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    Year 9 - Plants and Photosynthesis - Plants For Food Mark Scheme

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    This document discusses photosynthesis and plants for food. It contains 5 sections that cover: 1) the process and requirements of photosynthesis, 2) the reactants and products of photosynthesis, 3) an experiment on the effect of minerals on plant growth, 4) the role of chloroplasts and photosynthesis in plant cells, and 5) plant and leaf cell structure and function. The document is designed as a study guide with questions to test understanding of key topics related to how plants use photosynthesis to produce food.

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    This document discusses photosynthesis and plants for food. It contains 5 sections that cover: 1) the process and requirements of photosynthesis, 2) the reactants and products of photosynthesis, 3) an experiment on the effect of minerals on plant growth, 4) the role of chloroplasts and photosynthesis in plant cells, and 5) plant and leaf cell structure and function. The document is designed as a study guide with questions to test understanding of key topics related to how plants use photosynthesis to produce food.

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    This document discusses photosynthesis and plants for food. It contains 5 sections that cover: 1) the process and requirements of photosynthesis, 2) the reactants and products of photosynthesis, 3) an experiment on the effect of minerals on plant growth, 4) the role of chloroplasts and photosynthesis in plant cells, and 5) plant and leaf cell structure and function. The document is designed as a study guide with questions to test understanding of key topics related to how plants use photosynthesis to produce food.

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    Year 9 - Plants and Photosynthesis - Plants For Food Mark Scheme

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    This document discusses photosynthesis and plants for food. It contains 5 sections that cover: 1) the process and requirements of photosynthesis, 2) the reactants and products of photosynthesis, 3) an experiment on the effect of minerals on plant growth, 4) the role of chloroplasts and photosynthesis in plant cells, and 5) plant and leaf cell structure and function. The document is designed as a study guide with questions to test understanding of key topics related to how plants use photosynthesis to produce food.

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    Photosynthesis & Plants for Food

    31 min
    33 marks
    Q1-L4, Q2-L5, Q3-L5, Q4-L6, Q5-L6
    1. (a) (i) any one from 1
     to make food or glucose or sugar or starch
     photosynthesis accept ‘for growth’
    (ii) any one from 1
     there is not enough light accept ‘no light’ or ‘no Sun’
     there is less light accept ‘light cannot reach them’
    do not accept ‘because plants need light’
    (b) any two from 2
     oxygen
     water
     minerals or nutrients accept a named mineral such as ‘nitrate’
    accept for two marks two named minerals
    such as ‘nitrates’ and ‘phosphates’
    (c) B if more than one box is ticked, award no mark 1
    [5]

    2. (a) oxygen 1
    (b) carbon dioxide do not accept light 1
    water do not accept chlorophyll 1
    (c) D if more than one letter is given 1
    award no mark
    (d) (i) chlorophyll 1
    (ii) blue or red if blue and red are both ticked award the 1
    mark, but if green is ticked award no mark

    1
    (e) any two from 2
     as an energy source or for respiration
    accept ‘for energy’ or ‘for food’
     to make starch accept ‘for growth’ or ‘as a starting
     to make cellulose material for other compounds’
    [8]

    3. (a) by filtration or she filtered it accept 'let it settle then pour off the liquid' 1
    or 'decant'
    (b) any one from 1
     as a control do not accept 'to make it a fair test'
     to show that the dissolved substances affect the growth of the plant
     to see if they grow differently do not accept 'to see if it grows in
    distilled water'
     to see if they grow normally or well without the dissolved substances
    do not accept 'to see if it grows
    normally without soil particles'

    (c) (i) mineral salts or minerals or salts or nutrients 1


    accept 'nitrates' or 'phosphates' do not
    accept 'fertiliser'
    (ii) any one from 1
     they are spread out accept 'they are long'
     they are branched
     they have a large surface area
     they have root hairs accept 'they have hairs'
    accept 'they are permeable'
    do not accept 'they can take in water'

    (d) the leaves need light for photosynthesis 1


    accept 'photosynthesis takes place in the
    leaves' or 'plants need light for
    photosynthesis'
    do not accept 'the leaves need light'
    [5]

    4. (a) answers may be in either order


    cell wall 1
    chloroplast accept ‘starch grains' 1
    (b) (i) photosynthesis 1
    (ii) it decreases accept 'it gets less' or ‘they are used up' 1
    do not accept ‘they die out'

    2
    (c) glucose accept ‘sugar' 1
    any one from 1
     for energy
     for respiration
    [6]

    5. (a) glucose accept ‘sugar’ or ‘carbohydrate’ 1


    (b) (i) to absorb enough or more light accept ‘to absorb as much light as possible’ 1
    accept ‘to absorb lots of light’
    accept ‘more photosynthesis takes place’
    (ii) chloroplasts accept ‘chlorophyll’ 1
    (c) (i) 4
    part letter of part

    cell wall D

    cytoplasm F

    nucleus A

    vacuole C

    (ii) any two from 2


     A
     E
     F
    [9]

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