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Pearson Edexcel Level 3
GCE
Monday 12 May 2025
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minutes) reference
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Biology A (Salters Nuffield) 🟐 🟐
Advanced Subsidiary
PAPER 1: Lifestyle, Transport, Genes and Health
You must have: Total Marks
Scientific calculator, HB pencil, ruler
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE Biology A(Salters Nuffield) Advanced Subsidiary PAPER 1: Lifestyle, Transport, Genes and
Health QP MAY 2025
Instructions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with
centre number and candidate number.
• Answer all
your name,
• Show all your working out in calculations and include units where
• Answer the questions
appropriate.
questions. in the
– there may spaces
be more space than you need.
Information
provided
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The marks for each question are shown in
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
• ability to structure your answer logically, showing how the points that you
• You may use a scientific
brackets
In questions marked with an asterisk (*), marks will be awarded for your
calculator.
make are related or follow on from each other where appropriate.
Advice
• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
• Try to answer every
• Check your answers if you have time at the end.
Turn over
question.
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Some questions must be answered with a cross in a box . If you
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change your mind about an answer, put a line through the box and
then mark your new answer with a cross .
1 DNA and RNA are nucleic acids.
(a) (i) Which base is present in RNA but absent from DNA?
(1)
A adenine
B guanine
C thymine
D uracil
(ii) Which row shows the correct structure of these two molecules?
(1)
DNA Messenger
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RNA
A B
double-strande double-strande
C d d
double-strande single-stranded
d
D
single-stranded double-strande
d
(b) DNA acts as a template for the synthesis of messenger RNA.
(i) Which bond joins together mononucleotides in a strand of DNA
and RNA? (1)
A disulfide
B glycosidic
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C peptide
D phosphodiester
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replication and the process of DNA transcription.
(3)
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(Total for Question 1 = 6 marks)
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, 2 The diagram shows some components of a cell membrane.
ion
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ATP ADP
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T
glucose molecule
(a) The components labelled P and T are proteins.
(i) State one role of ATP in the movement of molecules through the
component labelled T.
(1)
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Candidate surname Other names
Centre Number Candidate Number
Pearson Edexcel Level 3
GCE
Monday 12 May 2025
Pape
8BN0/01
Morning (Time: 1 hour 30
minutes) reference
r
Biology A (Salters Nuffield) 🟐 🟐
Advanced Subsidiary
PAPER 1: Lifestyle, Transport, Genes and Health
You must have: Total Marks
Scientific calculator, HB pencil, ruler
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE Biology A(Salters Nuffield) Advanced Subsidiary PAPER 1: Lifestyle, Transport, Genes and
Health QP MAY 2025
Instructions
• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with
centre number and candidate number.
• Answer all
your name,
• Show all your working out in calculations and include units where
• Answer the questions
appropriate.
questions. in the
– there may spaces
be more space than you need.
Information
provided
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The marks for each question are shown in
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
• ability to structure your answer logically, showing how the points that you
• You may use a scientific
brackets
In questions marked with an asterisk (*), marks will be awarded for your
calculator.
make are related or follow on from each other where appropriate.
Advice
• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
• Try to answer every
• Check your answers if you have time at the end.
Turn over
question.
P78687A
©2025 Pearson Education Ltd.
Y:1/1/1/1/
, Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided.
Some questions must be answered with a cross in a box . If you
AREA
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS
change your mind about an answer, put a line through the box and
then mark your new answer with a cross .
1 DNA and RNA are nucleic acids.
(a) (i) Which base is present in RNA but absent from DNA?
(1)
A adenine
B guanine
C thymine
D uracil
(ii) Which row shows the correct structure of these two molecules?
(1)
DNA Messenger
AREA
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS
RNA
A B
double-strande double-strande
C d d
double-strande single-stranded
d
D
single-stranded double-strande
d
(b) DNA acts as a template for the synthesis of messenger RNA.
(i) Which bond joins together mononucleotides in a strand of DNA
and RNA? (1)
A disulfide
B glycosidic
AREA
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS
C peptide
D phosphodiester
2
■■■
■
, (ii) Give three differences between the process of DNA
replication and the process of DNA transcription.
(3)
1 ...............................................................................................................................
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(Total for Question 1 = 6 marks)
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3
■■■ Turn
■ over
, 2 The diagram shows some components of a cell membrane.
ion
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DO NOT WRITE IN THIS
P
Q
R
ATP ADP
S
AREA
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS
T
glucose molecule
(a) The components labelled P and T are proteins.
(i) State one role of ATP in the movement of molecules through the
component labelled T.
(1)
............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ......................
............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ......................
............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ......................
(ii) Describe how ions enter the cell through the component labelled P.
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