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TIME 2 hours
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces at the top of this page and on all
separate answer paper used.
Section A
Answer all questions.
Write your answers in the spaces provided on the question paper.
Section B
Answer any three questions.
Write your answers on the separate answer paper provided.
At the end of the examination,
1 fasten the separate answer paper securely to the question paper;
2 enter the numbers of the Section B questions you have answered in the left hand column of the
' grid below.
Section A
Answer all questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided on the question paper.
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Fig. 1 shows the stages in the large scale treatment of river water for drinking. The stages are labelled A to F.
River water
A
B
C
River water
Storage in open reservoir
sedimentation
D
E
F
Fig. 1
(a) Name Stage D. ............................................................... [1]
(b) Which letter represents the stage at which ultra-violet light kills bacteria? . [1]
(c) Which chemical may be added at C to speed up sedimentation? . [1]
(d) Which chemical is added at E to destroy any remaining bacteria and viruses?
..
[1]
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3
Fig. 2 shows a generalised animal cell as seen through the electron microscope
nucleus
ribosome
B
Fig. 2
(a) Name, on Fig. 2, the structures labelled A and B.
[2]
(b) State the parts of the cell responsible for the following processes:
(i)
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3
A
B
Fig. 3
(a) Label the parts A, B and C on Fig. 3.
[3]
(b) Name the part of the tooth where the nerve is found.
[1]
(c) The surface of a tooth is very hard but can be damaged by acids.
Explain the link between a high sugar diet and increased tooth decay.
.
[2]
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Fig. 4 shows some of the changes in lung volume in a person during different depths of breathing.
Fig. 4
(a) At which point, A, B, C or D, are the following muscles fully contracted?
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
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5
Fig. 5 shows two nuclei from a male, dividing, one by mitosis and one by meiosis. Only the sex
chromosomes X and Y are shown.
Fig. 5
(a) On Fig. 5, draw in the sex chromosomes as they would appear in nuclei A, B and C. [3]
(b) What type of cells would contain nuclei B and C? [1]
(c) Which type of division, mitosis or meiosis, is responsible for:
(i) the growth of an organism; ..
(ii) variation in a population? .
[2]
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level
Hormone A released
From organ X
level
rises
falls
normal blood
sugar level
level
normal blood
sugar level
level
rises
falls
Fall in blood sugar
Level detected by
Organ X
Hormone B released
From organ X
Glucose converted
To glycogen in
Organ Y
Fig. 6
(a) Name organs X and Y.
X .
Y.[1]
(b) Name hormones A and B.
A .
B . [2]
(c) Hormone C is secreted in emergencies.
Name hormone C [1]
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7
Fig. 7
(a) State two reasons, from the diagram, why the adult house fly, A, is classified as an insect.
1
2. [2]
(b) Name stage C [1]
(c) State two ways in which the pupa of the mosquito differs from D, the pupa of the housefly.
1.
2. ..[2]
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Section B
Answer three questions.
Write your answers on separate answer paper provided
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[2]
[3]
fats,
(ii)
carbohydrates
[4]
(c) Vili are important in both the small intestine and the placenta.
(i)
What is a villus?
(ii)
[2]
[9]
[2]
(b) With references to AIDS and lung cancer, explain what meant by
(i)
a transmissible disease
[5]
(ii)
a non-transmissible disease
[5]
In some cities, homeless children sleep in the under ground sewerages pipes (sewers) at night beg in the
streets for food by day. Discuss the health hazards which could result from
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(i)
sleeping in sewers,
(ii)
[8]
[6]
(b) (i) Green vegetables are an important part of the balance diet. List three nutrients that they
provide.
(iii)
why is it important to cook green vegetables but not to over cook them?
[3]
[3]
[4]
(d) (i) State two ways in which the body might lose much water.
[2]
(iii)
State two harmful effects on the body of losing too much water.
[2]
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(a) Fig. 8 shows a kidney tubule.
Fig. 8
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(ii)
Carbon monoxide.
(a)
(b)
You touch hot object and immediately take your hand away.
(i)
(ii)
(ii)
hormones?
(d) Explain why is it dangerous for a person to drink alcohol before driving a vehicle.