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CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

GCE Ordinary Level

MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2014 series

5090 BIOLOGY
5090/62 Paper 6 (Alternative to Practical), maximum raw mark 40

This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates, to indicate the requirements of
the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not
indicate the details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began,
which would have considered the acceptability of alternative answers.

Mark schemes should be read in conjunction with the question paper and the Principal Examiner
Report for Teachers.

Cambridge will not enter into discussions about these mark schemes.

Cambridge is publishing the mark schemes for the May/June 2014 series for most IGCSE, GCE
Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level components and some Ordinary Level components.
Page 2 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper
GCE O LEVEL – May/June 2014 5090 62

Mark schemes will use these abbreviations:


; separates marking points
/ alternatives
() contents of brackets are not required but should be implied
R reject
A accept (for answers correctly cued by the question, or guidance for examiners)
Ig ignore (for incorrect but irrelevant responses)
AW alternative wording (where responses vary more than usual)
AVP alternative valid point (where a greater than usual variety of responses is expected)
ORA or reverse argument
underline actual word underlined must be used by candidate (grammatical variants excepted)
max indicates the maximum number of marks that can be given
+ statements on both sides of the + are needed for that mark

Question Expected Answer Additional Guidance Mark

1 (a) (i) cell membrane ; labelling line must end precisely on 2


the cell membrane
chloroplast ; labelling line may end in middle of
chloroplast or end on the outer
membrane

(ii) (membranes) destroyed / damaged / Ig damage to cell wall 2


broken / no longer only partially
permeable / AW ;

chlorophyll / green contents leak out / AW A chlorophyll diffuses out


(into water) / chloroplast damaged ; idea of chlorophyll leaving cells
required

(b) (i) boiling time on x axis + vitamin C content minimum labels: 5


on y + both axes fully labelled ; t / min R m
vit C / mg per 100 g
scales linear using more than half of grid
on both axes ;

correct plots ;

2 lines drawn – either by straight lines R thick or ‘fuzzy’ lines


between points or lines of best fit ;

both lines identified ; lines may be labelled ‘cabbage’,


‘water’ or a key given

(ii) correct answer + units ;; A answers written on graph, e.g. 2


2.8 mins if not in (b)(ii)
A e.g. 3.5 min or 3 min 30 sec
award one mark for correct working
or method indicated on graph

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GCE O LEVEL – May/June 2014 5090 62

(iii) cabbage 4
vitamin C decreases ;

rapidly then more slowly / AW ;

water
vitamin C increases to 4 minutes /
26.0 mg per 100 g ;

then decreases ;

(c) temperature – boiling or 100 ˚C ; A same temperature for water and 4


oil
mass / weight / volume of cabbage ; Ig amount or quantity unless
qualified
feature of cabbage – age / type / variety /
healthy / from same plant ;

size of leaf pieces / surface area of


cabbage ;

volume / mass of oil (= volume / mass of A volume of liquids


water) ;

(boiling / cooking) time ;

samples taken at same time intervals ;

same volume / size of sample taken for


testing ;

same method for testing for vitamin C


used ;

(d) take more vitamin C measurements 2


between 4 to 8 minutes / decrease time
intervals for taking samples / samples at
regular intervals ;

use larger sample of / more cabbage ;

repeat experiment + mean / average ;

use a water bath ;

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2 (a) (i) only rose hip in ‘box’ drawn + good size ; at least 70 mm at widest 5

body of fruit drawn with clear continuous R any leaves etc. drawn / two fruits
outline + line delimiting body of fruit and drawn
sepals + no shading anywhere ;

top of fruit flattened + body of fruit wider


than high ;

at least 4 sepals realistically shaped, all


longer than the depth of the fruit ;

a sepal correctly labelled ;

(ii) X – X measurement + units ; A 41 – 45 mm 5


A measurements in cm
drawing measurement + units ; tolerance ± 1 mm

formula ;

allowance for x2 in Fig. 2.1 ;

magnification ; R if any units given

(iii) contains seed(s) / AW; 1

(b) thin / aerodynamic / flat / disc-shape ; 2

large surface area (to volume ratio) ; A large lamina / winged

(c) (i) to avoid competition / overcrowding ; A idea of competition e.g. if not


dispersed new plant will tap
nutrients in same soil as parent
to colonise new areas / increase range ; 2

(ii) seeds evenly spread over surface in one R different numbers with no 4
+ close together in the other dish ; reference to spacing

same number of seeds in each dish ;

left for same time ; Ig few / several days

same volume / mass of water (at start) ; Ig amount or quantity unless


qualified
same (environmental) conditions given to e.g. pH, temperature, light, oxygen
both ;

both dishes covered to prevent loss of


water / kept watered ;

measurement / comparison of growth ;

Total 19

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