Cambridge & Pearson Edexcel Past Paper Questions
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The diagram shows a molecule of three hexose sugars. [Figure shows diagrams of three hexose sugars labelled 1, 2, 3] Which row correctly shows exam...
Which feature of glycogen distinguishes glycogen from starch?
A student wrote four statements about what happens during hydrolysis of a carbohydrate. 1 Disaccharides are formed from monosaccharides. 2 Glycosid...
The table compares three molecules, X, Y and Z, which contain the elements carbon, hydrogen and oxygen only. The percentage of carbon, hydrogen and...
Which statements about the differences between phospholipids and triglycerides are correct? 1 Phospholipids have hydrophobic regions but triglyceri...
An investigation was carried out into the effect of different treatments on the permeability of the cell surface membranes and tonoplasts of beetro...
Which levels of protein structure can determine the specificity of an enzyme? 1 primary 2 secondary 3 tertiary 4 quaternary
The graph shows the effect of substrate concentration on the initial rate of an enzyme-catalysed reaction. The enzyme concentration is constant. [F...
The diagram represents the reversible interaction between the active site of an enzyme and different inhibitors, X and Y. [Figure shows an enzyme w...
Which statements about the movement of water in and out of cells are correct? 1 Water moves from regions of more negative water potential to region...
The diagram shows part of a cell surface membrane. [Figure shows a fluid mosaic model of a cell membrane with components labelled 1 to 6] Which row...
During mitosis in animal cells, which process occurs after prophase?
Embryonic stem cells are able to replicate continuously. What happens to the telomeres during repeated mitotic cell cycles of embryonic stem cells?
A length of DNA was analysed and sequenced. 24% of its nitrogenous bases were adenine. Which percentage of the bases will be cytosine?
Rifampicin is an antibiotic used to treat tuberculosis (TB). It works by inhibiting RNA polymerase in bacteria. Which processes are directly inhibi...
Which terms describe the method by which water is transported within xylem vessel elements? 1 mass flow 2 cohesion-tension 3 osmosis
Which combination of features is characteristic of a phloem sieve tube element as it is loaded from a source?
The diagrams show transverse sections of parts of a plant with some transport tissues labelled from 1 to 6. [Figure shows transverse sections of a ...
Which properties of lignin are important for the function of xylem vessels in the stem of a tall plant, such as a tree? 1 It is inflexible so does ...
A heating sleeve was placed around the trunk of a small tree at a height of 1 m above the ground. This allowed a narrow region of the tree trunk to...
The photomicrograph shows a section through a structure found in mammals viewed using a light microscope. [Figure shows a cross-section of an arter...
Which row correctly identifies the locations in which a type of molecule or cell can be present? [Table with molecule/cell type and locations: bloo...
Which statements about the formation of haemoglobinic acid are correct? 1 It is linked to the action of carbonic anhydrase. 2 It prevents blood fro...
The graph shows the oxygen dissociation curves of haemoglobin for eight species of mammal. [Figure shows oxygen dissociation curves for 8 mammals, ...
The statements list some of the events in the cardiac cycle. They are not in the correct order. 1 The impulse travels through Purkyne tissue. 2 The...
Which statement about typical bronchioles is correct?
Tobacco smoke contains substances that affect the functioning of the human body. [Table with substances W, X, Y and effects 1, 2, 3] What shows the...
Which two diseases are transmitted by airborne droplets?
Which features do the causative agents of measles, malaria and tuberculosis (TB) have in common? [Table with features: cytoplasm, the ability to pr...
What explains why most viruses that cause diseases in humans are unaffected by antibiotics?
Why does the white blood cell count increase in people with leukaemia?
Where are antibodies found during an immune response? [Table with locations: on the surface of pathogens, on the surface of memory cells. Key: ✓ = ...
The graph shows the changes that occur in the concentration of antibodies in the blood of a baby before birth and during the first few months after...
Fig. 1.1 and Fig. 1.2 are photomicrographs of sections through the leaves of two different plants. Fig. 1.1 is a photomicrograph of a section thro...
In mammalian red blood cells, carbonic anhydrase has an important role in the transport of carbon dioxide. Carbonic anhydrase is an enzyme.
In 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) published the Global Technical Strategy for Malaria 2016-2030. The aim of this global strategy, which ...
In a double circulatory system, blood passes through the heart twice in one complete circuit of the body. The complete circuit consists of the pulm...
Human prolactin (hPRL) is a globular protein. It is a single polypeptide composed of 199 amino acids. The protein is transported in the bloodstream...
Plant and animal cells carry out mitosis to form two genetically identical cells from one original cell.
Before you proceed, read carefully through the whole of Question 1 and Question 2. Plan the use of the two hours to make sure that you finish the w...
P1 is a slide of a stained transverse section through a plant stem. You are not expected to be familiar with this specimen.
The effect of light intensity on the rate of photosynthesis can be investigated using a cut shoot of a pond plant. The apparatus used in the invest...
The hormone glucagon is an example of a cell signalling molecule. Table 2.1 lists the main events that occur when the blood glucose concentration d...
During an immune response, only B-lymphocytes with receptors that are specific to the antigens present are activated. Activation occurs when an ant...
Mexican spadefoot toads, *Spea multiplicata*, live on land but return to ponds to breed. Eggs are laid in water and hatch into tadpoles, which feed...
[Figure 5.1] shows the area of land that was used to grow genetically modified (GM) crops in the USA, Brazil, India and China from 2004 to 2015.
MELAS syndrome is an inherited disease caused by a mutation in a gene located in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). All mtDNA is inherited from the mother....
Isolated mitochondria were used to investigate respiration. • Mitochondria were extracted from respiring mammalian cells and incubated in a buffer ...
Explain what is meant by the term biodiversity.
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