MARKS

BIOLOGY

2001 NATIONAL QUALIFYING
EXAMINATION

Time Allowed:
Reading Time: 15 minutes
Examination Time: 120 minutes


INSTRUCTIONS

Apportion your time for answering the questions appropriately.

SECTION A Answer all questions.
Answers are to be written on the mark sense answer
sheet.
Use a 2B pencil do not use a pen.

SECTION B Answer all questions.
Q51 is to be answered on the supplied answer sheet.
Q52, Q53 and Q54 are to be answered on your own ruled
paper.
Use a black or blue pen do not use a pencil.

SECTION C Q55 answer either part (a) or part (b) on your own
ruled paper.
Use a black or blue pen do not use a pencil.

Ensure that your name and school appears on each page of your
answers.

You are not permitted to refer to books or notes during the
examination. The only permitted aid is a non-programmable
calculator.

SECTION A 50 multiple choice questions 75 marks
SECTION B 4 questions 20 marks
SECTION C 1 question 25 marks


Total marks for the paper 120 marks
Aust ral i an S cie n ce Oly m piad s Bio log y 20 01 N QE



SECTION A



Q1 Which of the following is present in eukaryotic cells, but is NOT found in prokaryotic cells?

A. Rigid cell walls.
B. Membrane bound organelles.
C. Ribosomes.
D. DNA.
E. RNA.



Q2 Which of the following are best matched in terms of similarity in function?

A. intestinal villi root hairs
B. heart stem
C. brain root
D. kidney leaf
E. stomach - stem



Q3 Which of the following groups of organisms are all vertebrates?

A. Snail, insect and crab.
B. Fish, snake and earthworm.
C. Bacteria, fungi and algae.
D. Crab, fish and shark.
E. Elephant, whale and cow.



Q4 What form of cellular transport is shown in the diagram below?








A. Endocytosis.
B. Exocytosis.
C. Passive transport.
D. Cotransport.
E. Osmosis.



Q5 With regard to sugars, photosynthesis is to respiration as

A. storing is to distributing.
B. destruction is to construction.
C. making is to producing.
D. expulsion is to assimilation.
E. building is to demolishing.




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