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Cambridge International Advanced Subsidiary and Advanced Level

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BIOLOGY 9700/22
Paper 2 AS Level Structured Questions October/November 2018
1 hour 15 minutes
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Answer all questions.

1 Fig. 1.1A is a photomicrograph of healthy lung tissue.

Fig. 1.1B is a photomicrograph of lung tissue from a person with emphysema, a chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD). The images are both at magnification × 40.

X
Y H

alveolus

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Fig. 1.1

(a) Name the structure labelled H in Fig. 1.1A.

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(b) Calculate the actual diameter of the alveolus at X–Y.

Write down the formula and use it to make your calculation.

Give your answer to the nearest whole micrometre (µm).

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(c) Gas exchange in the lungs occurs in the alveoli.

Describe the process of gas exchange in healthy lungs and suggest how this compares with
gas exchange in the diseased lung shown in Fig. 1.1B.

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2 Woolly foxglove, Digitalis lanata, shown in Fig. 2.1A, and common oleander, Nerium oleander,
shown in Fig. 2.1B, are plants grown for the attractive flowers that they produce.

Both plants are poisonous, as their leaves produce toxic organic compounds known as cardiac
glycosides. Cardiac glycosides have a powerful effect on the action of cardiac muscle.

A B

Fig. 2.1

(a) N. oleander is able to grow in very dry conditions. The leaves have adaptations to reduce
water loss by transpiration.

State the term used to describe a plant, such as N. oleander, that has adaptations to allow it
to grow in conditions where water is in short supply.

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(b) Aphids are small insects that feed on plant fluids using piercing and sucking mouthparts.
When aphids feed on the sap present in vascular tissue of leaves and stems, a sugary liquid
called honeydew is passed out of the gut. The honeydew can be analysed to find out what is
present in the sap.

(i) State the name of the vascular tissue from which the aphids feed.

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(ii) An investigation found that aphids feeding on D. lanata produced honeydew containing
cardiac glycosides.

Suggest why cardiac glycosides were present in the sap from the vascular tissue.

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Cardiac glycosides have an effect on the movement of ions into and out of cardiac muscle cells.
The outcome is an increased ability for the cells to contract.

(c) Investigations into the action of the cardiac glycoside oleandrin, extracted from N. oleander,
have shown that it acts to prevent the correct functioning of Na/K‑ATPase, a membrane
transport protein.

Na/K‑ATPase has a role as an enzyme and as a transport molecule.

• ATPase is an enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of ATP to ADP and inorganic
phosphate.
• Energy released from this hydrolysis is used to transport sodium ions (Na+) out of
cardiac muscle cells and potassium ions (K+) into the cells.

(i) Explain what is meant by the hydrolysis of ATP.

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(ii) Name the type of transport mechanism involved in the transport of Na+ and K+ across
the cell surface membrane of cardiac muscle cells.

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(iii) Oleandrin is a non‑competitive reversible inhibitor of ATPase.

Describe the mode of action of oleandrin and explain how this will affect ion movement
through Na/K‑ATPase transport proteins of the cell surface membranes of cardiac
muscle cells.

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(d) Digoxin, a cardiac glycoside extracted from D. lanata leaves, can be purified and used as a
drug to treat some heart disorders.

Examples of these heart disorders are:

• atrial fibrillation, where the normal rhythmic cardiac cycle is disrupted
• heart failure, where cardiac muscle is contracting weakly.

(i) Describe the sequence of events occurring in the left side of the heart during one normal
cardiac cycle. Include reference to blood pressure changes.

The first event in the sequence is described for you.

The left atrium fills with blood during relaxation of the left atrium and left ventricle.
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(ii) Suggest how the health of a person with heart failure can be improved by treatment with
the drug digoxin.

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3 The response of the human body to tissue damage depends on the types of tissues involved.
Epithelial tissue, liver tissue and cardiac muscle tissue each respond differently to damage.

• Epithelial tissue of the gas exchange system contains stem cells.

