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CSEC Bio Jan 2023 Paper 1 Answers

The document contains answers and explanations for the CSEC Biology January 2023 Paper 1 exam. Each question is paired with the correct answer and a brief explanation of the reasoning behind it. The topics covered include plant biology, cellular processes, genetics, and ecological interactions.

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CSEC Bio Jan 2023 Paper 1 Answers

The document contains answers and explanations for the CSEC Biology January 2023 Paper 1 exam. Each question is paired with the correct answer and a brief explanation of the reasoning behind it. The topics covered include plant biology, cellular processes, genetics, and ecological interactions.

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CSEC Bio Jan 2023 Paper 1 answers

Questio Answer Explanation


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1 A Arthropods are like crustaceans, insects and the best way to distinguish
them is by the number of legs
2 C Plants use sunlight
3 B When the soil is heated and cooled, you are removing the water from the
it
4 C Plant/squirrel/hawk, Plant/squirrel/ocelet, plant/iguana/ocelet
5 C Using the ladybird beetles to keep the mealy buys population in check
6 D Streptococcus is the ans
7 A Energy has to be lost. Energy lost is through respiration and excretion
8 C I and III are most correct. II is not the answer
9 A I and II are most correct
10 C Bind irreversibly to haemoglobin
11 A
12 C I is a chloroplast and II is a mitochondria
13 D Cell wall is only found in plants and cell membrane is found in both plant
and animal cells
14 D Where they become adapted for a specialised function
15 C
16 D This is diffusion taking place in the diagram. A talks about osmosis, B talks
about active transport.
17 C
18 A
19 D Seaweeds are plants (autotrophs)
20 A Starch is broken down into maltose
21 B Palisade mesophyll is layer II
22 A
23 D When the ATP is broken, energy is released
24 A Cigarettes smoke have tar
25 C Bicuspid valve is on the left side of the heart separating the left artium and
ventricle
26 A
27 D The white blood cells will try to fight the pathogen
28 D The guard cells are full (turgid). Guard cells have to become flaccid to close
the stomata
29 C
30 D You need to get rid of excretory materials
31 B
32 C Auxins is a hormone
33 C
34 A
35 B Shoulder has 3 planes, elbow has one plane (can either move up of down),
36 A Speech is part of the cerebrum
37 C
38 B All are examples of responses to stimuli
39 B Salivary glands is where the saliva comes from
40 A We want to spread out the light so it will fall on the retina
41 D Under the soil, there is no light
42 A
43 A
44 C
45 B As the lines become weak they would burst open to disperse the seeds
46 B
47 A Have to start off with an ovule and outcome is the seed
48 B Stages that are affected by this water
49 D Environmental implications
50 B
51 A
52 B Roan would be where the red and white are mixed. Both red and white
will show up in incomplete dominance
53 D The chromosome number is halved
54 D
55 A Both parents have to have the dominant and recessive form of the allele
56 C
57 C Add 25% of homozygous dominant and 25% homozygous recessive = 50%
58 B
59 C C= Survival of the fittest
60 C

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