Name: ________________________

Biology
Revision Class: ________________________

Date: ________________________

Time: 87 minutes

Marks: 120 marks

In your exam you are expected to:

Comments: • Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide
information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago
• Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in
different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution
• Describe the differences in the life cycle of a mammal, an amphibian, an
insect and a bird
• Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose
dangers to living things
• Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics
• Recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their
bodies function
• Identify that humans and some other animals have skeletons and muscles for
support, protection and movement
• Identify the main parts of the human circulatory system, and describe the
functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood
• Describe the changes that occur as humans develop to old age
• Describe the life process of reproduction in some plants and animals
• Explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety
of living things in their local and wider environment
• Identifying scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas
or arguments
• Set up simple practical enquiries, and comparative and fair tests
• Record data and results of increasing complexity using scientific diagrams and
labels, classification keys, tables, scatter graphs, bar and line graphs
• Make systematic and careful observations and, where appropriate, taking
accurate measurements using standard units, using a range of equipment –

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including thermometers and data loggers

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Ecology and Interdependence

Q1. The drawings show five different mammals. They are not drawn to scale.

(a) Which fact is only true about mammals but not true about other animals?
Tick the correct box.

They can swim. They have four legs.

They produce milk to

They lay eggs.
feed their young.
1 mark

(b) Look at the drawing of the bat.

In what way are bats unusual mammals?

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1 mark

(c) Give one way the seal is suited for moving through water.

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1 mark

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 (d) The porcupine has spines.
How do the spines help a porcupine to survive?

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1 mark

(e) In winter, the fur of the Arctic hare and the Arctic fox becomes thicker and turns
white.

(i) How does thick fur help an Arctic hare and an Arctic fox to survive during the
winter?

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1 mark

(ii) The Arctic fox hunts and eats Arctic hares.

How does white fur help Arctic hares to survive in the snow?

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1 mark
maximum 6 marks

Q2.
The drawings show six living things.
They spend all or part of the time in water.

not to scale

Look at the drawings.

(a) (i) Give the letter of one living thing that uses gills to take in oxygen.

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1 mark

(ii) Give the letter of one living thing that is covered in scales.

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1 mark

(b) Use a word from the list below to fill the gap in the sentence.

lungs legs eyes backbones

The trout, duck, crocodile, water vole and frog are all called vertebrates because
they have ........................................
1 mark

(c) The trout spends all of its time in water.

Give one way the trout is suited for moving in water.

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1 mark

(d) Draw a line from each animal below to the group it belongs to.
Draw only three lines.

2 marks
maximum 6 marks

Q3.
The drawings below show a stoat, a weasel and an American mink.

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The stoat and weasel are British wild animals.
Mink are from America.

stoat weasel

American mink

(a) They all hunt and eat rabbits.

1 000 American mink were set free into the British countryside in 1998.

(i) What happened to the numbers of rabbits in the countryside?

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1 mark

Give a reason for your answer.

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1 mark

(ii) How did this affect the stoats and weasels that lived in the countryside?

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1 mark

(b) Stoats, weasels and American mink all hunt and eat rabbits.
Complete the sentence below.

The stoats, weasels and American mink are all predators and the rabbits are

their ...................................
1 mark

(c) (i) Give the name of one other wild animal in Britain that hunts for small
animals such as rabbits.

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1 mark

(ii) The American mink were not hunted by other animals in the British
countryside, but many of the mink died.

Suggest two different reasons why the mink died.

1. ............................................................................................................
1 mark

2. ............................................................................................................
1 mark

(d) Stoats, weasels and mink are all mammals.

Give one way you tell from the drawings that they are mammals.

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1 mark
maximum 8 marks

Q4.
The diagram shows an oak tree.

(a) An oak tree takes in water and oxygen from the soil.
Name one other type of substance an oak tree needs to take in from the soil.

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1 mark

(b) The roots of an oak tree are long and split into many smaller roots. How does this
help the tree to absorb water?

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1 mark

(c) By the time winter comes, the oak tree has lost its leaves. Explain why this stops the
growth of an oak tree.

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1 mark

(d) The drawing shows a caterpillar of a moth called the Oak Beauty.
These caterpillars feed on oak leaves and woodland birds eat them.

