Mark Scheme, BIOLOGY Paper 2, Trial SBP 2007

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No Section Description/explanation Marks

1Mark Scheme,
a. Able to mark and label correctly
BIOLOGY Paper 2, Trial SBP 2007
i DNA 1
ii. Bases 1
iii. Chromosomes 1 3

b. Able to state the chromosome number

answer: 1 1
12

c. 1. a gene consists of a (short) segmen of DNA 1

molecule
2. genes carried genetic information in form of 1 1
sequence of nitrogenous base// A,G, T
any one
d (i) Able to name the unit of DNA
answer:
nucleotide 1 1

(ii) Able to determine K

answer:
(Pentose ) sugar 1 1

(iii) Able to complete the diagram base on following

criteria:
Correctly
1. paired base 1
2. position of polynucleotide 1
3. position of hydrogen bond 1 3

e (i) Able to determine the sex

answer:
female 1 1

(ii) Able to state the cause and explain the cause of

Cri-du-Chat Syndrome
Sample answer:
1. Chromosome mutation 1
2. a portion of chromosome number 5 was deleted// 1 2
break off
TOTAL 13
2 a (i) Able to name Q
answer:
vascular bundle 1 1

(ii) Able to state two tissues

answer:
1. xylem 1
2. phloem 1 2

(b) Able to explain the adaptation of P base of the

following criteria
F : structure of cell
E : function of the structure 2
Sample anwer:
F : The palisade mesophyll cells are cylindrical// 1
Mark Scheme, BIOLOGY Paper 2, Trial SBP 2007

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