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Please check the examination details below before entering your candidate information
2022 xcel B


Candidate surname Other names
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Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
Paper
Time 1 hour 30 minutes
reference 8BN0/01
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Biology A (Salters Nuffield)
Advanced Subsidiary
PAPER 1: Lifestyle, Transport, Genes and Health

You must have: Total Marks
Scientific calculator, HB pencil, ruler


Instructions
• Fill
Use black ink or ball-point pen.
• centrein the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
number and candidate number.
• Answer all questions.
• Answer
Show all your working out in calculations and include units where appropriate.
• – there maythe questions in the spaces provided
be more space than you need.

Information
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
• You may use a scientific calculator.
• structure
In questions marked with an asterisk (*), marks will be awarded for your ability to
your answer logically, showing how the points that you make are related
or follow on from each other where appropriate.

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Answer ALL questions.
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Write your answers in the spaces provided.
Some questions must be answered with a cross in a box . If you change your mind about an
answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross .

1 (a) The diagram shows part of a mRNA base sequence.


A U G C U A G G C A C G U A U A C G G G C


(i) Give the sequence of the first six bases of the DNA that was transcribed to
give this mRNA sequence.
(1)

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(ii) Give the maximum number of amino acids that would be in the part of the
polypeptide chain produced from this mRNA base sequence.
(1)

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(iii) Give the maximum number of different tRNA molecules that would be
needed to produce the polypeptide chain produced from this base sequence.
(1)

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(b) Describe the role of mRNA in protein synthesis.
(3)
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(Total for Question 1 = 6 marks)




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2 Vitamin C can be found in fruits and vegetables.
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The vitamin C content of four fruits was sampled on the day of picking and one week
after picking.
The results are shown in the table.


Vitamin C / mg per 100 g of fruit
Fruit
Day of picking One week after picking

Apple 27 7

Guava 70 53

Pineapple 53 28

Orange 75 52


(a) (i) Calculate the percentage decrease in the vitamin C content of the pineapple
to one decimal place.
(1)




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