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A student tests some foods for starch, sugar and protein.
.1Which solution does the student use to test for starch?
[1 mark] .2The student heats a food with Benedict's solution. The food contains a lot of glucose.
What colour does the mixture turn?
[1 mark] .3Name the solution used to test for protein.
[1 mark] .4Suggest why the student heats the Benedict's test tubes in a water bath rather than directly over a Bunsen burner.
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The human body has several ways of stopping pathogens entering.
.1How does the nose help to stop pathogens entering the body?
[1 mark] .2The stomach helps to defend the body against pathogens.
Name the substance the stomach produces that kills pathogens.
[1 mark] .3Malaria is caused by a protist. How is it passed from person to person?
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Body cells divide in a series of stages called the cell cycle.
.1Put the stages of the cell cycle in the correct order, starting with the first.
[1 mark] .2Name the type of cell division in the cell cycle that makes two genetically identical cells.
[1 mark] .3In the nucleus of a human body cell, how are the chromosomes arranged?
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Substances move into and out of cells by diffusion, osmosis and active transport.
.1Which statement describes diffusion?
[1 mark] .2Which two changes would increase the rate of diffusion of oxygen into a cell? Tick two boxes.
[2 marks] .3Root hair cells take in mineral ions from very dilute soil water. Which process do they use?
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A leaf is a plant organ made of several tissues.
.1What is the main function of the palisade mesophyll tissue?
[1 mark] .2Name the tissue that carries water from the roots to the leaves.
[1 mark] .3What does phloem tissue transport?
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