Question
Answer Notes Marks
number
1 (a) purple;
2
(all) offspring are purple / no white;
(b) separate from other flowers / pollen / insects /
wind /
cover with bag / separate room;
2
transfer pollen by man / brush / eq;
(c) (i) Ff Ff; allow all marking
points in Punnett
F f F f; square
FF and Ff (and Ff) and ff; (allow homozygous allow other letters eg
4
dominant / heterozygous / homozygous Pp or PW for
recessive) heterozygote
purple (purple purple) and white; if parents wrong allow
ecf
(ii) 4.5:1 / 9:2 / 18:4 / 36:8; 4.5 alone = 0
1
(iii) role of chance / probability / random
(fertilisation);
small numbers / eq; 2
more purple pollen involved in fertilisation / eq;
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Answer
nswer Marks
number
1 (d) more purple pollen / less white pollen / eq;
carried to other (purple) flowers;
purple flowers (more likely to) reproduce / eq;
allele for purple in passed on in seeds/offspring;
5
more purple flowers;
less white flowers;
continues over generations / eq;
Tota
Total 16
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Answer Notes Marks
number
2 DNA; 6
nucleus;
chromosomes;
thymine / T;
guanine / G;
mutation;
TOTAL 6 MARKS
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Answer Notes Marks
number
3 (a) 90 / tube 3 at 30 oC; wrong anomalous 2
result = 0 for
question
tube at 25 oC / tube at
different temperature / ignore other
miscounted / human error / numbers
different food / fertility / different
fecundity / eq;
(b) (i) 10 male and 12 female; 1
(ii) tube 4 at 35°C; 1
(c) repeated / described similar results in 2
replication / eq; all tubes = 2
five tubes had
similar numbers / similar similar results = 2
pattern / eq;
(d) less at 16 oC / less at lower max 3
temperatures / idea of
increase / eq;
optimum at 25 oC / more at 25
o
C;
less at 30 oC / 35 oC / less at
higher temperatures / idea of
decrease / eq;
none at 45 oC / eq;
enzymes;
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Question Answer Notes Marks
number
4 (a) 1. male / father;
2. male is XY / heterogametic / sperm are X or Y; allow sperm are X Max 2
and Y
allow converse
(b) 1. produces four cells / has two cell divisions; allow converse for
mitosis
2. produces haploid cells;
3. halves the chromosome number; 3.. ignore 23
chromosomes
4. produces genetic variation /
cells not genetically identical / eq;
5. produces gametes / sex cells / involved in sexual
reproduction /
eq;
Max 4
6. takes place in gonads / ovaries / testes / sex organs;
Total 6 marks
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Answer Notes Marks
number
5 1. the colder the place the bigger the mouse; Mp1 ignore fatter 5 max
2. variation;
3. (due to) mutation;
4. bigger mice survive / survival / survival of the fittest /
not killed and reproduce / breed / eq;
5. less heat loss / keep warm / insulation;
Mp5 allow if in context
6. small(er) surface area to volume ratio; of fur / fat
Allow converse for small
7. pass on allele / gene;
mice
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Answer Notes Marks
number
6 (a)
description number of people
who fit the
description
male 7
female with Huntington’s disease 2 / two;
homozygous recessive 11 / eleven;
heterozygous 4 / four;
homozygous dominant 0 / zero / none;
(b) 1. A parent XY and B parent XX; correct Punnett
square = 3
2. gametes X and X and X and Y;
use of other
3. offspring half XY and male and half XX and female; letters allow max
1 for correct 3
gametes and
correct offspring
(Total for Question 5 = 7 marks)
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