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Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education

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BIOLOGY 0610/42
Paper 4 Theory (Extended) May/June 2019
1 hour 15 minutes
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This syllabus is regulated for use in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a Cambridge International Level 1/Level 2 Certificate.

This document consists of 18 printed pages and 2 blank pages.

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1 Biotechnology is used in the process of bread-making.

Fig. 1.1 shows some of the steps in making bread.

flour, salt and water are put into a bowl

Step 1 mixing

organism A and an energy source are added

Step 2 mixing

dough forms

Step 3 dough left at 35 °C for 2 hours

gas bubbles form in the dough

Step 4 dough is shaped and left at room temperature

dough put into baking tins

Step 5 dough is baked for 30 minutes at 200 °C

bread is made

Fig. 1.1

(a) State the name of organism A in Fig. 1.1.

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(b) (i) State the name of the source of energy used by organism A.

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(ii) State the name of the process that occurs at step 3 that causes gas bubbles to form in
the dough.

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(iii) State the name of the gas that forms to create the gas bubbles in the dough.

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(c) Explain the reasons for the different temperatures used in step 3 and step 5.

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(d) State the name of two products of biotechnology, other than bread, that make use of
microorganisms.

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2 The concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide has increased considerably in recent years.

(a) Describe the possible causes of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide.

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(b) Soybean plants, Glycine max, were grown in two separate plots.

Each plot used a carbon dioxide enrichment system to control the atmospheric carbon dioxide
concentration.

The atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations in the two plots were kept at:

• 370 ppm, which is similar to the current atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration
• 550 ppm, which is a possible future atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration.

When the soybean plants were fully grown, scientists calculated the average rates of
photosynthesis at regular intervals from 04:00 to 22:00 for both plots.

The results are shown in Fig. 2.1.

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550 ppm CO2
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rates of 15
photosynthesis 370 ppm CO2
/ μmol per m2 per s 10

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04:00 06:00 08:00 10:00 12:00 14:00 16:00 18:00 20:00 22:00

time of day

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Describe and explain the effect of carbon dioxide concentration on the average rates of
photosynthesis of the soybean plants from 04:00 to 22:00.

Use the data from Fig. 2.1 in your answer.

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(c) The scientists also made observations of the leaf structure of the soybean plants.

Epidermis and mesophyll tissues are adapted for photosynthesis.

Complete Table 2.1 by stating two structural features of each of these tissues and explain
how each feature is an adaptation for photosynthesis.

Table 2.1

how the feature is an adaptation

tissue feature
for photosynthesis

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(d) When the scientists were working in the plot with a carbon dioxide concentration of 550 ppm,
their breathing rates were higher than when they worked in the other plot.

Suggest why their breathing rates were higher.

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3 Very small pieces of plastic, called microplastics, are found in many products such as soaps and
toothpaste.

Fig. 3.1 shows toothpaste that contains microplastics.

Fig. 3.1

(a) (i) It is estimated that microplastics make up 5% of the mass of some toothpastes.

Each person uses approximately 2 g of toothpaste a day.

There were estimated to be 1.2 × 109 people using toothpaste that contained
microplastics in some countries in 2013.

Calculate the mass of microplastics contained in the toothpaste used on one day in 2013
for these countries.

Show your working and state appropriate units with your answer.

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(ii) State one recommendation, other than regular brushing, for the proper care of teeth.

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(b) Lugworms live in sand on coastal beaches and are eaten by wading birds. Lugworms feed on
diatoms. Diatoms are photosynthetic protoctists that require ammonium ions as a source of
nitrogen. Beach sand contains ammonium ions.

(i) Construct a food chain for these marine organisms.

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(ii) There is some evidence that microplastics affect ammonium ions. Affected ammonium
ions cannot be used by diatoms. A group of researchers thought that this could affect
lugworms living in sand polluted by microplastics.

The researchers collected 30 healthy lugworms, all with the same initial mass.

