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Biology 9700: CELL MEMBRANES AND TRANSPORT Topical Past Paper Questions

Cambridge AS & A Level Biology (9700) past-paper questions on CELL MEMBRANES AND TRANSPORT, free. This topic is frequently examined across 28 exam sessions. Sign in for the full topic-segregated question bank and AI worksheets.

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Summer (May/Jun) 2026Paper 4

(a) In the kidney, glomerular filtrate forms in the Bowman's capsule. Some substances are then reabsorbed in the proximal convoluted tubule. Figure 8.1 is a diagram showing the relationship between the proximal convoluted tubule and a blood capillary. Figure 8.1 Complete Table 8.…

Winter (Oct/Nov) 2025Paper 2

Many substances can move through cell surface membranes between the cytoplasm of animal cells and the extracellular environment. (a) A student made a drawing to summarise the movement of substances across the cell surface membranes of mammalian red blood cells. Fig. 1.1 shows the…

Spring (Feb/Mar) 2024Paper 2

(a) Fig. 1.1 is a diagram representing part of the phospholipid bilayer of a cell surface membrane. Fig. 1.1 (i) Identify the part of a phospholipid molecule, labelled A in Fig. 1.1, that forms bonds with the phosphate heads and with the fatty acid tails. (iii) Cholesterol is an…

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