GCSE BIOLOGY Foundation Tier Paper 1F 2024

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GCSE
BIOLOGY F
Foundation Tier Paper 1F


Tuesday 16 May 2024 Morning Time allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes
Materials
For Examiner’s Use
For this paper you must have:
• a ruler Question Mark
• a scientific calculator.
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Instructions 2
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen. 3
• Pencil should only be used for drawing. 4
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
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• Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of 6
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). 7
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want
TOTAL
to be marked.
• In all calculations, show clearly how you work out your answer.

Information
• The maximum mark for this paper is 100.
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• You are expected to use a calculator where appropriate.
• You are reminded of the need for good English and clear
presentation in your answers.




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Answer all questions in the spaces provided. box




0 1 Plants are made of cells, tissues and organs.


0 1 . 1 Which part of a plant is the largest?
[1 mark]
Tick (✓) one box.


A guard cell


A leaf


A root hair




Students investigated the effect of concentration of salt solution on the mass of
pieces of potato.

This is the method used.
1. Cut two pieces of potato to the same size.
2. Record the mass of each piece of potato.
3. Place one piece of potato into a beaker containing a dilute salt solution.
4. Place the other piece of potato into a beaker containing a concentrated
salt solution.
5. After 20 minutes, remove each piece of potato from its solution.
6. Record the change in mass of each piece of potato.
7. Repeat steps 1 to 6 two more times.


Table 1 shows the results.

Table 1


Change in mass of piece of potato in grams
Solution
Test 1 Test 2 Test 3 Mean

Dilute salt solution 1.1 1.1 1.4 X

−7.2 −6.8 −32.4 −7.0
Concentrated salt solution



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0 1.2 Calculate mean value X in Table 1. box

[2 marks]




X= grams




There is an anomalous result for the concentrated salt solution in Table 1.



0 1.3 Draw a ring around the anomalous result in Table 1.
[1 mark]




0 1 . 4 What did the students do with the anomalous result when calculating the mean
in Table 1?
[1 mark]




0 1 . 5 What name is given to a variable that is kept the same during an investigation?
[1 mark]
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Control variable


Dependent variable


Independent variable



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0 1 . 6 One variable the students kept the same during the investigation was the size of the box

pieces of potato.

Which other variable did the students keep the same?
[1 mark]
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Change in mass of pieces of potato


Concentration of salt solution


Time in the salt solution




0 1 . 7 The pieces of potato in the concentrated salt solution decreased in mass.



Complete the sentence.

Choose the answer from the box.
[1 mark]



excretion osmosis respiration



Water moved out of the potato by the process of .




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