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Edexcel GCE
Biology
Advanced Subsidiary Unit 4: The Natural Environment and Species Survival
Wednesday 16 June 2010 – Morning Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
You do not need any other materials.
Paper Reference
6BI04/01
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Instructions black ink or • Usein the boxesball-point pen. page with your name, at the top of this • Fill number and candidate number. centre • Answer all questions. in the spaces provided the questions • Answermay be more space than you need. – there
Information total for • The marksmarkeachthis paper is 90.shown in brackets question are • The this asforguide as to how much time to spend on each question. – use a an • Questions labelled with willasterisk (*) are ones where the quality of your written communication be assessed
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– you should take particular care with your spelling, punctuation and grammar, as well as the clarity of expression, on these questions. Candidates may use a calculator.
Advice carefully • Read each questiontime. before you start to answer it. • Keep an eye on the question. • Try to answer every if you have time at the end. • Check your answers
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Answer ALL questions. Some questions must be answered with a cross in a box . If you change your mind about an answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross . 1 Forensic scientists use several different types of evidence to estimate the time of death of a body. (a) Place a cross in the boxes next to the two types of evidence that could be used by a forensic scientist to estimate the time of death of a body. (2) Degree of muscle contraction Length of fingernails Signs of decomposition Skin pigmentation (b) The core temperature of a body can also be used to estimate the time of death. This can be recorded by measuring the temperature of the rectum. The table