AQA GCSE Trilogy Biology Paper 1 Foundation June 2018 question paper 8464/B/1F

Figure 1 shows one type of white blood cell.

What is structure A ?

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White blood cells help to defend the body against pathogens.

How do the white blood cells do this?

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Measles is a serious disease. A person can die from measles.

Figure 2 shows the number of cases of measles in England and Wales between 2012 and 2015

Use Figure 2 to calculate the decrease in the number of cases of measles between 2012 and 2015

Suggest one reason for the decrease in the number of cases of measles between 2012 and 2015

Antibiotics cannot be used to treat measles.

Suggest why.

Gonorrhoea is a disease caused by a bacterium.

Gonorrhoea can be treated with antibiotics.

Give one other way to control the spread of gonorrhoea.

A scientist investigated how effective different antibiotics were at killing gonorrhoea bacteria.

This is the method used.

1. Grow gonorrhoea bacteria on agar in a Petri dish.

2. Place one paper disc soaked in water onto the agar.

3. Place four other paper discs, each soaked in a different antibiotic, A, B, C, and D onto the agar.

4. Use the same sized paper discs and the same concentration of each antibiotic.

5. Incubate the Petri dish for 3 days.

Figure 3 shows the scientist’s results.

A clear area around the disc means the antibiotic has killed the bacteria.

Give one control variable the scientist used.

Suggest why one disc was soaked in water.

Which antibiotic in Figure 3 would be the best to treat gonorrhoea?

Give a reason for your answer.

This question is about photosynthesis.

What are the two products of photosynthesis?

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A student investigated the effect of light intensity on the rate of photosynthesis.

Figure 4 shows the apparatus.

This is the method used.

1. Place the pondweed at 5 cm from the light source.

2. Measure the rate of photosynthesis by counting the number of bubbles produced in 30 seconds.

3. Repeat the investigation with the pondweed at different distances from the light source.

How could the student measure the rate of photosynthesis more accurately?

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The LED light source does not get hot.

Why is this important?

Table 1 shows the student’s results.

Calculate the number of bubbles produced in 2 minutes when the light source was 10 cm from the pondweed.

Plot the data from Table 1 on Figure 5

Draw a line of best fit.

Give one conclusion that can be made from these results.

A student investigated the effect of different concentrations of sugar solution on pieces of potato.

This is the method used.

1. Cut three pieces of potato to the same length.

2. Dry each piece on a paper towel.

3. Weigh each piece.

4. Place each piece in a different concentration of sugar solution.

5. Leave all three pieces for 2 hours.

6. Remove the three pieces of potato from the solutions.

7. Dry each piece on a paper towel.

8. Measure the length and mass of each piece of potato.

Figure 6 shows how the investigation was set up.

Why did the student dry each piece of potato before weighing it?

What two changes would you expect in the potato in tube A after 2 hours?

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Complete the sentences.

than the solution inside the potato cells.

The potato in tube B did not change.

Give one conclusion that can be made from this observation.

Figure 7 shows the root of a germinating seed.

Describe two ways the root is adapted to absorb water efficiently.

Exercise can improve health.

A student measured her breathing rate at rest, when walking and when jogging.

Figure 8 shows her results.

Compare the breathing rates when doing the three different activities.

Use values from Figure 8 in your answer.

Explain why the breathing rate changes when doing different activities.

Figure 9 shows the heart in the circulatory system.

The heart is a double pump.

Describe what this means.

Use Figure 9 to help you.

The wall of the left ventricle is much thicker than the wall of the right ventricle.

Suggest one reason for this.

People are encouraged to exercise after recovering from a heart attack.

Suggest one reason why.

Cells divide in a series of stages called the cell cycle.

Stage 2 of the cycle is mitosis.

Figure 10 shows a simplified cell cycle for a human body cell.

Draw one line from each stage in the cell cycle to what happens during that stage.

What happens during that Stage in the cell cycle stage

The mass of DNA in a human body cell at the start of the cell cycle is 6 picograms.

What mass of DNA will be in each of the new cells produced by this cell division?

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Stem cells are undifferentiated cells.

Which statement about stem cells is correct?

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Stem cells from human embryos can differentiate into most types of human cell.

Research is being done into the use of embryonic stem cells in medical treatments.

The long-term effects of using embryonic stem cells in patients are not well understood.

In therapeutic cloning, human embryos are produced using a donated human egg cell and a cell from the patient.

• The embryo produced contains the same genetic information as the patient.

• Stem cells are taken from the embryo and stimulated to divide to form cells the patient needs.

• The embryo is then destroyed.

Suggest two advantages of therapeutic cloning.

Suggest two disadvantages of therapeutic cloning.

This question is about cell structures.

Draw one line from each cell structure to the type of cell where the structure is found.

Type of cell where the Cell Structure structure is found

Figure 11 shows a plant cell.

What are the names of structures A, B and C ?

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A student observed slides of onion cells using a microscope.

Figure 12 shows two of the slides the student observed.

The cells on the slides are not clear to see.

Describe how the student should adjust the microscope to see the cells on Slide A more clearly.

Describe how the student should adjust the microscope to see the cells on Slide B more clearly.

The student made the necessary adjustments to get a clear image.

Figure 13 shows the student’s drawing of one of the cells.

The real length of the cell was 280 micrometres (µm).

Calculate the magnification of the drawing.

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a non-communicable disease.

CHD is caused when fatty material builds up in the coronary arteries.

Explain what a non-communicable disease is.

Figure 14 shows a coronary artery of someone with CHD.

Explain how CHD can cause a heart attack.

Explain how lifestyle and medical risk factors increase the chance of developing CHD.