Biology · Oct / Nov 2025 · Paper 42 · Question 2

any two from:

multicellular / AW ;

producer / ref. to photosynthesis / (presence of) chloroplasts or chlorophyll ; cellulose cell wall ;

non-motile ;

reproduces asexually, and / or, sexually ;

AVP ;

any two from:

animal ;

fungi ;

protoctist ;

prokaryote ;

(vascular bundles) would be in a ring / AW ;

root hair labelled ;

xylem correctly drawn and labelled ;

phloem correctly drawn and labelled ;

any two from:

transport / AW, of water ;

transport / AW, of (mineral) ions / minerals ;

support / AW ;

any five from:

1

girdled trees produced a greater mass of fruit / ora ;

2

comparative data manipulation ;

3

phloem transports, sucrose / amino acids ;

4

leaves, photosynthesise / produce (named), carbohydrates / sugars ; 5

sugars / sucrose / amino acids, used for growth of fruit ;

6

idea that (in girdled tree) sucrose / sugar / amino acids, stays in the branch / cannot be transported downwards ;

7

ref. to translocation ;

8

leaves are the source ;

9

(growing) fruit is the sink ;

pectinase ;