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Biology Standard level PaPer 1 Monday 17 November 2008 (afternoon) 45 minutes INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
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Do not open this examination paper until instructed to do so. Answer all the questions. For each question, choose the answer you consider to be the best and indicate your choice on the answer sheet provided.
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–– 1. Which of the following characterizes tissues? A. B. C. D. A group of cells that develop independently. A group of organs that have the same function. A group of cells that have the same function. A group of organs that have the same structure.
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Which of the following explains how brain cells develop to carry out their functions? A. B. C. D. The cells have interacted to become brain cells. The cells have evolved that way. Some genes are expressed while other genes are not. All genes are expressed in the brain cells.
3.
The following is a diagram of a prokaryote. I. II. III. IV.
Which two structures are required for protein synthesis in this cell? A. B. C. D.
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III and IV II and IV II and III I and II
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–– 4. What is necessary for osmosis to occur? A. B. C. D. A membrane protein A partially permeable membrane A source of energy A cell wall
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In a cell the nuclear membrane has broken down and spindle microtubules from both poles are attached to each centromere of chromosomes aligned on the equator. Which phase of mitosis does this describe? A. B. C. D. Prophase Anaphase Metaphase Telophase
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Which of the following contain the element phosphorus? A. B. C. D. Amino acids Viruses Ribose Deoxyribose
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–4– 7. Which diagram correctly illustrates a glucose molecule? A. H C OH CHOH C H OH C H C.
H N H C H
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B. O H C OH
O C H N H C H C OH
CHOH C H H C OH
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