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A-LevelBiologyInfectious diseases9700/23 · May/June 2018 · Q66 Marks

(a) Fig. 6.1 is a list of infectious diseases. Each of the statements A to D describes a feature that applies to one or more of these diseases. [Figure 6.1]

  1. (a)For each of the statements A, B, C and D, name all the diseases in Fig. 6.1 that match the feature described. A The causative organism of the disease is a virus. B The causative organism of the disease is a prokaryote. C The disease is transmitted by a faecal-oral route, for example, sewage containing the pathogen contaminates drinking water. D The causative organism of the disease spends part of its life cycle inside an insect, which acts as a vector of the disease.[4]
  2. (b)Although many infectious diseases are caused by prokaryotic organisms, there are some that are caused by eukaryotic organisms. Complete Table 6.1 to show some differences between a prokaryotic cell and a eukaryotic cell. [Table 6.1][2]

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  1. [4] A HIV/AIDS, measles, smallpox;
  2. B cholera, tuberculosis;
  3. C cholera ;
  4. D malaria;
  5. [2] one mark for each correct column;;
  6. nuclear envelope
  7. circular / (closed) loop / A ring of
  8. 80S
  9. murein / peptidoglycan
  10. mitochondria / chloroplasts A nucleus

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Infectious diseases, A-Level Biology (syllabus 9700). Structured question, 6 marks.
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A-Level Biology, May/June 2018 Paper 2 Variant 3, question 6.

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