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A-LevelBiologyEnergy and respiration9700/41 · May/June 2022 · Q39 Marks

Respiration is a process that results in the synthesis of ATP. The ATP can be used within the cell for energy-requiring reactions and processes. There are four stages in aerobic respiration: glycolysis, the link reaction, the Krebs cycle and oxidative phosphorylation.

  1. (a)The ATP synthesised in respiration can be used to make larger and more complex biological molecules from smaller molecules. Name the type of reaction that occurs when larger more complex biological molecules are made from smaller molecules.[1]
  2. (b)The first part of glycolysis uses ATP. Explain why ATP is needed in the first part of glycolysis.[2]
  3. (c)State the precise locations of substrate-linked phosphorylation reactions in aerobic respiration.[1]
  4. (d)Explain what happens to pyruvate in the link reaction in aerobic respiration.[2]
  5. (e)Chemiosmosis is a process that occurs in mitochondria during aerobic respiration and in chloroplasts during photosynthesis. Describe the differences between the process of chemiosmosis in mitochondria and the process of chemiosmosis in chloroplasts.[3]

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2022). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

  1. [1] (a) anabolic / condensation / polymerisation ;
  2. [2] (b) 1 to, phosphorylate / add phosphate to, glucose ; and any one from: 2 stops glucose leaving the cell ; 3 activates glucose / makes glucose less stable ; 4 to make fructose (1,6) bi(s)phosphate;
  3. [1] (c) cytoplasm and mitochondrial matrix;
  4. [2] (d) any two from: 1 decarboxylated / loses carbon dioxide; 2 dehydrogenated/oxidised / loses H ; 3 →, 2C/acetyl, (group) joins coenzyme A to make acetyl coA;
  5. [3] (e) any three from: mitochondria chloroplasts 1 oxidative phosphorylation photophosphorylation ; 2 inner mitochondrial membrane / crista(e) thylakoid membrane ; 3 reduced NAD / reduced FAD, give e¯/H+ photolysis/water / PS1 / chlorophyll, give e¯/H+; 4 (H+ →) intermembrane space (H+ →) thylakoid, space / lumen ; 5 oxygen, final, e¯/H+, acceptor NADP final, e¯/H+, acceptor ; 6 (makes) water / H2O (makes) reduced NADP ;

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Topic
Energy and respiration, A-Level Biology (syllabus 9700). Structured question, 9 marks.
Source
A-Level Biology, May/June 2022 Paper 4 Variant 1, question 3.

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