AQA A LEVEL BIOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECTLY SOLVED ANSWERS.
1) The Krebs cycle takes place in the _______ of the ___________ -- Answer ✔✔
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matrix mitochondria
t
2) Epistasis -- Answer ✔✔ arises when the allele of one gene affects or masks the
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expression of another in the phenotype t t t t t
3) Autosome -- Answer ✔✔ a chromosome that is not a sex chromosome
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4) Biodiversity -- Answer ✔✔ the range and variety of genes, species and habitats within
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a particular region
t t
5) Biomass -- Answer ✔✔ the total mass of living material, normally measured in a
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specific area over a given period of time
t t t t t t t
6) Intraspecific competition -- Answer ✔✔ competition between organisms of the same
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species
7) Interspecific competition -- Answer ✔✔ competition between organisms of different
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species
8) Krebs cycle -- Answer ✔✔ series of aerobic biochemical reactions in the matrix of
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the mitochondria of most eukaryotic cells by which energy is obtained through the
t t t t t t t t t t t t t
oxidation of acetyl coenzyme A produced from the breakdown of glucose
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9) Meiosis -- Answer ✔✔ the type of nuclear division in which the number of
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chromosomes is halved t t
CORRECTLY SOLVED ANSWERS.
1) The Krebs cycle takes place in the _______ of the ___________ -- Answer ✔✔
t t t t t t t t t t t t t t
matrix mitochondria
t
2) Epistasis -- Answer ✔✔ arises when the allele of one gene affects or masks the
t t t t t t t t t t t t t t t
expression of another in the phenotype t t t t t
3) Autosome -- Answer ✔✔ a chromosome that is not a sex chromosome
t t t t t t t t t t t
4) Biodiversity -- Answer ✔✔ the range and variety of genes, species and habitats within
t t t t t t t t t t t t t t
a particular region
t t
5) Biomass -- Answer ✔✔ the total mass of living material, normally measured in a
t t t t t t t t t t t t t t
specific area over a given period of time
t t t t t t t
6) Intraspecific competition -- Answer ✔✔ competition between organisms of the same
t t t t t t t t t t t
species
7) Interspecific competition -- Answer ✔✔ competition between organisms of different
t t t t t t t t t t
species
8) Krebs cycle -- Answer ✔✔ series of aerobic biochemical reactions in the matrix of
t t t t t t t t t t t t t t
the mitochondria of most eukaryotic cells by which energy is obtained through the
t t t t t t t t t t t t t
oxidation of acetyl coenzyme A produced from the breakdown of glucose
t t t t t t t t t t
9) Meiosis -- Answer ✔✔ the type of nuclear division in which the number of
t t t t t t t t t t t t t t
chromosomes is halved t t