Describe how the appearance of the caterpillar can help it to survive.

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2 marks
Maximum 5 marks

Q5.
The photograph below shows some water lilies in early summer.

This diagram shows a water lily plant.

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(a) Water lilies do not grow well in moving water.

Suggest a reason for this.

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1 mark

(b) During the winter, many water lily plants do not grow new leaves.

Suggest one reason why the plants do not grow new leaves in the winter.

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1 mark

(c) (i) Give one way water lily plants are adapted to live in water.

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1 mark

(ii) Explain how this adaptation helps the water lily to grow in water.

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1 mark

(d) In the summer, water lilies produce large yellow flowers.

The flowers float on the surface of the pond.

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 Suggest one way these colourful floating flowers help the water lily to reproduce.

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1 mark

(e) When water lilies cover the pond surface with leaves, the pond does not get as hot
during the day.

Explain why the pond does not get as hot.

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1 mark
maximum 6 marks

Q6.
The graph below shows how a population of fish in a lake changed over a period of
time.

(a) In which time interval, A, B, C, D or E, did the population of fish increase most
quickly?

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How can you tell this from the graph?

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1 mark

(b) Which part of the graph shows when the fish began to compete with each other
for food?
Give the letter.

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How can you tell this from the graph?

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1 mark

(c) What does part D of the graph show about the birth rate and the death rate of
the fish?

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How can you tell this from the graph?

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1 mark

(d) Part E of the graph shows a population crash when all the fish died.

Suggest two reasons why a population might crash in this way.

1. ..................................................................................................................

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1 mark

2. ..................................................................................................................

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1 mark
maximum 5 marks

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Q7.
The drawings show five different lichens which grow on rocks or trees.

Identify lichens A, C and D using the key below.

1. The lichens grow on tree bark............... Go to 2

The lichens grow on rocks ................... Go to 4

2. They grow flat against the surface ....... Parmelia subrudecta

They have branches which
grow away from the surface.................. Go to 3

3. They have long dangling branches ...... Usnea

They have short branches ................... Evernia

4. They are bright orange ........................ Xanthoria

They are pale grey-green .................... Parmelia saxatilis

The name of Lichen A is ......................................................................

The name of Lichen C is ......................................................................

The name of Lichen D is ......................................................................

Maximum 3 marks

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Q8.
The life cycle of the housefly is shown below.

not to scale

Before the seventeenth century, people believed that maggots found on rotting meat
came either from the meat or from the air and not from eggs of the housefly.

In 1668, a doctor named Francesco Redi placed some meat into three separate
containers:

• container 1, left open to the air

• container 2, sealed with a lid
• container 3, covered with a fine mesh.

He left the containers for several days in a room containing adult houseflies.
His results are shown below.

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 (a) Look at the drawings and read the sentences beneath them.

(i) How do Redi’s results show that maggots do not come from rotting meat?

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1 mark

(ii) How do Redi’s results show that maggots do not come from the air?

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1 mark

(b) The maggots that hatched on the meat in container 1 could complete their life
cycle.

Explain why the maggots that hatched on the mesh on container 3 could not
complete their life cycle.

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1 mark

(c) Give two reasons why meat should be kept in a refrigerator.

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2 marks
maximum 5 marks

Digestion & Diet

Q9.
The following are important parts of a balanced diet.
carbohydrates

proteins

fats

vitamins

water

A pupil has a sweet, juicy orange to eat.

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(a) Complete the following sentences using words from the list above.

(i) An orange is a good source of

......................…… and ......................…….

2 marks

(ii) An orange is a poor source of

......................…… and ......................…….

2 marks

(b) Give the names of two parts of a balanced diet which are not shown in the list
above.

1. ...................................................................

2. ...................................................................
2 marks

(c) In order to obtain the nutrients, food must be chewed Give two reasons why it is
important to chew food.

1. ..................................................................................................................

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2. ..................................................................................................................

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2 marks
Maximum 8 marks

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Q10.
Ben and Jason are identical twins. Ben plays football during break time. Jason has a
broken leg. He sits quietly in the classroom.

(a) Tick the boxes by three sentences which can only describe Ben and not Jason.

