon dioxide pathway labelled /
distinguished by key ; [4]
(ii) arrow(s) from atmosphere, through stoma ;
to photosynthetic cell ; [3]
(iii) guard cell ;
mesophyll / palisade / spongy ;
xylem / vessel ; [3]
[Total: 20]