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INTERNATIONAL GCSE
BIOLOGY
Paper 2
Thursday 1 November 2022 07:00 GMT Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
Materials For Examiner’s Use
For this paper you must have:
• a ruler with millimetre measurements Question Mark
• a scientific calculator. 1
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Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen. 3
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. 4
• Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
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• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). 6
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not 7
want to be marked.
TOTAL
Information
• There are 90 marks available on this paper.
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• You are expected to use a calculator where appropriate.
• You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation
in your answers.
Advice
In all calculations, show clearly how you work out your answer.
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ANSWER IN THE SPACES PROVIDED
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Answer all questions in the spaces provided. box
0 1 This question is about an adaptation in birds.
0 1 . 1 Birds compete for food.
What else do birds compete for?
[1 mark]
Tick () one box.
Light
Oxygen
Territory
0 1 . 2 The shape of a bird’s beak is adapted to the type of food it eats.
Draw one line from each beak shape to how the beak shape helps the bird to eat.
[3 marks]
How the beak shape helps
Beak shape
the bird to eat
Crunches and cracks
seeds
Filters small plants from
the water
Spears prey such as fish
Tears apart prey such as
mice
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A student used a model to investigate which beak shape would be best to pick up box
seeds.
The student used three different types of forceps to model a bird’s beak and a plastic
cup to model a bird’s gut.
Figure 1 shows some of the equipment used in the investigation.
Figure 1
Table 1 shows steps in the method.
The steps are not in the correct order.
Table 1
A Count how many seeds are in the cup after 60 seconds.
B Place the cup 30 cm away from the dish of seeds.
C Repeat using blunt forceps and then using curved forceps.
Use the pointed forceps to move one seed at a time from the
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dish into the cup.
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