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AS
BIOLOGY
7401/2
Paper 2
Version: 1.0 Final
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Thursday 25 May 2023 Morning Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
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• a ruler with millimetre measurem...
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AS
BIOLOGY
Paper 2
Thursday 25 May 2023 Morning Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have: For Examiner’s Use
• a ruler with millimetre measurements
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• a scientific calculator.
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• Use black ink or black ball-point pen. 3
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
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• Answer all questions.
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write 5
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• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of
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this book. Write the question number against your answer(s).
• Show all your working. 8
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want 9
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• The marks for the questions are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 75.
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Answer all questions in the spaces provided. box
0 1 . 1 Which statement about the function of ribosomes is correct?
Tick () one box.
[1 mark]
Site of transcription, catalyse the joining of amino acids by hydrolysis
reactions
Site of transcription, catalyse the joining of nucleotides by
condensation reactions
Site of translation, catalyse the joining of amino acids by
condensation reactions
Site of translation, catalyse the joining of nucleotides by hydrolysis
reactions
0 1 . 2 Name two biological molecules that can be coded for by a gene.
Do not include a polypeptide or protein in your answer.
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0 1 . 3 Scientists investigated the structure of the endoplasmic reticulum. box
Table 1 shows some of the scientists’ results.
Table 1
Percentage of endoplasmic
Type of endoplasmic reticulum
reticulum made of phospholipids
Rough 46.8
Smooth 52.5
Use the data in Table 1 to suggest how the structure of rough endoplasmic reticulum
is different from the structure of smooth endoplasmic reticulum and how this is
related to their functions.
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