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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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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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Hormones are chemicals secreted by endocrine glands.
.1Name the gland in the brain that is often called the 'master gland'.
[1 mark] .2Which gland produces insulin?
[1 mark] .3How do hormones travel to their target organs?
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Plants make their own food by photosynthesis.
.1Which word equation shows photosynthesis?
[1 mark] .2Photosynthesis is an endothermic reaction. What does this mean?
[1 mark] .3Name the green substance in chloroplasts that absorbs light.
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A student looks at a thin slice of leaf under a light microscope.
.1Which equation links magnification, image size and real size?
[1 mark] .2A guard cell is 0.05 mm long. In the student's drawing it is 20 mm long.
Calculate the magnification of the drawing.
[1 mark] .3An electron microscope can show ribosomes, but a light microscope cannot.
What is the reason?
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