PAPER 2- WRONG QUESTIONS Flashcards

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stages required to clone a bull (4 marks):

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  1. take a nucleus from a body cell of the bull
  2. insert this nucleus into an enucleated egg
  3. electric shock to bind
  4. mitosis/ cell division begins
  5. insert embryo into uterus of surrogate mother
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2
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tissue that transports water to the leaves (1 mark):

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xylem
also transports mineral salts

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3
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effect of increasing transcription in cells (3 marks):

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  1. increasing transcription means more mRNA is made
  2. means an increase in translation
  3. means more proteins for growth and repair
  4. means more muscle
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🦠 describe different types of pathogen and refer to a disease for each pathogen (humans) (6 marks):

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  1. virus- non-living organisms
  2. AIDS
  3. bacteria- microscopic single celled
  4. pneumonia
  5. fungus- not able to carry out photosynthesis
  6. athletes foot
  7. protoctist- microscopic single celled
  8. malaria
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💉 explain how vaccination prevents humans from pathogens (3 marks):

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  1. injected with dead pathogen
  2. lymphocytes produce memory cells
  3. secondary immune response
  4. faster/ more antibody production
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🧬 explain how the change in DNA of a microorganism can reduce its ability to digest a substance (5 marks):

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  1. different sequence of bases in DNA
  2. changes mRNA
  3. transcription
  4. changes tRNA
  5. translation
  6. changes structure/ shape of DNA
  7. changes active site
  8. enzyme not functional
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🧬 explain why a change in DNA may not affect the phenotype of an organism (4 marks):

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  1. codons code for the same amino acids
  2. no change in protein
  3. active site not changed
  4. allele may be recessive
  5. so not expressed in phenotype
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why does having a developed root system make regrowth quicker (2 marks)?

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  1. absorb water
  2. absorb mineral ions
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similarities and differences between fossil fuels and biofuels (3 marks):

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  1. biofuel is renewable
  2. both are burnt
  3. both produce CO2
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10
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role of insulin (2 marks):

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  1. lowers blood glucose levels
  2. to glycogen
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describe how bacteria are genetically modified to produce human insulin (3 marks):

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  1. human gene/allele
  2. cut with restriction enzyme
  3. join with ligase
  4. vector/ plasmid
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suggest two reasons why many eggs are needed for cloning to be successful (2 marks):

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  1. not all eggs survive
  2. not all embryos implant
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13
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explain what scientists should do with a zygote so that is develops into a foetus (4 marks):

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  1. mitosis
  2. place embryo in uterus
  3. surrogate mother
  4. correct kind of mother e.g. southern white rhino
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explain how to set up a potometer (4 marks):

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  1. cut plant underwater
  2. seal connection
  3. introduce air bubble
  4. measure movement
  5. tap to reset bubble
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15
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DNA base pairings:

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C- G
A- U/T
T- A

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16
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discuss what effect a change in the sequence of bases could have on the functioning of the enzyme produced (4 marks):

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  1. deletion/ insertion
  2. change shape of active site
  3. no enzyme binds (doesn’t fit)
  4. enzyme/ protein does not function
17
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suggest one way that the risk of a mutation could increase (1 mark):

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  1. tobacco
18
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use of the urethra in females (2 marks):

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  1. only transports urine
  2. separate reproductive passage
19
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what is osmoregulation?

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the process of maintaining water and salt concentrations across membranes within the body

20
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why is dialysis needed for life (2 marks):

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  1. body produces urea
  2. needs to be excreted
21
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why must dialysis solution contain purified water, glucose and mineral ions (2 marks?

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  1. so that substances don’t leave blood
  2. via difusion
22
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greenhouse gas:

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methane

23
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benefits to micropropagation:

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  • produces clones
  • fast acting
  • produces a large volume
24
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describe the stages of protein synthesis(4marks):

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  1. transcription occurs in the nucleus
  2. produces mRNA
  3. translation occurs on ribosome
  4. tRNA brings amino acids
  5. codon binds to anticodon