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    This document contains a biology question paper from CIE (Cambridge International Examinations) on the topic of reproduction. The paper contains multiple choice and short answer questions testing understanding of key concepts in human and plant reproduction. It includes questions about sorghum reproduction, placental structure and function, HIV transmission, and hormonal roles in pregnancy. The paper is marked out of 47 points and is 57 minutes in duration.

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    Reproduction
    Question Paper 5

    Level IGCSE
    Subject Biology
    Exam Board CIE
    Topic Reproduction
    Paper Type (Extended) Theory Paper
    Booklet Question Paper 5

    Time Allowed: 57 minutes

    Score: /47

    Percentage: /100
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    1 Sorghum bicolor is a cereal crop important in many dry areas of the world.

    Fig. 4.1 shows some plants of S. bicolor growing in a field in China.

    Fig. 4.1

    (a) S. bicolor is a monocotyledon.

    State two features that are used to identify plants as monocotyledons.

    2 [2]

    (b) Fig. 4.1 shows the flower heads of sorghum. Pollen is released from the individual
    flowers when they open.

    Most sorghum flowers are self-pollinated and then self-fertilised.

    (i) State the meanings of the terms pollination and fertilisation.

    pollination

    fertilisation

    [2]
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    (ii) Describe two implications of self-pollination.

    [2]

    (c) Describe the events that occur in flowering plants after fertilisation to form a seed.

    [4]

    (d) In India, the cultivation of sorghum has decreased because now people prefer foods
    based on wheat and rice.

    There are alternative uses of sorghum in the production of new foods, processed foods
    and as feed for animals.

    Explain why it is less efficient to feed crops, such as sorghum, to animals rather than to
    use them for human foods.

    [3]

    [Total: 13]
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    2 Mammals and flowering plants both have internal fertilisation and internal development.

    (a) Describe what happens after pollination that results in fertilisation in flowering plants.

    [3]

    (b) Fig. 5.1 shows a fetus developing inside the uterus.

    uterus
    placenta

    umbilical cord
    back bone

    amniotic fluid

    amniotic sac

    cervix

    Fig. 5.1
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    Describe how the structures named in Fig. 5.1 provide the following needs of the
    fetus.

    protection

    constant temperature

    nutrients

    excretion of metabolic waste

    [8]

    [Total: 11]
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    3 (a) In 2005, the World Health Organization estimated that there were 2.3 million children
    infected with HIV.

    Most children become infected from their mothers at birth or during breast feeding.
    Very few become infected by movement of HIV across the placenta.

    Without any treatment, 25-40% of babies of mothers who are HIV positive (HIV+) will
    be infected. However, there are very effective treatments that have reduced
    transmission rates to 1%.

    This has been achieved by:

    • encouraging mothers to be tested for HIV;


    • treating mothers and new-born babies with drugs that prevent HIV spreading within
    the body and reduce the chances of infection at birth;
    • advising mothers not to breast feed if they are HIV+.

    Explain the meaning of the following terms as used in the passage above:

    transmission;

    drug.

    [2]

    (b) In many countries, there are dangers in using milk powder because it cannot be
    prepared under sterile conditions.

    Explain the dangers of feeding non-sterile milk to children who may be HIV+.

    [4]
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    (c) Even though there is a risk of HIV infection, it is sometimes advised that women breast
    feed their babies.

    Explain the advantages of breast feeding.

    [4]

    (d) State two ways in which an adult may become infected with HIV.

    2 [2]

    [Total: 12]
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    4 Fig. 5.1 shows the structure of the placenta and parts of the fetal and maternal circulatory
    systems.

    W Y

    Fig. 5.1

    (a) (i) Complete Table 5.1 by listing the blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood. Use
    the letters in Fig. 5.1 to identify the blood vessels.

    Table 5.1

    blood vessels that carry


    circulatory system
    oxygenated blood
    maternal

    fetal
    [2]

    (ii) Name structure T and describe what happens to it after birth.

    [2]
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    (iii) The placenta is adapted for the exchange of substances between the maternal
    blood and the fetal blood.

    Describe the exchanges that occur across the placenta to keep the fetus alive and
    well.

    [4]

    (b) The placenta secretes the hormones oestrogen and progesterone.

    Describe the roles of these hormones during pregnancy.

    [3]

    [Total: 11]

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