GCSE
BIOLOGY H
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0 1 A student prepared some animal cells to view using a microscope.
Figure 1 shows the student preparing the cells.
Figure 1
0 1 . 1 Name two pieces of laboratory equipment the student could have used to prepare
cells to view using a microscope.
[2 marks]
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Figure 2 shows the student’s light microscope. box
Figure 2
0 1 . 2 Name part A.
[1 mark]
0 1 . 3 What is the function of part B?
[1 mark]
0 1 . 4 The student tried to look at the cells using the microscope.
Suggest one reason why the student could not see any cells when looking through
part A.
[1 mark]
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0 1 . 5 Red blood cells are specialised animal cells. box
Compare the structure of a red blood cell with the structure of a plant cell.
[6 marks]
0 1 . 6 When placed into a beaker of water:
• a red blood cell bursts
• a plant cell does not burst.
Explain why the red blood cell bursts but the plant cell does not burst.
[2 marks]
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BIOLOGY H
, 2
Do not write
Answer all questions in the spaces provided. outside the
box
0 1 A student prepared some animal cells to view using a microscope.
Figure 1 shows the student preparing the cells.
Figure 1
0 1 . 1 Name two pieces of laboratory equipment the student could have used to prepare
cells to view using a microscope.
[2 marks]
1
2
, 3
Do not write
outside the
Figure 2 shows the student’s light microscope. box
Figure 2
0 1 . 2 Name part A.
[1 mark]
0 1 . 3 What is the function of part B?
[1 mark]
0 1 . 4 The student tried to look at the cells using the microscope.
Suggest one reason why the student could not see any cells when looking through
part A.
[1 mark]
Question 1 continues on the next page
Turn over ►
, 4
Do not write
outside the
0 1 . 5 Red blood cells are specialised animal cells. box
Compare the structure of a red blood cell with the structure of a plant cell.
[6 marks]
0 1 . 6 When placed into a beaker of water:
• a red blood cell bursts
• a plant cell does not burst.
Explain why the red blood cell bursts but the plant cell does not burst.
[2 marks]
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