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BIOL2 JUNE 2014 UNOFFICIAL MS:

Note: not all of the answers, only the ones i could remember.
Hardest BIOL2 paper in my opinion

1)
a) [B]Define hierarchy: (1)
- Groups within groups
- No overlap between groups

b) How many families: (1)


-3

c) Name the phylum: (1)


- Starts with C i think named Chordata, (vertebrate)

d) Independent segregation: (2)


- Shuffling of maternal and paternal chromosomes
- leads to new/different combinations of alleles
- pair of chromosome line along equator in random orietation

e) Infertile: (2)
- homologous chromosomes cannot pair
- thus meiosis cannot occur

2a) Selective Breeding: (1)


way of improving species of crop or animal by breeding with individuals for desires/best
charactersitics

b) Explain: (2)
- reduces genetic diversity
- as alleles chosen

- best alleles rejected


- leads to alleles for unfavourable characteristics being bred out of population

c) not sure

d) Describe the SD data; (2)


- SD shows spread of data around mean
- SD's do not overlap so differences are significant i.e not due to chance

3)
a) This will be the MS answer for countercurrent system:
- Water and blood flow in opposite directions/counter-current;
- maintains concentration gradient (along gill) /equilibrium not reached;
- As water always next to blood with lower concentration of oxygen;

b) Seal features: (2) B]


- Flat body surface thus small surface area to vol ratio
- less heat lost
- blubber for insulation

c) AGH thickness of lamellae: (2)


- longer diffusion pathway
- smaller SA:Vol ratio

6 marker:
How DNA is related to its function, i put:
- stable molecule due to its double helix
- strong due to the strong covalent bonds in sugar phosphate backbone
- complementary base pairing allows DNA to replicate itself when needed and pass on genetic info
- DNA is a long molecule, coiled very tightly thus store large amounts of genetic info
- has a precise genetic code, determined by sequence of bases which controls protein synthesis

- double helix protects the hydrogen bonds, thus prevents code being corrupted
- has 4 bases (named) so can code info in any order

Immunological Techniques: (3)


- Inject blood serum/protein from A into B
- Obtain antibodies
- Obtain antibodies from B and place into C
- More closely related species = more precipitate, more similar antigens and more antigen-antibody
complexes

Gibbons least closely related to humans: (2)


- highest mean decrease in separation
- fewer hydrogen bonds
- shares fewer complementary bases

HSW Double blind trial (2):


a)
- prevents vested interest from scientists
- prevents bias from scientists
- prevents psychological effects from volunteers

b) question after that ^ regarding why different people had different antibody concentrations (2):
- different amounts absorbed
- differences in metabolic rates

My opinion is that the grade boundaries are going to be very very low

My predictions
Full UMS - 67/68
A - 53
B - 47

C - 42
D - 38
E - 32
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Re: AQA As Biology June 2014 - [BIO2]
Thank you for starting this thread. This has been really helpful.
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Re: AQA As Biology June 2014 - [BIO2]
Was attempting a question in the Nelson thornes book and I dont understand how to get the write
answer.

Oage 127 Q2) In a population of men the systolic blood pressure shows a normal distribution. The
mean of the population is 125 and the standard deviation is 10. If the population was 1000, how
many of them have a blood pressure between 115 & 135

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