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INTERNATIONAL A-LEVEL
BIOLOGY (9610)
Unit 5 Synoptic paper
Thursday 19 January 2023 07:00 GMT Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have: For Examiner’s Use
• a pencil
Question Mark
• a ruler with millimetre measurements
• a scientific calculator, which you are expected to use where appropriate. 1
2
Instructions
3
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. 4
• Answer all questions. 5
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write
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outside the box around each page or on blank pages.
• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of TOTAL
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s).
• All working must be shown.
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want
to be marked.
Information
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 75.
• In Question 6, 2 marks will be awarded for the quality of your written communication.
You will be marked on your ability to:
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
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Answer all questions in the spaces provided. box
0 1 A plant leaf is an organ containing several types of tissue.
Figure 1 shows a transverse section (TS) of a leaf from a dicotyledonous plant as
seen using the low power objective lens of a light microscope.
The scale bar represents a length of 100 μm
Figure 1
0 1 . 1 Draw a tissue map of the TS of the leaf shown in Figure 1.
[3 marks]
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Figure 2 shows part of the same leaf seen using the high power objective lens of the box
same microscope.
The scale bar represents a length of 50 μm
Figure 2
0 1 . 2 The magnifying power of the high power objective lens is ×40
Using the scale bars in Figure 1 and Figure 2, calculate the magnifying power of the
low power objective lens.
Give your answer to the nearest whole number.
[3 marks]
Magnifying power of the low power objective lens =
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Centre number Candidate number
Surname
Forename(s)
Candidate signature
I declare this is my own work.
INTERNATIONAL A-LEVEL
BIOLOGY (9610)
Unit 5 Synoptic paper
Thursday 19 January 2023 07:00 GMT Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have: For Examiner’s Use
• a pencil
Question Mark
• a ruler with millimetre measurements
• a scientific calculator, which you are expected to use where appropriate. 1
2
Instructions
3
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. 4
• Answer all questions. 5
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write
6
outside the box around each page or on blank pages.
• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of TOTAL
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s).
• All working must be shown.
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want
to be marked.
Information
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 75.
• In Question 6, 2 marks will be awarded for the quality of your written communication.
You will be marked on your ability to:
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
*JAn23BL0501*
IB/M/Jan23/E7 BL05
, 2
Do not write
outside the
Answer all questions in the spaces provided. box
0 1 A plant leaf is an organ containing several types of tissue.
Figure 1 shows a transverse section (TS) of a leaf from a dicotyledonous plant as
seen using the low power objective lens of a light microscope.
The scale bar represents a length of 100 μm
Figure 1
0 1 . 1 Draw a tissue map of the TS of the leaf shown in Figure 1.
[3 marks]
*02*
IB/M/Jan23/BL05
, 3
Do not write
outside the
Figure 2 shows part of the same leaf seen using the high power objective lens of the box
same microscope.
The scale bar represents a length of 50 μm
Figure 2
0 1 . 2 The magnifying power of the high power objective lens is ×40
Using the scale bars in Figure 1 and Figure 2, calculate the magnifying power of the
low power objective lens.
Give your answer to the nearest whole number.
[3 marks]
Magnifying power of the low power objective lens =
Turn over ►
*03*
IB/M/Jan23/BL05
