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O-LevelBiologyEcology & Environment5090/22 · Oct/Nov 2022 · Q710 Marks

The photograph shows a fruit of the tomato plant. The fruit has been cut in half to show the structures labelled P and Q. [Figure 7.1]

  1. (a)Before fertilisation, structures P and Q in the fruit were structures in a flower of the tomato plant. Complete the table to name the structures in a flower that have developed into structures P and Q. structure in fruit structure in flower P Q[2]
  2. (b)(i)Suggest, with reference to the adaptations shown in the photograph, how the structures labelled Q are dispersed by animals.[4]
  3. (b)(ii)Outline advantages to the tomato plant species of Q being dispersed far from the parent plant.[4]

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Ecology & Environment, O-Level Biology (syllabus 5090). Structured question, 10 marks.
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O-Level Biology, Oct/Nov 2022 Paper 2 Variant 2, question 7.

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