3 marks

(b) Which two sentences in the list above could describe both Ben and Jason during
that break time?

1. ..................................................................................................................

2. ..................................................................................................................
2 marks
Maximum 5 marks

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Skeleton & Muscles

Q11.
The diagram below shows the human skeleton.

(a) (i) Draw a line from the letter J to one joint in the leg.
1 mark

(ii) Why do we need joints in our skeleton?

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1 mark

(b) (i) Which part of our skeleton, labelled in the diagram, moves so that we
can breathe?

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1 mark

(ii) Which part of our skeleton, labelled in the diagram, moves so that we can
chew food?

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1 mark

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 (c) Which one of the following is needed in the diet for strong bones and teeth?
Tick the correct box.

1 mark

(d) The diagram below shows part of the arm.

(i) Parts A and B are attached to bones. What name is given to parts of the body
like parts A and B?

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1 mark

(ii) Part A gets shorter. In which direction does the lower arm move?

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1 mark
Maximum 7 marks

Circulation & Respiration

Q12.
Harry investigated the effects of fizzy cola drink on his heart rate.

First he measured his heart rate every minute for 5 minutes when sitting down.
Then he drank some cola.

He continued to measure his heart rate at regular intervals.

This is a graph of his results.

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(a) Why did Harry measure his heart rate every minute for 5 minutes before drinking his
cola?

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1 mark

(b) Harry says cola affects his heart rate.

What evidence is there in the graph to support his idea that cola affects his heart
rate?

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1 mark

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(c) Harry and Yasmin came to the following conclusions.

Harry Yasmin

Explain why Yasmin’s conclusion is better than Harry’s conclusion.

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1 mark

(d) Yasmin said, “We should also measure Harry’s heart rate after he drinks fizzy
water”.

How would measuring Harry’s heart rate after he drinks fizzy water improve the
investigation?

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1 mark
maximum 4 marks

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Q13.
(a) Carbon monoxide, nicotine and tar get into the lungs when a person
smokes.

Draw a line from each substance to the effect of the substance on the body.
Draw only three lines.

3 marks

(b) The coronary arteries carry blood to the heart muscle.

The drawing below shows the heart and coronary arteries.

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(i) Diagram 1 shows a section through a coronary artery.

diagram 1

Smoking can cause damage to the coronary artery.

Diagram 2 shows a section through part of a damaged artery.

diagram 2

not to scale

Look at diagram 2. A blood clot has formed.

Give one other change in the coronary artery.

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1 mark

(ii) Respiration takes place in the muscle cells of the heart.

Explain why a blood clot in the coronary artery prevents these cells
respiring normally.

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2 marks
maximum 6 marks

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Q14.
(a) The diagram represents the flow of blood to and from a muscle.

(i) What type of blood vessel is B? ..........................................................

1 mark

(ii) Respiration takes place in the cells of the muscle. In the table, tick one box in
each row to compare the concentrations of oxygen, glucose and carbon
dioxide in blood vessels A and B.

3 marks

(b) Blood flows into and out of all organs.

(i) Name the organ represented in the diagram below.

Name of organ ..................................................................................

1 mark

(ii) A different organ is represented in the diagram below. Name this organ.

Name of organ ..................................................................................

1 mark

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 (c) When a person has an alcoholic drink, the alcohol passes into blood and is
circulated throughout the body.

(i) Alcohol in the blood causes the blood vessels in the skin to become wider.
What effect will this have on the body?

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1 mark

(ii) Alcohol abuse has short-term and long-term effects. Which one of the
following is a long-term effect on alcohol abuse?

Tick the correct box.

shorter reaction time short sightedness

damage to liver damage to bones

1 mark
Maximum 8 marks

Q15.
A scientist looked at a sample of fresh blood under a microscope.
She produced the following drawings of what she saw.

Two types of white blood cells are shown in the drawings.

(a) Give two ways in which white blood cells destroy disease-causing micro-organisms.

1. ..................................................................................................................

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2. ..................................................................................................................

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2 marks

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 (b) (i) Red blood cells transport oxygen. They contain a chemical which combines
with oxygen from the lungs.
Give the name of the product formed when oxygen combines with this
chemical.

