Biology 0610: ORGANIZATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ORGANISM Topical Past Paper Questions

(a) Figure 2.1 is a photomicrograph of the smallest bone in the human body. Figure 2.1 (i) Draw a large diagram of the bone shown in Figure 2.1. [4] (ii) Line AB represents the width of the bone. Measure the length of line AB mm in Figure 2.1. length of line AB Calculate the actu…

(a) Fig. 3.1 is a photograph of the head of a king penguin. magnification $ \times $0.42 Fig. 3.1 (i) Make a large drawing of the head of the king penguin shown in Fig. 3.1. (ii) The length of line AB represents the length of the penguin's beak. Measure the length of line AB in F…

(a) Some bacteria have had human genes inserted into them. The bacteria are said to be genetically modified. (i) Describe what is meant by the term gene. [2] (ii) One human protein that is made by genetically modified bacteria is insulin. State the role of insulin in the human bo…