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Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
Monday 13 May 2024
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Biology B 🞍 🞍
Advanced Subsidiary
PAPER 1: Core Cellular Biology and Microbiology
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Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE Advanced Subsidiary PAPER 1: Core Cellular Biology and Microbiology
QP MAY 2024
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•• The total mark for this paper is 80.
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1 (a) Plants take up magnesium ions and nitrate ions from the soil. These inorganic
ions are dissolved in the water in the soil.
(i) Magnesium ions and nitrate ions are incorporated into molecules made by
the plant.
Which row in the table shows the molecules that incorporate these ions?
(1)
amino acids chlorophyll nucleotides
A magnesium ions nitrate ions magnesium ions
B magnesium ions nitrate ions nitrate ions
C nitrate ions magnesium ions nitrate ions
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D nitrate ions magnesium ions magnesium ions
(ii) Explain why these ions dissolve in water.
(2)
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