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Cell Basics MS

This document contains a key for a 20 minute exam on cell biology. It provides the questions, answers, and marks for each part of the exam. The questions cover topics like identifying cell structures in yeast and bacterial cells, calculating white blood cell counts, explaining white blood cell functions, and investigating plant cell osmosis. The key provides the acceptable or full marks answers for each question. It will be used to accurately score student responses on this exam on cell biology fundamentals.

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Cell Basics MS

This document contains a key for a 20 minute exam on cell biology. It provides the questions, answers, and marks for each part of the exam. The questions cover topics like identifying cell structures in yeast and bacterial cells, calculating white blood cell counts, explaining white blood cell functions, and investigating plant cell osmosis. The key provides the acceptable or full marks answers for each question. It will be used to accurately score student responses on this exam on cell biology fundamentals.

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Edexcel

GCSE
BIOLOGY
Key Concepts in Biology
Cell Basics

Time allowed
20 minutes

MARK SCHEME

Score Percentage

/17 %
4.1 | CELL BIOLOGY | QUESTION PAPER 1 1
Question Answer Acceptable answers Mark
Number
1(a)(i) Any two of the following points:

(yeast cell)
• has a nucleus (1)
• does not have a flagellum
(1)
• does not have a plasmid
(1) Accept: has a vacuole

(bacterial cell)
• has chromosomal DNA /
circular DNA (1)
• has a capsule (1)
• has a slime coat (1) accept: named bacterial feature
• does not have e.g pilli, small ribosome, if not
mitochondria (1) labelled in yeast cell

(2)

Question Answer Acceptable answers Mark


Number
1(a)(ii)
does not have
chloroplasts/chlorophyll cannot photosynthesise
(1)

Question Answer Acceptable answers Mark


Number
1(b)(i) 7 x 109 (-) 5 x 1010 (1) two marks for correct bald
answer
= (-)4.3 x 1010 or (-)43 x 109
accept 43 000 000 000

allow one mark for correct


subtraction from wrongly
selected numbers

only accept the numbers in the


table with a correct minus
calculation (2)
Question Answer Acceptable answers Mark
Number
1(b)(ii) A description including any two
of the following points:

• involved in defence against accept: (fight pathogen / harmful


disease / part of immune microorganism / named
system (1) microorganism)

• phagocytosis (1) accept: engulf / ingest /


surround /digest cells
• antibody / antitoxin
production (1)

reject: make antigens

ignore: refs to role of red blood


cells or platelets
(2)

Question Answer Acceptable answers Mark


Number
1(b)(iii) tired / lack of energy / lethargy / anaemia /fainting / less oxygen /
short of breath increased anaerobic respiration

reject: references to asthma (1)


Question Answer Mark
number
2(a)(i) Any one variable from
• temperature
• amount of drying
• type of potato
• age of potato (1)

Question Answer Mark


number
2(a)(ii) To get an accurate reading of mass
(1)

Question Answer Mark


number
2(a)(iii) An explanation that combines identification via a judgement (1
mark) to reach a conclusion via justification/reasoning (1
mark):

any one identification point from:


• there is no change in mass at 0.3 mol dm−3 (check once
drawn) (1)
• this is the isotonic salt concentration in the potato (1)

Plus reasoning/justification
• because there is no net movement of water/no salt
concentration gradient (1) (2)

Question Answer Mark


number
2(a)(iv) • repeat the test using intermediate concentrations (between
0.2 and 0.4 mol dm3) (1)

Question Answer Mark


number
2(b) B
(1)

Question Answer Additional guidance Mark


number
2(c) • 68 ÷ 8000 (1) award full marks for correct
• 0.0085 (1) numerical answer without
• 8.5 (µm) (1) working (3)
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