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Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education

BIOLOGY 0610/33
Paper 3 Theory (Core) May/June 2016
MARK SCHEME
Maximum Mark: 80

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This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates, to indicate the requirements of the
examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the
details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began, which would have
considered the acceptability of alternative answers.

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Abbreviations used in the Mark Scheme:

• ; separates marking points

• / alternatives
• I ignore
• R reject
• A accept (for answers correctly cued by the question, or guidance for examiners)
• AW alternative wording (where responses vary more than usual)
• AVP any valid point
• ecf credit a correct statement / calculation that follows a previous wrong response
• ora or reverse argument
• () the word / phrase in brackets is not required, but sets the context
• underline actual word given must be used by candidate (grammatical variants excepted)
• max indicates the maximum number of marks that can be given

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Question Answer Marks Guidance

1 (a) jointed legs ; R 3 pairs jointed legs

segmented (body) ;

exoskeleton ; [max 1]

(b) (i) insects ; [1]

(ii) 6 legs / 3 pairs of legs ;

3 body parts ;

has (1 pair of) antennae ;

wings ; [max 2]

[Total: 4]

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Question Answer Marks Guidance

2 (a) (i) narrower lumen / AW ;

thicker wall ;

more muscular / elastic wall ;

valve present (at base) / AW ; [max 2]

(ii) low pressure, oxygenated ; [1]

(b) vena cava 3 or 4 correct = 3

pulmonary artery 2 correct = 2
pulmonary vein 1 correct = 1
aorta
;;; [3]

[Total: 6]

3 (a) (i) transpiration / evaporation ; [1]

(ii) cortex cells 3 or 4 correct = 3

xylem 2 correct = 2
mesophyll cells 1 correct = 1
stomata [3]
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Question Answer Marks Guidance

(b) (i) description

decrease / AW ;

plateau ;

data quotation / usage ;

explanation
plant absorbs water ;

(lost by) transpiration / evaporation ;

rate of transpiration / evaporation varies ;

reason as to why it varies ; [max 4]

(ii) (425–380=) 45 (cm3) ; [1]

(iii) has bigger leaves ;

more leaves ;

larger surface area ; [max 1]

[Total: 10]

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Question Answer Marks Guidance

4 (a) diet with all classes / groups of nutrients; A list of at least 5 groups.

in the correct proportions ;

in the correct amounts ;

ref. to energy ;

idea of staying healthy ; [max 2]

(b) (i) (rich in) carbohydrates / starch ;

provide energy / joules / calories;

for physical activity / body processes ; [max 2]

(ii) meat / fish / eggs / beans / milk and dairy foods ; must have at least 2 foods

needed for growth / repair / to make enzymes / build

muscles ; [2]

(iii) obesity / overweight ;

CHD / heart disease / high blood pressure ;

diabetes ;

liver disease / gall stones ; [max 1]

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Question Answer Marks Guidance

(iv) age of person ; one mark for factor and one mark for explanation.
if they are growing or not ; explanation must be linked to the factor

activity of person ;
idea of more food (group) for energy / repair or build
tissues ;

obese / anorexic ;
might need to lose or gain weight ;

gender ;
females generally require less than males ; A sex

pregnancy or lactating ;
more food need ;

ref. to different metabolic rates ;

needing more or less food ;

medical conditions e.g. diabetes, allergies, illness ;

need to avoid gluten / sugars / fats / allergens / lactose
OR
need to eat certain food to alleviate a medical condition
;

personal choice / vegetarian / vegan / religious / taste ;

appropriate change in diet to suit choice diet ; [max 4]

[Total: 11]

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Question Answer Marks Guidance

5 (a) change the genetic material (of an organism) ;

by removing / changing / inserting (individual) genes ;

from one organism / species to another ; [max 2]

(b) (i) length of DNA ;

that codes for a protein; [2]

(ii) insecticide in leaves will kill insects ;

(fewer insects) means less plants eaten ;

(so) more leaves / plants allows more

photosynthesis / growth;

higher (crop) yield ;

less / no money spent on insecticides ; [max 2]

(c) (i) pollen / male gamete, transferred (from anther)

to stigma / female plant / gamete ; [1]

(ii) fewer, insects / pollinators;

apples are not pollinated ; [max 1]

(d) any 2 from:

herbicide resistance / enhance crop nutritional R insecticide
value / increase drought tolerance / disease
resistance / produce insulin / bioluminescence / AVP ;; [max 2]

[Total: 10]

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Question Answer Marks Guidance

6 (a) chemical;

produced / secreted by a (endocrine) gland;

carried / transported in the blood / plasma ;

to a target organ; [max 3]

(b) (i)

part name hormone

J
pancreas ; insulin

K
adrenal adrenaline
glands ;

Reproductive
organs oestrogen /
ovaries progesterone ;

testes ; testosterone ;
[5]

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Question Answer Marks Guidance

(ii)
situation:
in (named) fright, fight or flight’ situations ;

importance:
(body changes) allows for
escape / avoidance / preparation for activity / to survive ; [max 2]

[Total: 10]

7 (a) rapid reproduction ;

can make complex molecules ;

cheaper to produce ; [max 2]

(b) (i) (contain ) enzymes;

[2]
break down / digests food molecules (in stain);

(ii) at high temperature enzymes, do not A denatured

function / inactive / destroyed ; R enzymes die / killed

enzymes more active at 30°C ; A optimum temperature is 30°C

AVP ; [max 2] e.g. 60oC uses more energy than 30°C

(iii) enzymes are catalysts / not used up in the reaction ; [1]

(c) lipase ; [1]

[Total: 8]

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Question Answer Marks Guidance

8 (a) (i) line touching lens;

labelled lens; [2]

(ii) line touching retina ;

labelled retina ; [2]

(b) (i) transmission of genetic information from generation to

generation ; [1]

(ii) recessive – only expressed when there is no dominant

(allele of the gene) present ;

allele – a version of a gene ; [2]

(c) all correct = 3 marks

person 2 correct =1
person genotype person 1 and 5 correct = 1
1 gg person 3 and 4 correct =1
2 Gg
3 Gg
4 Gg
5 gg

;;; [3]

[Total: 10]

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Question Answer Marks Guidance

9 (a) (i) (an animal that gets its) energy by eating plants ; [1]

(ii) decomposers ; [1] A detritivores

(iii) nutrients are recycled / resources are recycled ;

water is recycled;

no need to feed ducks / fish ;

idea of nothing extra is needed to sustain

system / limited use of resources from outside the
system;

waste from one organism is used by another organism ;

idea of self-contained system / self-sustaining system ; [max 3]

(b) (resource) produced as rapidly as it is removed ;

from the environment ;

so it does not run out ; [max 2]

[Total: 7]

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Question Answer Marks Guidance

10 (a) cushions / protects (fetus) ; I reference to maintains temperature

allows (fetus) to move ;

supports (fetus) ; [max 1]

(b) box 2 and 3: 3 or 4 correct = 3

cervix dilates / amniotic sac bursts (either order) ;; 2 correct = 2
1 correct = 1
box 4:
baby passes down vagina ;

box 6:
placenta delivered ; [max 3]

[Total: 4]

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