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General Certificate of EducationJune 2008Advanced Level Examination
HUMAN BIOLOGY (SPECIFICATION A) BYA7Unit 7 The Human Life-span
Friday 13 June 2008 1.30 pm to 3.00 pm
Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
Instructions
Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. Answer allquestions. You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Answers
written in margins or on blank pages will not be marked. Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not
want to be marked. Use accurate scientific terminology in all your answers.
Information
The maximum mark for this paper is 75. The marks for questions are shown in brackets. You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation
in your answers. You are reminded that this test requires you to use your knowledge of
Modules 1, 3, 4 and 5 as well as Module 7 in answering synoptic
questions. These questions are indicated by the letter S.
For this paper you must have: a ruler with millimetre measurements.
You may use a calculator.
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1 The graph shows the effect of age on basal metabolic rate (BMR) in males and females.
1 (a) Under what conditions should BMR be measured?
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1 (b) Suggest an explanation for each of the following.
1 (b) (i) The high BMR between the ages of 0 and 5 years
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Age/yearsBirth
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BMR/kJ m2h1
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1 (b) (ii) The difference in BMR between males and females above the age of 5 years
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1 (b) (iii) The change in BMR after the age of 45 years
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2 (a) The diagram shows an action potential.
Label the diagram with the letter Xto show where the rate of diffusion of sodium ionsis fastest.
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S 2 (b) As a neurone transmits an impulse, its rate of oxygen consumption increases.
Explain why.
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2 (c) Myelination affects the rate of conduction of a nerve impulse. Explain how.
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3 In a medical trial, doctors gave injections of human growth hormone (hGH) to a group of
elderly people. These people showed improvements in some features associated with
senescence. The improvements included an increase in basal metabolic rate and an increase
in the density of the bones.
3 (a) Give oneother feature associated with senescence.
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S 3 (b) Growth hormone is a small protein. In this trial, the people were given human growth
hormone. Growth hormone made naturally by cows or sheep would not have been
suitable. Explain why.
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S 3 (c) Human growth hormone is a single polypeptide chain, 191 amino acids in length.
Its gene is 1964 base pairs long.
S 3 (c) (i) Human growth hormone is manufactured using genetically-modified eukaryotic
cells. Suggest why eukaryotic cells are used rather than prokaryotic cells.
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S 3 (c) (ii) Does hGH have a quaternary structure? Give the reason for your answer.
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4 Scientists studied heat production and evaporative heat loss in a person who was at rest.
The results are shown in the graph.
4 (a) The persons core temperature was monitored using a sensor in contact with one
eardrum. The eardrum is very close to the hypothalamus. What is the advantage ofrecording the core temperature close to the hypothalamus?
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4 (b) (i) What is evaporative heat loss?
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4 (b) (ii) Describe and explain oneother way in which the body increases heat loss as core
temperature rises.
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4 (c) Use the graph to give the range of temperatures over which the rate of respiration
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5 The diagram shows spermatogenesis.
5 (a) Give onenumber in the diagram that represents
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5 (a) (ii) meiosis I? ................................................ (1 mark)
S 5 (b) At the start of interphase, the nucleus of cell Acontains 6.5 picograms of DNA.
How much DNA would be present in the nucleus of
S 5 (b) (i) cell F ........................................................ picograms (1 mark)
S 5 (b) (ii) cell H? ...................................................... picograms (1 mark)
S 5 (c) Give the letters of twocells which would be genetically identical.
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S 5 (d) Zygotes always receive more DNA from the egg than from the sperm.Suggest why.
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S 6 (a) Use your knowledge of Ficks law to describe and explain the adaptations of the
placenta for efficient gas exchange.
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6 (b) The pH of the mothers blood falls from 7.43 to 7.40 as it passes through the placenta.
Explain why.
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The graph shows oxyhaemoglobin dissociation curves for a pregnant mother and her fetus.
6 (c) Explain the advantage to the fetus of having haemoglobin with properties as shown inthe graph.
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6 (d) (i) The mothers blood in the artery supplying the placenta has a pO2of 4.0 kPa.
The blood in the mothers vein leaving the placenta has pO2of 3.2 kPa.
Use information from the graph to find the fall in percentage saturation of the
mothers haemoglobin as it passes through the placenta.
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6 (d) (ii) Each dm3 of blood leaving the mothers lungs carries 200cm3 oxygen and its
haemoglobin is 98% saturated with oxygen.
Use your answer from part (d) (i) to calculate the amount of oxygen lost from
1 dm3 of the mothers blood at the placenta.
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6 (d) (iii) The mothers dissociation curve shown in the graph is for her blood entering the
placenta with a pCO2value of 5.3 kPa. When leaving the placenta, her blood hasa pCO2of 9.3 kPa.
Sketch on the graph the dissociation curve of the mother when a higher
concentration of carbon dioxide is present in the blood.
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S 7 (a) Muscle contraction requires ATP. What are the advantages of using aerobic rather than
anaerobic respiration to provide ATP in a long-distance race?
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7 (b) During running, muscles use more ATP than at rest. The graph shows how the relativeimportance of three different sources of this additional ATP varies during running.
7 (b) (i) A 100m race can last about 10 seconds. Which of the three processes shown in
the graph is the main source of ATP in the athletes muscles during this race?
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7 (b) (ii) Why are additional sources of ATP needed during a 200m race?
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7 (c) The diagram shows the appearance of a relaxed myofibril and of the same myofibril
when fully contracted.
7 (c) (i) Describe twoways, visible in the diagram, in which the contracted myofibril
differs from the relaxed myofibril.
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7 (c) (ii) What causes the changes shown in the diagram as the myofibril contracts?
Refer to the proteins actin and myosin in your answer.
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7 (d) A muscle fibre contracts when it is stimulated by a motor neurone. Describe how
transmission occurs across the synapse between a motor neurone and a muscle fibre.
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8 (a) Describe and explain the part played by enzymes in the digestion of protein in thehuman digestive system.
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8 (b) Describe the nervous and hormonal control of the digestion of protein in the humandigestive system.
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S 8 (c) The photograph shows the structure of the epithelium lining the small intestine.
Structures Aand Bassist in the absorption of the products of protein digestion.Explain how.
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