UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

International General Certificate of Secondary Education

MARK SCHEME for the October/November 2011 question paper for the guidance of teachers

0610 BIOLOGY
0610/63 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 must be read in conjunction with the question papers and the report on the examination.

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Cambridge is publishing the mark schemes for the October/November 2011 question papers for most IGCSE, GCE Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level syllabuses and some Ordinary Level syllabuses.

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Syllabus 0610

Paper 63

Question 1 (a) (i) 7.0 to 9.8; (ii) 11.6 [11.67] to 12.6;

Mark scheme

Mark allocation [1] [1]

Guidance NB 0.6 cm exists below zero. Mark on table. Follow from (a) (i) ecf from (a) (i). Ignore reaction time as given in the question. e.g. impulse along sensory neurone to brain / CNS to motor neurone Accept reaction time + comment about both hands Ignore right v left unqualified insufficient Accept ruler in same units of cm / mm Ignore height from which ruler is dropped Ignore same place unless qualified, but accept same environment Accept distance of hand from ruler Ignore addition of stimulant e.g. alertness of catcher / catcher is unaware of when drop will be made

(b) (i) to find out which hand gives the faster response / quicker / better reflexes; to find out if the person is naturally right or left handed / dominant hand; accurate reference to this reflex pathway; AVP; Max[1] (ii) (same) ruler / ruler of same type, weight, thickness; (same) time of day or specified; ruler falls straight down / OWTTE / dropped not thrust; (same) environmental conditions e.g. humidity, temperature, no wind; quiet surroundings no distractions / no eating or drinking; seated or standing throughout / arm or body / hand position; (same) gap between ruler and thumb / thumb position / thumb at 0 cm; same student / use student 1 only or student 2; AVP; (c) (i) left hand right hand 0.18 (sec); 0.15 / 0.16 (sec); [2]

Max[3] Tolerance 0.01 s. ecf from 1(a) (ii) if incorrect units e.g. cm Max 1 if many decimal places given ignore and check 2dp

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(ii) student was right handed / right dominant / uses RH more; shorter / better / faster reaction time for right hand ORA; suggest figure 0.03 sec faster (ecf) / speed of nerve impulses faster ORA; reaction time decrease with practice; (d) two sets of data one with stimulant and one without; more than one student or group of students involved; same or similar age / gender / fitness / arm length; time for drug to take effect; repeats; set amount of stimulant; taken set period before test; controlled (same) conditions e.g. time of day; safety factor; idea of comparing 2 results; reference to use of a control qualified;

Max[2]

Accept right hand is master hand Accept ref to right hemisphere of brain being dominant / producing quicker co-ordination Ignore just 2 figures quoted Ignore reaction time differs without qualification Ignore the use of stimulant as a medicine Ignore irrelevant similarities Accept even if referral is to trial with stimulant only cup of tea is acceptable. e.g. no wind / no distractions. Ignore fair test Safety in the environment or with dose size / quantity / medical conditions / no injections

Max[3] [Total:13]

Ignore control alone. If different investigation max 1

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Question 2 (a) Drawing:

O clear line for correct outer shape and no shading and size longer than photo (70+ mm); D distinct fruitlets touching each other; min. 4 across and 5 down, max. 8 10 ; S remainder of stigma / style at least 3; C calyx attached with minimum of 2 sepals and maximum of 5 shown;

Drawing Max [4] one fruitlet: allow O and label for stigma. Max 2 Allow 3 small gaps no more than 1 per fruitlet and correct relative size Ignore stylised calyx Max [5] Ignore stalk / stem / fruit. Labels Max [1]

Label: fruitlet / stigma / style / sepal / calyx / pericarp; (b) (i) Tally of fruitlets in each fruit 5059 6069 7079 8089 9099 100+

following instruction and attempting to tally record; sticks in at least 4 boxes (even if no bars present) correct tally all correct; all totals correct = 1 mark; accept ecf

11

14

10

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Question (ii) O orientation of axes;

e.c.f histogram and line on same axes B. max 4 minimum label for x axis number of fruitlets alone / fruitlets in each fruit and numbers should be placed centrally under columns. Tally size incorrect e.g. 5060 instead of 5059 . no L mark. Accept last column as 100109

L label x number of fruitlets in fruits and y frequency / tally / number of fruits; S suitable even scale to fill half or more than the grid in both directions; P plot accuracy; B neat, ruled and complete bars of equal width, touching, no gaps; [5] (c) normal distribution / unimodal / bell-shaped; more in the middle of range / biggest class is 7079 / 6089; few at the extremes / example / AW; Max[2] (d) animals or named example; eat / ingest / consume fruits; seeds unharmed not digested / resistant; deposit with faeces / egested / excreted / AW;

P accept small square. ecf from tally chart Ignore shading. Columns should be ruled (to base) Line graph O; L and S only Ignore continuous as this applies to variation Accept most fruits have 7079 / 7079 is the most common (min is 70 79 fruitlets is higher) Accept ends of graph declining Accept ref to graph or fruitlets Accept bites / chews / eats fruit and spits seed out / we eat Max[2] [Total:17]

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Question 3

(a) (i) stem central ring to include minimum of 4 distinct vascular bundles; vascular bundle divided correctly into two for x and p; xylem on inside labelled and phloem on outside labelled; (ii) root central vascular strand; (xylem) central star like and (phloem) in between; xylem and phloem correctly labelled;

Draw and label Ignore LS instead of TS [3] Accept minimum label x and p Ignore LS instead of TS [3] [1] [1] Ignore cane-sugar Ignore glycogen Ignore if glucose given in 3(b) (ii) and Benedicts test given = 0 crush / grind alone = 0 Accept iodine in potassium iodide / drops of iodine / iodine is dripped on Ignore iodide solution Ignore if add ethanol or boil

(b) (i) sucrose; (ii) starch; (c) Cut a section / crush different regions and test each one; add iodine solution; turns brown / yellow / orange to blue / blue black / black / purple-black in areas where starch is present;

Max[2] [Total:10]

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