Edexcel IGCSEBiologyGeneral Applications6 Marks
Organisms can be classified into different groups based on their characteristics.
- (a)State two characteristics of organisms in the Kingdom Fungi.[2]
- (b)Explain why viruses are not classified into any of the five kingdoms of living organisms.[4]
Mark scheme
Marking points from the official mark scheme. The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.
- 11(a) B1: have cell walls (made of chitin) (1)
- B1: are heterotrophic / saprophytic / feed by extracellular digestion (1)
- 11(b) M1: viruses are not cellular / do not have cells (1)
- M1: do not carry out metabolic processes / respiration / excretion / nutrition (on their own) (1)
- A1: they require a host cell to reproduce / are obligate parasites (1)
- M1: therefore do not fit criteria for 'living' organisms / lack characteristics of life (1)
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