They divided them into three groups, A, B and C. Each group contained 10 lugworms.

Each group of lugworms was placed in a bucket containing the same mass of beach
sand and ammonium ions and:

A biodegradable microplastics
B non-biodegradable microplastics
C no microplastics.

The measurements that were recorded at the end of the investigation are shown in
Table 3.1.

Table 3.1

group
variable measured
A B C
ammonium ion concentration in the
19.3 47.0 27.4
bucket / µmol per dm3
average respiration rate of lugworms
5.2 9.6 5.1
/ mg oxygen per hour per g mass
volume of lugworm faeces / cm3 60.0 25.0 40.0

average lugworm mass / g 9.1 7.0 9.1

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Describe and explain why the researchers concluded that non-biodegradable

microplastics are the most harmful to lugworms.

Use the information in Table 3.1 in your answer.

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(c) Ammonium ions are an important part of the nitrogen cycle. They can be converted into
nitrate ions, which are used by plants and protoctists such as diatoms.

(i) State the name of the molecules that are converted into ammonium ions in the nitrogen
cycle.

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(ii) State the name of the process of converting ammonium ions into nitrate ions.

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(iii) Explain the effects of nitrate ion deficiency on plant growth.

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(d) Non-biodegradable plastics are also harmful to terrestrial ecosystems.

Discuss the effects of non-biodegradable plastics on terrestrial ecosystems.

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4 Neurones are part of the nervous system. Neurones are connected to each other by synapses.

(a) (i) Describe how the structure of a neurone is related to its function.

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(ii) The nervous system is made up of the central nervous system and the peripheral
nervous system.

State the names of the organs that make up the central nervous system.

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(b) Reflex actions allow the body to respond rapidly to changes in the external environment.

(i) Outline the pathway in a reflex arc in response to shining a bright light into the eye.

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(ii) Doctors sometimes check the reflexes of people who are unconscious.

Suggest why reflexes occur in people who are unconscious.

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(c) Fig. 4.1 is a diagram of a synapse and parts of two neurones.

G F

Fig. 4.1

(i) State the names of the labelled parts in Fig. 4.1.

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(ii) Draw an arrow on Fig. 4.1 to show the direction in which the signal travels across the
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5 (a) The testes are part of the endocrine system because they produce hormones.

(i) State the name of the hormone released from the testes.

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(ii) The testes are also part of the reproductive system. This means that the testes are part
of two organ systems.

Complete Fig. 5.1 by stating two other organs that also belong to two organ systems.

One has been completed for you.

organ organ system

male reproductive system

testes
endocrine system

male reproductive system

endocrine system

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Fig. 5.2 is a photomicrograph of part of a mammalian testis.

Fig. 5.2

(b) The cells labelled M in Fig. 5.2 are undergoing meiosis.

Explain why meiosis is necessary in the testes.

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(c) Fig. 5.3 is a photomicrograph of a section through a sperm.

Fig. 5.3

Table 5.1 shows information about the sperm shown in Fig. 5.3.

Complete Table 5.1.

Table 5.1

letter on Fig. 5.3 name of the structure function

haploid nucleus

releases energy

flagellum

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(d) Draw and label one human egg cell.

Include at least one labelled feature that is not found in a sperm cell.

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(e) Describe what happens to a fertilised egg cell before implantation in the uterus.

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6 Fig. 6.1 shows some of the many different varieties of potato, Solanum tuberosum, that are
cultivated across the world for food.

Fig. 6.1

All varieties of S. tuberosum are classified as the same species.

(a) Define the term species.

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(b) Fig. 6.2 shows a method of reproduction that some potato farmers use to produce more
potato plants.

parent plant

offspring

potato tuber

plant pot
not to scale
Fig. 6.2

Describe the advantages of the type of reproduction shown in Fig. 6.2 in crop production.

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(c) Potato tubers store starch.

Explain why plants store starch.

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