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1 Heart surgeons may stop the heart beating during operations. While this happens blood is pumped through a heart-lung machine that oxygenates the blood.
Fig. 1.1 is a diagram showing a heart-lung machine in use.
2 (a) Movement is a characteristic of living organisms. Define the term movement.
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When the hand is stimulated by a hot object a reflex action occurs in which the fore-arm is
raised. Fig. 2.1 shows the muscles and the neurones involved in the reflex action. The arrows show where there are nerve impulses during the reflex action.
spinal cord
spinal nerve
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J
H
biceps muscle
triceps muscle
Fig. 2.1 (b) (i) State the name for the action of two opposing muscles, such as the biceps and the
3 The sweet potato plant, Ipomoea batatas, has fibrous roots and storage roots. Fibrous roots absorb water and ions from the soil. Storage roots store insoluble
carbohydrates. Fig. 3.1 shows the growth of these roots on a sweet potato plant.
stem
fibrousroots
storageroots
Fig. 3.1 (a) Explain, using the term water potential, how fibrous roots absorb water.
The membranes of root hair cells contain proteins for the absorption of ions. (b) Describe how root hair cells are adapted for the absorption of ions.
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Sweet potato plants produce flowers to reproduce sexually. Sweet potato plants also
reproduce asexually when shoots grow from the storage roots to form new plants. Fig. 3.2 shows the life cycle of sweet potato. The diploid number of this species is 90.
adult sweetpotato plant
embryoplant
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zygote
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flower
stamens carpels
malegametes
femalegametes
meiosis
fertilisationfertilisationfertilisation
germination
youngplant
Fig. 3.2 (c) Complete Fig. 3.2 by writing the number of chromosomes in the three boxes. [2]
(d) Scientists have discovered that genes are responsible for wing length in reed warblers. The most common length of wing has been 66-67 mm for many generations of these birds.
Explain how natural selection may be responsible for maintaining the mean wing length
(a) During stage 5 microorganisms break down organic matter consisting of cellulose, starch, protein and lipid (fat). The microorganisms multiply during this stage and are recycled.
Complete Fig. 6.2 by writing in the boxes the names of the enzymes used to catalyse
the reactions shown. The first box has been completed for you.