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A-level 3
BIOLOGY 4
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Time allowed: 2 hours
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• a ruler with millimetre measurements
• a scientific calculator.
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• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
• Answer all questions.
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside the box around each
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• The maximum mark for this paper is 91.
A-level BIOLOGY Paper 2
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Answer all questions in the
6 spaces provided.
0 1 Describe the process of glycolysis.
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Malonate inhibits a reaction in the Krebs cycle.
Explain why malonate would decrease the uptake of oxygen in a respiring cell.
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0 2 . 1 Explain how a resting potential is
across the axon membrane in
neurone
maintained a
. [ ]
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0 2 . 2 Explain why the speed of transmission of impulses is faster along a myelinated
than
axon along a-myelinated
non axon. [ ]
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