IB2 Topic 1 Sept 23 - Revision
IB2 Topic 1 Sept 23 - Revision
1. [Maximum mark: 1]
The images of the radiolarian, a single-celled marine organism, were produced using a light
microscope (left) and a scanning electron microscope (right).
[Source: Munir,S.;Sun,J.;Morton, S.L. The First Record and Classification of Planktonic Radiolarian
(Phylum Retaria) and Phaeodarian (Phylum Cercozoa) in the Eastern Indian Ocean. Biology 2021, 10, 202.
https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10030202 Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. This article is an
open access
article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)
license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).]
D. Samples are stained with methylene blue when viewed with the light microscope. [1]
2. [Maximum mark: 1]
The electron micrograph shows a thin section through a plant mesophyll cell.
A. × 75
B. × 300
C. × 3000
D. × 7500 [1]
3. [Maximum mark: 1]
The magnification of the micrograph is 2000×.
[Source:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/HeLa_cells_stained_with_Hoechst_33258.jpg
by TenOfAllTrades.]
A. 10 μm
B. 10 nm
C. 20 μm
D. 20 nm [1]
4. [Maximum mark: 1]
When compared to other body cells, which characteristic of stem cells is the most important for
therapeutic uses?
A. Less differentiation
B. Less excretion
A. Golgi apparatus
D. Lysosome [1]
A. Nucleus
B. Lysosome
C. Chloroplast
D. Mitochondrion [1]
8. [Maximum mark: 1] 17M.1.SL.TZ2.1
The giant alga Acetabularia has a feature that suggests it is an exception to the cell theory. What
feature is this?
A. It lacks a nucleus.
A. Cytoplasm
B. Mitochondrion
C. Nucleus
D. Chloroplast [1]
10. [Maximum mark: 1]
A cell contains chloroplasts, plasma membrane and 80S ribosomes. What type of cell could it be?
A. Bryophyte
B. Lymphocyte
C. Prokaryote
D. Neuron [1]
D. They exist together in eukaryote cells for their mutual benefit. [1]
A. Ribosomes
B. Pili
C. Cell walls
D. Flagella [1]
13. [Maximum mark: 1]
How is facilitated diffusion in axons similar to active transport?
D. They are both carried out by proteins embedded in the axon membrane. [1]
A. An electron micrograph that showed two dark lines with a lighter band in between
[1]
17. [Maximum mark: 1]
What part of the plasma membrane is fluid, allowing the movement of proteins in accordance
with the fluid mosaic model?
[1]
The flasks were left in the school laboratory and observed after one week. What is the evidence
against the spontaneous generation theory?
(a) Using the scale bar, calculate the magnification of the image. [2]
(b) Explain how electron micrographs such as this helped to falsify the Davson–Danielli
model of membrane structure. [2]
(c) Explain how the amphipathic nature of phospholipids allows them to form bilayers. [2]
22. [Maximum mark: 2] 22M.2.SL.TZ2.2
An oval-shaped stem cell cluster is shown in the micrograph.
[Source: Sontag, S., Förster, M., Seré, K. and Zenke, M., 2017. [online] Available at: https://bio-
protocol.org/e2419 [Accessed
6 December 2019]. Source adapted.]
(a) Outline the significance of surface area to volume ratio in the limitation of cell size. [4]