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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

International General Certificate of Secondary Education
*8387330290*

BIOLOGY 0610/31
Paper 3 Extended October/November 2013
1 hour 15 minutes
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
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1 (a) Table 1.1 shows some features of the five groups of vertebrates. For
Examiner's
Complete Table 1.1 to compare the five groups of vertebrates using a tick (
) to Use
indicate if the group shows the feature, or a cross () if not.
The first row has been completed for you.
Table 1.1

group of external ear

scaly skin feathers mammary glands
vertebrates (pinna)
birds



bony fish

amphibians

reptiles

mammals

[4]
Fig. 1.1 shows a southern cassowary, Casuarius casuarius, which is a large bird that cannot fly.
It lives in rainforests in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.
The cassowary feeds on fruits and helps to disperse seeds for many tree species, such as the
cassowary plum.

Fig. 1.1
(b) Suggest why the cassowary can digest the fruit but not the seeds of rainforest trees.

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(c) Describe one method of seed dispersal that does not require animals. For
Examiner's
Use

[2]

(d) State two environmental conditions that seeds require so that they can germinate.

1.

2. [2]

(e) Cassowaries are an endangered species. Many are killed on the roads and
development threatens their rainforest habitat.

Cassowaries, as with many other rainforest species, cannot survive in small nature
reserves.

Suggest why species, such as cassowaries, cannot survive in small nature reserves.

[3]

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2 (a) (i) Explain the term balanced diet. For

Examiner's
Use

[3]

(ii) State three factors that influence a person’s nutritional needs.

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(b) Glucose is absorbed in the small intestine and transported in the blood. The kidneys For
filter the blood and reabsorb the glucose. Examiner's
Use
If the blood contains more than 180 mg of glucose per 100 cm3, the kidney cannot
reabsorb it all and some is present in the urine. This figure is called the renal
threshold.
A doctor suspects that a patient has diabetes because a urine test is positive for
glucose.
The patient takes a glucose tolerance test by drinking a solution of glucose. The doctor
records the patient’s blood glucose concentration at 30 minute intervals for five and a
half hours.
The results are plotted on Fig. 2.1.
300

250

200

blood glucose
concentration / 150
mg per 100 cm3

100

50

0
0 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240 270 300 330

glucose drink time / minutes

Fig. 2.1
(i) Draw a horizontal line on Fig. 2.1 to show the renal threshold. [1]
(ii) State the time period when the kidney will produce urine containing glucose.

[1]

(iii) Sketch on Fig. 2.1 the blood glucose concentrations that the doctor might expect if
he repeated this test on someone who does not have diabetes. [1]

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(c) People who do not have diabetes maintain their blood glucose concentration below For
180 mg per 100 cm3. Examiner's
Use

Explain how the body does this.

[3]

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3 (a) Starch, glucose and fructose are carbohydrates. Fructose syrup is used as a For
sweetening agent as an alternative to sucrose. Examiner's
Use

The flow chart in Fig. 3.1 shows how fructose is prepared from maize starch.

maize grains

grains are crushed

pH is adjusted

starch released from

the maize grains

addition of enzyme 1

glucose syrup

addition of enzyme 2

fructose syrup

Fig. 3.1

(i) Name enzyme 1.

[1]

(ii) State why it is necessary to adjust the pH before an enzyme is added to the
process.

[1]

(b) Maize grains contain protease enzymes. With reference to the processes shown in
Fig. 3.1, suggest why it is important that these enzymes do not contaminate the
glucose syrup.

[1]

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(c) The formation of fructose syrup from glucose syrup is carried out at a temperature of For
60 °C. Examiner's
Use

Suggest an important property of enzyme 2 that allows it to be used at temperatures as

high as 60 °C.

[1]

(d) Enzyme 2 is found naturally in many bacteria. Enzymes for use in washing powders
are obtained from bacteria.

Describe how bacteria are used to produce enzymes for washing powders.

[3]

(e) Pectinase is an enzyme that breaks down compounds known as pectins. Cell walls of
fruits, such as apples and mangoes, contain pectins.

