AQA GCSE BIOLOGY HIGHER TIER PAPER
1H EXAM SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ What is the magnifying power of a light microscope? Answer: x
2,000
◉ What is the magnifying power of an electron microscope? Answer: x
2,000,000
◉ What is the resolving power? Answer: The ability to distinguish
between two separate points
◉ What is the resolving power of light microscopes? Answer: 200 nm
◉ What is the resolving power of electron microscopes? Answer: 0.2
nm
◉ What are the advantages of light microscopes? Answer: 1. living
samples
2. can view samples in colour
◉ What are the disadvantages of electron microscopes? Answer: 1. dead
samples
,2. samples in black and white
◉ What can they do with electron microscopes to make them coloured?
Answer: Dye them or colour them in
◉ How do you work out magnification? Answer: Image size / Object
size
◉ How do you work out image size? Answer: Magnification x Object
size
◉ How do you work out object size? Answer: Image size /
Magnification
◉ How do you convert cm to mm? Answer: x 10
◉ How do you convert um (micrometres) to mm? Answer: / 1000
◉ How do you convert mm to um (micrometres)? Answer: x 1000
◉ What does an animal cell contain? Answer: Cytoplasm, Nucleus,
Ribosomes, Mitochondrion, Cell Membrane
◉ Where is the nucleus located in an animal cell? Answer: The centre
,◉ What does the nucleus do? Answer: It controls the activities of the
cell
◉ What is the role of the cytoplasm? Answer: Where chemical reactions
take place
◉ Does an animal cell have a cell wall? Answer: No, it does not
◉ What is the role of the cell membrane? Answer: Controls the ENTRY
and EXIT of SUBSTANCES inside the cell
◉ What is the role of mitochondria/on? Answer: Creates energy by
aerobic respiration
◉ What does aerobic respiration mean? Answer: It requires oxygen
◉ What is the role of ribosomes? Answer: Where protein synthesis takes
place
◉ What kind of shape is a plant cell? Answer: Rectangular
◉ What kind of shape is an animal cell? Answer: Circular
, ◉ What does a plant cell contain? Answer: Chloroplast
Starch grain
Cell Membrane
Cell Wall
Nucleus
Mitochondrion
Cytoplasm
◉ What is the role of the cell wall? Answer: Supports and protects the
cell
◉ What is the role of the vacuole? Answer: contains cell sap
◉ Why is a plant cell rectangular? Answer: Due to the cell wall - strong
◉ Where is the nucleus placed in a plant cell? Answer: In one
corner/side
◉ What is the role of chloroplasts? Answer: Full of a pigment called
chlorophyll
This is where photosynthesis takes place
◉ What are bacteria responsible for? Answer: Diseases such as
tuberculosis, cholera.
1H EXAM SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ What is the magnifying power of a light microscope? Answer: x
2,000
◉ What is the magnifying power of an electron microscope? Answer: x
2,000,000
◉ What is the resolving power? Answer: The ability to distinguish
between two separate points
◉ What is the resolving power of light microscopes? Answer: 200 nm
◉ What is the resolving power of electron microscopes? Answer: 0.2
nm
◉ What are the advantages of light microscopes? Answer: 1. living
samples
2. can view samples in colour
◉ What are the disadvantages of electron microscopes? Answer: 1. dead
samples
,2. samples in black and white
◉ What can they do with electron microscopes to make them coloured?
Answer: Dye them or colour them in
◉ How do you work out magnification? Answer: Image size / Object
size
◉ How do you work out image size? Answer: Magnification x Object
size
◉ How do you work out object size? Answer: Image size /
Magnification
◉ How do you convert cm to mm? Answer: x 10
◉ How do you convert um (micrometres) to mm? Answer: / 1000
◉ How do you convert mm to um (micrometres)? Answer: x 1000
◉ What does an animal cell contain? Answer: Cytoplasm, Nucleus,
Ribosomes, Mitochondrion, Cell Membrane
◉ Where is the nucleus located in an animal cell? Answer: The centre
,◉ What does the nucleus do? Answer: It controls the activities of the
cell
◉ What is the role of the cytoplasm? Answer: Where chemical reactions
take place
◉ Does an animal cell have a cell wall? Answer: No, it does not
◉ What is the role of the cell membrane? Answer: Controls the ENTRY
and EXIT of SUBSTANCES inside the cell
◉ What is the role of mitochondria/on? Answer: Creates energy by
aerobic respiration
◉ What does aerobic respiration mean? Answer: It requires oxygen
◉ What is the role of ribosomes? Answer: Where protein synthesis takes
place
◉ What kind of shape is a plant cell? Answer: Rectangular
◉ What kind of shape is an animal cell? Answer: Circular
, ◉ What does a plant cell contain? Answer: Chloroplast
Starch grain
Cell Membrane
Cell Wall
Nucleus
Mitochondrion
Cytoplasm
◉ What is the role of the cell wall? Answer: Supports and protects the
cell
◉ What is the role of the vacuole? Answer: contains cell sap
◉ Why is a plant cell rectangular? Answer: Due to the cell wall - strong
◉ Where is the nucleus placed in a plant cell? Answer: In one
corner/side
◉ What is the role of chloroplasts? Answer: Full of a pigment called
chlorophyll
This is where photosynthesis takes place
◉ What are bacteria responsible for? Answer: Diseases such as
tuberculosis, cholera.
