5090/22

Biology 5090/22October/November 2015

Cambridge O-Level · Theory · worked solutions for every part, with the mark scheme

9
questions
80
marks
105
minutes

Topics Organisms and Their Environment · Cell Division and Reproduction · Human Nutrition · Transport in Flowering Plants · Sexual Reproduction in Plants · Transport in Humans · +5 more

Q18MSexual Reproduction in PlantsCell Division and ReproductionFree sample

Fig. 1.1 shows a carpel of a flower with two pollen grains on top.

(a)

Name each of the following:

(i)

the process that has brought the pollen grains to the carpel

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1M
(ii)

the part of the carpel to which the pollen grains are attached.

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1M
(b)

On Fig. 1.1, draw a line to show the route taken by the pollen tube up to the point at which male and female gametes fuse.

3M
(c)

Name each of the following:

(i)

a part of the carpel where the nuclei are all diploid

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1M
(ii)

a part of the carpel that contains haploid nuclei.

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1M
(d)

Suggest why pollen grain A has not developed a pollen tube.

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1M

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8 more questions
  • Q2Human Nutrition · Organisms and Their Environment12M
  • Q3Transport in Humans · Human Gas Exchange11M
  • Q4Plant Nutrition · Transport in Flowering Plants · Respiration12M
  • Q5Organisms and Their Environment7M
  • Q6Human Nutrition10M
  • Q7Transport in Flowering Plants · Movement Into and Out of Cells10M
  • Q8Cell Structure and Organisation · Organisms and Their Environment10M
  • Q9Cell Division and Reproduction10M
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