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This document is the mark scheme for the November 2001 GCE Advanced Subsidiary Level Biology exam. It provides the answers and allocation of marks for 6 structured questions. For each question, it lists the answers or responses that would be awarded marks, and the maximum number of marks available for that question. It also provides the total maximum mark for the entire paper, which is 50 marks.

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9700 w01 Ms 2

This document is the mark scheme for the November 2001 GCE Advanced Subsidiary Level Biology exam. It provides the answers and allocation of marks for 6 structured questions. For each question, it lists the answers or responses that would be awarded marks, and the maximum number of marks available for that question. It also provides the total maximum mark for the entire paper, which is 50 marks.

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NOVEMBER 2001

GCE ADVANCED SUBSIDIARY LEVEL

MARK SCHEME

MAXIMUM MARK : 50

SYLLABUS/COMPONENT : 8700/2
BIOLOGY
(STRUCTURED QUESTIONS)

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Page 1 of 3 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper
AS Level Examinations – November 2001 8700 2

1 (a) xylem vessel, transport of, water / ions; 1

(b) no cross walls;


wide lumen / AW;
strengthened / lignified / thick cell wall;
no, cytoplasm / cell contents / organelles / hollow / empty;
pits; 3 max

(c) companion cell;

movement of sucrose / other named substance;


into / out of, sieve tubes / loading / unloading;
through plasmodesmata;
provides energy;
active transport; 3 max

[Total: 7]

2 (a) elastin / elastic fibres; 1

(b) no recoil / alveoli do not recoil; (A) contract


air not forced out;
air not refreshed in alveoli;
concentration of oxygen, falls / not maintained;
less oxygen diffuses into the blood; 3 max

(c) epidemiological evidence

increase in cigarette smoking, increase in cases / deaths from lung


cancer ~ 20 years later;
more men than women smoked in the past, linked to greater number of
cases / deaths among men; (A) anything similar to this
lung cancer rare / unknown, before cigarette smoking became common;
most people with lung cancer, smoke / have smoked;
lung cancer very rare in non-smokers;
lower incidence in smokers who do not inhale; (e.g. pipe and cigar
smokers)
ref to national differences in smoking and cancer / ref to developing
countries;
ref to studies involving British doctors;
ref to evidence from passive smoking;
AVP; 2 max

experimental evidence

experimental animals develop tumours similar to human lung tumours;


carcinogens have been isolated from tar;
when painted on animal skin induce tumours; 1 max

[Total: 7]
Page 2 of 3 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper
AS Level Examinations – November 2001 8700 2

3 (a) (i) amino acid; 1

(ii) lose its shape / disrupted / uncoils / becomes straight chain;


denature;
hydrogen bonds break; 2 max

(b) disulphide / sulphur bridges;


van der Waals / A/W;
hydrogen ;
ionic; 3 max

(c) may be branched;


glycosidic links;
no R groups;
repeating unit structure / one monomer;
AVP; 2 max

(d) (i) three polypeptides twisted around each other;


hydrogen bonds between polypeptides;
covalent links between chains;
every third amino acid glycine, small so tight coil;
lay parallel to form fibrils;
ends staggered / fibrils overlap, so strong; 2 max

(ii) many –OH groups;


hydrogen bonds within the molecule;
hydrogen bonds between molecules;
straight chain (not helix) / unbranched / linear;
60-70 chains / associated to form microfibrils;
arranged in bundles to form, macrofibrils / fibres; 2 max

[Total: 12]

4 (a) (i) serine; 1

(ii) UAG; 1

(iii) codon; 1

(iv) phenylalanine, not isoleucine as next amino acid; 1

(b) secondary structure / alpha helix / pleated sheet;


further folding / tertiary structure;
ref named bond(s);
transported in ER;
Golgi;
packaged / sugars added / trimmed;
vesicles;
exocytosis; 4 max

[Total: 8]
Page 3 of 3 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper
AS Level Examinations – November 2001 8700 2

5 (a) A nucleus;
B mitochondrion;
C phagosome / vacuole;
D lysosome;

half mark each 2

(b) lower resolution in light microscope;


ref wavelength of light;
maximum is half wavelength;
200 nm;
many organelles / named example, smaller than this; 3 max

(c) attachment to cell membrane;


receptors;
role of antibodies / opsonins;
folding inwards of cell membrane / endocytosis;
formation of vacuole / phagosome;
lysosomes fuse with vacuole;
toxins kill bacteria;
enzymes digest bacteria; 4 max

[Total: 9]

6 (a)
statement cholera malaria HIV/AIDS TB
causative
organism is a ü û û ü
bacterium
causative
organism is ü û û û
water-borne
transmitted
by an insect û ü û û
vector
sexually
û û ü û
transmitted

one mark per row


4

(b) people who are heterozygous / carriers;


resistant to malaria;
children of heterozygotes;
1 in 4 chance of inheriting sickle cell anaemia;
further detail of inheritance (e.g. Punnet square);
only attacks HbAHbA / healthy R.B.Cs; 3 max

[Total: 7]

Total mark for paper = 50

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