BILLABONG HIGH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
MARVE ROAD, BHOOMI PARK, MALAD (W)
Grade 9
SECOND TERM EXAMINATION – 2020-21
BIOLOGY
Paper 6 Alternative To Practical 0610/62
1 hour
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
No Additional Materials are required.
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READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST
Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.
Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid.
Answer all questions.
Electronic calculators may be used.
You may lose marks if you do not show your working or if you do not use appropriate units.
At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
Marks
Obtained
Total
Marks 40
This document consists of 09 printed pages and 02 blank pages.
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Answer all the questions in the spaces provided.
1 A student investigated the digestion of protein in mammals.
He used:
• a solution of protein that is milky in appearance
• a solution of an enzyme that is found in the stomach of mammals
• a pH solution with a particular pH value
• some distilled water.
He knew that, as the protein was digested, the protein solution would turn from milky to clear.
He set up four test-tubes, A, B, C and D, and put 5 cm3 of protein solution into each one.
He then placed the four test-tubes in a water bath for 5 minutes.
After 5 minutes, he added other solutions to the 4 test-tubes so that their contents were as shown:
A B C D
5 cm3 protein solution 5 cm3 protein solution 5 cm3 protein solution 5 cm3 protein solution
5 drops of distilled water 5 drops of pH solution 5 drops of distilled water 5 drops of pH solution
5 cm3 distilled water 5 cm3 distilled water 5 cm3 enzyme solution 5 cm3 enzyme solution
He returned the 4 test-tubes to the water bath and observed them for the next 5 minutes.
At 3 minutes, the contents of test-tube D became clear.
At 5 minutes, the contents of test-tube C became clear.
At 5 minutes, the contents of test-tubes A and B remained milky.
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(a) Use this information to complete the table, including the column heading.
................... observations
/ ................... A B C D
0 milky milky
1 milky milky
2 milky milky
3 milky milky
4 milky milky
5 milky milky
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(b) Explain what the student could conclude about the digestion of protein from these results.
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(c) (i) Suggest a suitable temperature for the water in the water bath and explain why that
temperature should be used.
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(ii) Suggest a suitable piece of apparatus:
for measuring the volume of enzyme solution ....................................................
for adding the pH solution .................................................................................. [2]
(iii) Explain why distilled water was added to test-tubes A, B and C.
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(d) Giving full experimental details, design an experiment based on test-tube D to investigate
the effect of different pH values on the action of this enzyme.
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(e) State and explain one safety precaution that should be taken when this experiment is
carried out.
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2 The photomicrograph shows a vertical section of a leaf as seen under a microscope.
cuticle
upper
epidermis
lower
epidermis
cuticle
(a) (i) On the photomicrograph, draw ruled labelling lines to identify:
• a palisade cell (label your line P)
• a guard cell (label your line G). [2]
(ii) Complete the table to compare the upper and lower surfaces of the leaf.
feature upper surface lower surface
cuticle
epidermis
[2]
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(b) The photomicrograph shows a part of the surface of the epidermis of a leaf.
X Y guard cells
epidermal cell
magnification ×800
In the space below make a large drawing of the cells labelled ‘guard cells’ and ‘epidermal cell’
as they appear in the photomicrograph.
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(c) (i) Measure and record the maximum length of the guard cells between X and Y on the
photomicrograph.
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Draw a line in the same position on your drawing.
Measure and record the length of this line.
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(ii) Use your measurements in (c)(i) to calculate the magnification of your drawing compared
to the actual size of the guard cells between X and Y.
Show your working.
x ...........................................................[3]
[Total: 15]
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3 A student investigated the effect of exercise on her pulse rate.
She cycled for 5 km and then recorded her pulse rate every minute for 5 minutes as she rested.
Her results are shown in the table.
time after exercise pulse rate
/ minutes / beats per minute
0 180
1 112
2 94
3 88
4 86
5 84
(a) Describe how she could measure her pulse rate.
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(b) (i) On the grid below, construct a graph to show the student’s results. Join your points
with ruled, straight lines.
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(ii) Describe how the student’s pulse rate changes following her exercise.
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