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1 mark

(ii) Blood plasma transports glucose. Give the names of two other substances or
types of substances which are transported in the plasma.

1. .........................................................................................................

2. .........................................................................................................
2 marks

(c) The scientist added a drop of distilled water to some fresh blood on a microscope
slide. The red blood cells absorbed water. Some of them swelled and burst.

She then looked at onion cells under a microscope. She added a drop of distilled
water to the slide. None of the cells burst.

What part of an onion cell prevents it from bursting?

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1 mark
Maximum 6 marks

Reproduction & Inheritance

Q16. (a) The average life span of a lion in a zoo is 22 years.

The average life span of a lion in the wild is 17 years. Suggest two reasons why lions live
longer in a zoo than in the wild.

1. ....................................................................................................................

2. ....................................................................................................................
1 mark

(b) John found the following data about five mammals.

average length of average life span

mammal
pregnancy (days) (years)

mouse 20 2

guinea pig 65 7

leopard 96 15

chimpanzee 250 40

whale 315 50

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 He plotted points using data from the table.

(i) Using the points John plotted, draw a line of best fit.
1 mark

(ii) From the graph, describe the relationship between the average length of
pregnancy and the average life span.

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1 mark

(c) John found data about three other mammals.

average length of average life span

mammal
pregnancy (days) (years)

Human 266 72

Horse 340 25

Giraffe 440 17

(i) Plot these three points on the graph above.

2 marks

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 (ii) Do these points fit the relationship you described in part (b) (ii)?
Tick the correct box.

yes no

Use the graph to give a reason for your answer.

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1 mark
maximum 6 marks

Q17.
Choose words from the box below to answer all the questions.

cell division digestion fertilisation foetus genes

intestine ovary ovum (egg) sperm testis uterus

(a)

(i) What is the name of cell A?

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1 mark

(ii) Where is cell A produced?

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1 mark

(b)

(i) What is the name of cell B?

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1 mark

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 (ii) Where is cell B produced?

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1 mark

(c)

C
not to scale

What process is shown in C? Choose your answer from the box above.

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1 mark

(d) The diagram shows a baby developing inside its mother.

(i) Which word means an unborn baby? Choose your answer from the box
above.

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1 mark

(ii) Where does the unborn baby develop? Choose your answer from the box
above.

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1 mark
maximumm 7 marks

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Q18.
(a) The diagram below shows the female reproductive system and a ciliated cell.

not to scale

Ciliated cells move an ovum along part of the reproductive system.

(i) In which part of the reproductive system are ciliated cells found?

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1 mark

(ii) Describe how ciliated cells move an ovum along.

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1 mark

(b) The diagrams below represent what happens at fertilisation and after fertilisation
has taken place.

not to scale

(i) Some women find it difficult to become pregnant. Doctors have developed
a technique in which an ovum is fertilised in a test-tube. An embryo is then
implanted into the woman’s reproductive system.

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 Which stage in part (b) shows an embryo and which stage shows a foetus?

embryo ...........................................................

foetus .............................................................
1 mark

(ii) Into which part of the woman’s reproductive system is the embryo
implanted?

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1 mark

(c) (i) Explain why a child can look like both parents but is not identical to either
of the parents.

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2 marks

(ii) In the table below, tick one box by each human characteristic to show
whether it is:

• inherited only

• inherited and affected by environmental conditions.

human inherited and affected

characteristic inherited only by environmental
conditions

eye colour

skin colour

weight

1 mark
maximum 7 marks

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Q19.
The drawing shows a flower. Six parts are labelled P, Q, R, S, T and U.

(a) The names of three of these parts are given in the table.
Write the letter of each part next to its name in the table.

3 marks

(b) Which two letters on the drawing show parts of the stamen?

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1 mark
Maximum 4 marks

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Q20.
The diagram shows the reproductive parts of a flower.

(a) Draw one line from each function to the correct structure.

Function Structure

anthers

where female
gametes are
formed

ovules

where pollen
grains are
produced

stigma

where pollen
grains land during
pollination

style
(3)

(b) Suggest one way in which flowers attract pollinating insects.

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(1)

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(c) The pollen grains land on the female part of the flower.

Describe the next stages in the process which results in seed formation.

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(4)
(Total 8 marks)

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