Mark Schemes
8C
Quick Quiz
Question
Answer
Topic
Marks
Matching End of Unit Test marks
to NC levels
Level
Marks Cumulative
available
total
Suggested
threshold for
achieving level
8Ca
8Cb
8Cc
8Cd
13
13
8Ce
17
17
25
23
End of Unit Test marks
Question
Level Answer
Mark scheme
1 mark for two correct
a spots
1 mark
b5
1 mark
c 38.5 C
1 mark
d a straight line drawn across the graph at 37 C
1 mark
a P = windpipe/trachea, Q = stomach
2 marks 1 mark for each
b i microbes stick to the mucus
1 mark
ii sweep mucus up windpipe
1 mark
grow, reproduce respire, get rid of waste
8
C
2 mark for all four correct
7
7
c acid
1 mark
a the vaccine was introduced
1 mark
b an increase every six years
1 mark
c 1989
1 mark
antiseptic
1 mark
a food poisoning, tuberculosis
1 mark for both correct
b i virus; ii fungus
1 mark for both correct
a room temperature; freezer; fridge
1 mark
b the growth of bacteria in milk is slowed down
1 mark accept bacteria
stops growing but do not
accept kills bacteria
it kills them
1 mark
any two from: water, sex, animals, food, by contact,
injections/contaminated needles
1 mark
a Some remain in the blood to protect against further
infection.
1 mark
b line rises more steeply
1 mark line must start above
0 on the y-axis, no mark if
this is not the case; accept
a line that rises as steeply as
the existing line but reaches a
higher level of antibodies
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8C
Mark Schemes (continued)
Question
Level Answer
Mark scheme
10
a increasing numbers
1 mark
b antibiotic resistance or greater pollution.
1 mark also accept
immigration or poor diet
Answers to Quick Check activities
8
C
Quick
Check
Answers
8Ca
Possible questions for the answers provided are:
1 What phrase can be used to remember the seven life processes?
2 What is the word for a living thing?
3 What is another word for a microbe?
4 What are the three types of microbes?
5 What do you need to do to see microbes?
6 What is the smallest type of microbe?
7 What is an example of a large fungus?
8 What is the name of a microbe that is a one-celled fungus?
9 Why dont scientists classify viruses as living things?
10 What is the singular of bacteria?
8Cb
Made with the help of fungi: beer, Marmite, bread, wine
Made with the help of bacteria: yoghurt
Made with the help of bacteria and fungi: blue cheese, vinegar
Microbes are not used: milk, jam, carrot, chicken, fried egg.
8Cc
1 a Example answers are given in the table below
Disease
Microbe
(e.g. impetigo)
bacteria
(e.g. touch)
How it is spread
cold
viruses
(e.g. air)
(e.g. athletes foot)
fungi
(e.g. touch)
b Any two from the following, which are not in the table: e.g. water, air, sex, touch, food.
2 symptoms
3 a Pupils responses will vary (e.g. colds).
b Pupils responses will vary (e.g. malaria).
8Cd
Pupils own responses.
8Ce
Across
3 antibiotic; 8 air; 10 chlorine; 11 yeast; 13 aerobic; 15 foot; 16 viruses; 19 pasteurisation; 20 measles
Down
1 dioxide; 2 athletes; 4 infected; 5 carbon; 6 bread; 7 microbes; 9 food; 12 poisoning; 14 bacteria;
17 skin; 18 warm
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