AQA
GCSE
COMBINED SCIENCE: SYNERGY
Foundation Tier Paper 2 Life and
Environmental Sciences
Thursday 25 May 2023
, 2
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0 1 Bees feed on sugar solution produced by the flowers of plants.
Figure 1 shows a bee feeding on a flower.
Figure 1
Eye
Antenna
Tongue
Flower
0 1 . 1 Why do bees feed on sugar solution?
[1 mark]
Tick (✓) one box.
For gaseous exchange
To obtain energy
To provide proteins
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Bees have a simple nervous system.
The bee nervous system has many similar features to the human nervous system.
0 1 . 2 The antenna is a sense organ.
The antenna contains specialised cells that detect stimuli.
What are cells that detect stimuli called?
[1 mark]
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Coordinators
Effectors
Receptors
0 1 . 3 When an antenna of a bee touches sugar solution the bee automatically sticks out
its tongue.
What type of action is automatic?
[1 mark]
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A conscious action
A delayed action
A reflex action
Question 1 continues on the next page
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Figure 2 shows the nervous pathway taken when a bee antenna touches
sugar solution.
Figure 2
Antenna
Sugar solution
Y X
Muscle in tongue
0 1 . 4 What is the gap labelled X?
[1 mark]
Tick (✓) one box.
A gland
A synapse
An impulse
G/Jun23/8465/2F
GCSE
COMBINED SCIENCE: SYNERGY
Foundation Tier Paper 2 Life and
Environmental Sciences
Thursday 25 May 2023
, 2
Do not write
outside the
box
0 1 Bees feed on sugar solution produced by the flowers of plants.
Figure 1 shows a bee feeding on a flower.
Figure 1
Eye
Antenna
Tongue
Flower
0 1 . 1 Why do bees feed on sugar solution?
[1 mark]
Tick (✓) one box.
For gaseous exchange
To obtain energy
To provide proteins
G/Jun23/8465/2F
, 3
Do not write
outside the
box
Bees have a simple nervous system.
The bee nervous system has many similar features to the human nervous system.
0 1 . 2 The antenna is a sense organ.
The antenna contains specialised cells that detect stimuli.
What are cells that detect stimuli called?
[1 mark]
Tick (✓) one box.
Coordinators
Effectors
Receptors
0 1 . 3 When an antenna of a bee touches sugar solution the bee automatically sticks out
its tongue.
What type of action is automatic?
[1 mark]
Tick (✓) one box.
A conscious action
A delayed action
A reflex action
Question 1 continues on the next page
Turn over ▶
G/Jun23/8465/2F
, 4
Do not write
outside the
box
Figure 2 shows the nervous pathway taken when a bee antenna touches
sugar solution.
Figure 2
Antenna
Sugar solution
Y X
Muscle in tongue
0 1 . 4 What is the gap labelled X?
[1 mark]
Tick (✓) one box.
A gland
A synapse
An impulse
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