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OCR AS-level 2023 Biology A Paper 2
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Ian Ching Hei Chau , ianchau.1228@gmail.com , 1C Anglesey Drive, , Stockport, England, United Kingdom, SK12 1BT
Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Thursday 25 May 2023 – Morning
AS Level Biology A
H020/02 Depth in biology
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1 (a) Fig. 1.1 shows two cubes that represent a large and a small multicellular plant.
Fig. 1.1
Large multicellular Small multicellular
plant plant
Length = 2 cm Surface area : volume
Width = 2 cm = 6:1
Depth = 2 cm
(i) Using the data provided in Fig. 1.1, calculate the surface area : volume of the large
multicellular plant.
Surface area : volume = .......................................................... [2]
(ii) Explain why a large multicellular plant needs a transport system but a small multicellular
plant does not.
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(b)* Fig. 1.2 shows a diagram of phloem tissue in the stem of a herbaceous dicotyledonous
plant.
Fig. 1.2
Sieve pore
Companion cell
Sieve tube element
Nucleus
Cytoplasm
Sieve plate
With reference to Fig. 1.2 outline the structure and function of phloem tissue in the stem of a
herbaceous dicotyledonous plant.
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