Explain the advantages of using pectinase in fruit juice production.

[3]

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4 (a) Sickle cell anaemia is a genetic disorder that is found among people in certain parts of For
the world. Examiner's
Use

A sample of blood was taken from a person with sickle cell anaemia and examined with
an electron microscope.

Fig. 4.1 shows some of the red blood cells in the sample.

Fig. 4.1

Explain the problems that may occur as these cells circulate in the blood system.

[4]

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(b) The gene for haemoglobin exists in two alternative forms: For
Examiner's
HA codes for the normal form of haemoglobin; Use

HS codes for the abnormal form of haemoglobin.

(i) State the name for the alternative forms of a gene.

[1]

(ii) A child has sickle cell anaemia. The parents do not have this disorder.

Complete the genetic diagram to show how the child inherited the disorder.

Use the symbols HA and HS in your answer.

parental phenotypes normal × normal

parental genotypes HAHS × HAHS

gametes +

child’s genotype ...................

child’s phenotype sickle cell anaemia

[2]

(iii) The parents are about to have another child.

What is the probability that this child will have sickle cell anaemia?

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(c) The maps in Fig. 4.2 show the distribution of sickle cell anaemia and malaria in some For
parts of the world. Examiner's
Use

distribution
of malaria

Indonesia and
the Philippines

key
northern
malaria
Australia

distribution
of sickle cell
anaemia

key
sickle cell
anaemia

Fig. 4.2

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(i) Explain why sickle cell anaemia is common in people who live in areas where For
malaria occurs. Examiner's
Use

[4]

(ii) Suggest why sickle cell anaemia is very rare among people who live in Indonesia
and northern Australia.

[2]

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5 (a) Complete Table 5.1 by naming three sense organs and the stimulus which each For
detects. Examiner's
Use
Table 5.1

sense organ stimulus

[3]

(b) Reflexes are involuntary actions coordinated by reflex arcs like the one shown in
Fig. 5.1.

relay neurone

spinal nerve

motor neurone
spinal cord
sensory neurone

biceps muscle
triceps muscle

Fig. 5.1

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(i) Explain what is meant by the term involuntary action. For

Examiner's
Use

[2]

(ii) The arm shown in Fig. 5.1 moves in response to the detection of heat.

Explain how the parts of the reflex arc shown in Fig. 5.1 bring about this response.

[5]

(iii) Describe the advantages of simple reflexes, such as the one shown in Fig. 5.1.

[2]

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(c) The organs of the human body are coordinated by the nervous system. For
Examiner's
Use
Outline one other way in which these organs are coordinated.

[2]

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6 Nitrogen is one of the most important chemical elements in the biosphere. For
Nitrogen must be continually recycled if life is to continue on Earth. Examiner's
Use

Savanna grasslands are an important ecosystem in Africa.

Fig. 6.1 shows part of the nitrogen cycle in a grassland ecosystem in southern Africa.

nitrogen gas (N2) in

the atmosphere nitrogen
fixation
lightning

nitrate ions A
in the soil Cassia mimosoides
legume that fixes
nitrogen
F

ammonia
in the soil
B

E
D
urea in urine

D impala
C

cheetah

Fig. 6.1

(a) Name:

(i) a type of nitrogen-containing compound that is made by Cassia mimosoides, eaten

by the impala and by the cheetah;

[1]

(ii) the type of consumer as represented by the cheetah;

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(iii) the process by which urea is removed from the body of the animals as shown For
by D; Examiner's
Use

[1]

(iv) process F.

[1]

(b) Explain the importance of recycling nitrogen in ecosystems, such as the African
savanna.

[3]

(c) The most common plants that grow in the African savanna are grasses. There are very
few legume plants, such as C. mimosoides.

Suggest reasons why C. mimosoides is a rare plant in the African savanna.

[3]

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(d) Explain why there are far fewer cheetah than impala. For
Examiner's
Use

[4]

(e) The cheetah is an endangered species.

It is important to conserve their food supply and all the species that inhabit their
ecosystem.

Explain why.

[3]

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