• Liver tissue contains cells in a non‑dividing state that can enter a cell cycle when
stimulated.
• Cardiac muscle tissue contains cells that cannot divide at all. Damage is permanent and
is associated with scar tissue formation.

(a) Explain the importance of mitosis in the repair of damaged tissue.

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(b) Explain why stem cells are important in tissue repair.

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(c) Following liver tissue damage, chemicals are produced and released into the circulation.
These chemicals are able to stimulate the liver cells to help tissue repair.

Explain how this is an example of cell signalling.

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4 Viruses share common structural features. Some viruses, such as human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV), also have an outer envelope as part of their structure.

(a) Outline the key structural features of viruses.

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HIV can remain in a dormant state within infected immune system cells for many years. A person
diagnosed as HIV‑positive (HIV+) has the virus but does not have symptoms of HIV/AIDS.

The chances of an HIV+ person developing HIV/AIDS can be greatly reduced with a drug treatment
programme known as anti‑retroviral therapy (ART).

(b) In 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) published recommendations for the treatment
of pregnant women living with HIV. This includes both HIV+ women and women who have
developed HIV/AIDS.

The publication recommended that all pregnant and breastfeeding women living with HIV
should be provided with ART.

Fig. 4.1 shows the number of pregnant women living with HIV, and the number of these
receiving ART, between 2005 and 2013, in low and middle income countries.

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Key
total number of pregnant women living with HIV
number of pregnant women living with HIV receiving ART
2 000 000

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number of
pregnant 1 000 000
women
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600 000

400 000

200 000

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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
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(i) From the data in Fig. 4.1, it can be calculated that 13% of pregnant women living with
HIV received ART in 2005.

Calculate the percentage of pregnant women living with HIV that received ART in 2013.

answer = .......................... % [1]

(ii) Describe the trends shown in Fig. 4.1.

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(iii) Suggest and explain the global importance of providing ART to all pregnant and
breastfeeding women living with HIV.

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(c) In a person who has been infected with HIV‑1, the most common strain of HIV, a sample of
blood can be tested for the presence of the virus.
One test that can only be used in the early stages of infection involves a monoclonal antibody
specific for p24, a structural protein present in the virus.

Fig. 4.2 is a flow chart outlining the steps in the production of anti‑HIV p24 monoclonal
antibody.

inject mouse

step 1

remove cells from mouse obtain mouse myeloma

step 2 spleen cells

fuse cells from spleen with

step 3 myeloma cells

clone fused cells in a

step 4
culture medium

separate cells and culture

step 5
in individual wells

screen cells to identify

step 6
desired cells

culture desired cells on a

step 7
large scale

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(i) State what is being injected into the mouse in step 1.

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(ii) Explain why several weeks, rather than several days, separates step 1 and step 2.

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(iii) State one feature of the myeloma mouse cells, used in step 3, that is essential for this
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(iv) Name the fused cells formed in step 4.

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(v) Suggest why step 6 is necessary.

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5 DNA and RNA are nucleic acids.

(a) Explain why RNA can be described as a polymer and as a macromolecule.

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(b) The sugar component of DNA is a reducing sugar.

Outline the test for reducing sugars and describe the observations for a positive result.

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(c) Nucleotides are structural components of nucleic acids. Each nucleotide consists of a pentose
sugar, a phosphate group and a nitrogenous organic base.

Complete Table 5.1 to compare DNA nucleotides with RNA nucleotides as structural
components of nucleic acids.

Table 5.1

feature DNA nucleotides RNA nucleotides

pentose sugar
component

purine bases

pyrimidine bases

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6 As a red blood cell matures, cell organelles are lost from the cell. This provides more space for the
haemoglobin molecules that have been synthesised.

(a) The red blood cell has a short lifespan due to the loss of the nucleus and other organelles.

State one function performed by each of the organelles listed, before they are lost from the
developing red blood cell.

rough endoplasmic reticulum

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(b) State the most appropriate term to match each of the descriptions A to C.

A The part of the haem group that binds oxygen in each haemoglobin polypeptide.

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C The compound formed when hydrogen ions (H+) bind to haemoglobin.

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