Scribd
Upload
471 views4 pages

Year 7 Cells and Reproduction - Mark Scheme

This document contains a biology exam with multiple choice and short answer questions testing knowledge of cells, reproduction, metabolism, and photosynthesis. The exam is divided into 6 sections with a total of 35 marks. Section 1 has 5 marks and covers topics like plant growth requirements, reproduction, and ticking correct boxes. Section 2 also has 5 marks and asks about inheritance of traits, reproductive organs, and ticking boxes. Sections 3 through 6 continue testing various biology concepts related to the units being assessed.

Uploaded by

Anonymous tc7XPI
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
471 views4 pages

Year 7 Cells and Reproduction - Mark Scheme

This document contains a biology exam with multiple choice and short answer questions testing knowledge of cells, reproduction, metabolism, and photosynthesis. The exam is divided into 6 sections with a total of 35 marks. Section 1 has 5 marks and covers topics like plant growth requirements, reproduction, and ticking correct boxes. Section 2 also has 5 marks and asks about inheritance of traits, reproductive organs, and ticking boxes. Sections 3 through 6 continue testing various biology concepts related to the units being assessed.

Uploaded by

Anonymous tc7XPI
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 4

Medway LEA Advisory Service

Cells/reproduction

7A & 7B

35 min
35 marks
Q1-L3, Q2-L4, Q3-L5, Q4-L5, Q5-L6, Q6-L6
1. (a) not enough light accept ‘no light’ or ‘not enough Sun’ 1
or ‘no chlorophyll’
do not accept ‘not enough water’ or ‘urine
from the hutch’
(b) the answer must show an understanding of the need for a fair test
(i) any one from 1
 as a control or comparison
 to make it a fair test
 to see if the grass is affected by light
accept ‘to show the effect of the Sun’
(ii) it will die accept ‘goes brown’ or ‘rots’ 1
do not accept ‘loses its colour’
(c) they grow  1
they reproduce  if more than two boxes are ticked deduct 1
one for each incorrectly ticked box
minimum mark zero
[5]

2. (a) (i) Katie both answers are required for the mark 1
Becca if more than two boxes are ticked,
award no mark

Medway LEA Advisory Service 1


(ii) any one from 1
 their mother or Pam has freckles
 their father or David has freckles
 their parents have freckles
 their grandmother or Mary has freckles
 only family B has freckles
accept ‘Rachel and Bill do not have freckles’
accept ‘a grandparent has freckles’
accept ‘their family or the family on the right
has freckles’
accept ‘freckles run in the family’
accept ‘family A does not have freckles’
(iii) his parents or Bob and Emily do not have freckles 1
accept ‘his family does not have freckles’
accept ‘his grandparents do not have
freckles’
accept ‘he is not in family B’ if the answer
for (ii) is ‘only family B has freckles’
(b) (i) egg cell both answers are required for the mark 1
sperm cell if more than two boxes are ticked, deduct
one mark for each incorrect tick minimum
mark zero
(ii) reproductive system if more than one box is ticked, 1
award no mark
[5]

3. (a) (i) one is more active accept ‘one does sport or plays football’ 1
accept ‘they have different metabolic rates’
accept ‘one works harder or does more
work’
(ii) carbohydrates answers may be in either order 1
accept a named carbohydrate, eg ‘sugar’ or
‘glucose’ or ‘starch’
fats 1
(b) (i) 300 1
(ii) any one from 1
 a boy’s bones or teeth are still growing
accept ‘15 year-old male is growing or still
developing’
 by 30 the bones have already developed
accept ‘30 year-old male has stopped
growing’
(c) any one from 1
 a pregnant female supplies the baby with protein
accept ‘she supplies the baby’
 a pregnant female needs protein for herself and the baby
accept ‘she needs it for herself and the baby’
 the baby needs protein
(d) any one from 1
 a 15 year-old female menstruates
Medway LEA Advisory Service 2
 a 15 year-old female has periods
[7]

4. (a) (i) the nucleus of the egg and the accept ‘the sperm and the egg join’ 1
nucleus of the sperm accept ‘a sperm fertilises an egg’
join or fuse ‘a sperm meets an egg’is insufficient
(ii) the oviduct or fallopian tube 1
(iii) uterus accept womb 1
(b) any one from 1
 the egg cannot pass down the oviduct
 the sperm and egg cannot meet
 sperm cannot get through
do not accept ‘the egg cannot reach the
uterus’
(c) any one from 1
 muscles contract
 contractions
[5]

5. (a) answers may be in either order


cell wall 1
chloroplast accept ‘starch grains' 1
(b) (i) photosynthesis 1
(ii) it decreases accept 'it gets less' or ‘they are used up' 1
do not accept ‘they die out'
(c) glucose accept ‘sugar' 1
any one from 1
 for energy
 for respiration
[6]

6. (a) (i) C and E 1


answers may be in any order
both answers are required for the mark
(ii) C 1
(iii) any one from 1
to trap or absorb light
photosynthesis accept ‘to make glucose or sugar or starch or
carbohydrate or food’

Medway LEA Advisory Service 3


(b) (i) A 1
(ii) any one from accept ‘lungs’ 1
 windpipe
 trachea
 airways
 bronchus
 bronchiole
 oviduct or fallopian tube
(iii) to remove mucus accept ‘to remove bacteria’ 1
accept ‘to move mucus along’
accept ‘to move or remove bacteria or dust
particles’
‘it is a self cleaning mechanism’ is
insufficient
do not accept ‘they clean dust or bacteria
out of the lungs
’accept ‘to move an ovum or egg along’ if
the oviduct or fallopian tube is given as the
answer to part ii
(c) B 1
[7]

Medway LEA Advisory Service 4

You might also like