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Past papers97009700/42 Oct/Nov 2023

9700/42 · Oct/Nov 2023

A Level Structured Questions · 100 marks · 10 questions

  1. Question 19 marks

    Ethanol and lactate fermentation, why they regenerate NAD, and adaptations of rice to flooded fields.

  2. Question 214 marks

    The yeast life cycle: budding by mitosis, meiosis and spores, and why diploid cells hide harmful recessive alleles.

  3. Question 37 marks

    Selective breeding of wheat for disease resistance.

  4. Question 410 marks

    Fluorescent marker genes in genetic engineering, and DNA microarrays for gene expression.

  5. Question 59 marks

    A dihybrid cross in fruit flies with linked genes and a chi-squared test.

  6. Question 614 marks

    Glucagon and the enzyme cascade in liver cells, and testing glucose with urine strips and biosensors.

  7. Question 79 marks

    Mitochondria at neuromuscular junctions and in muscle, excitatory and inhibitory synapses, and multiple sclerosis.

  8. Question 812 marks

    Non-cyclic photophosphorylation, uses of Calvin cycle intermediates, and temperature as a limiting factor.

  9. Question 98 marks

    ADH concentration after drinking water, and how the kidney responds.

  10. Question 108 marks

    Mark-release-recapture to estimate population size, and Himalayan balsam as an invasive species.