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Suggested answers to Exercise and Reading to

learn
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Ch 1 Introducing biology
Exercise
Multiple-choice questions (p. 1-15)
1 C 2 D 3 B
4 B 5 A

Short questions (p. 1-15)

6 Organisms can
obtain food by nutrition; 0.5m
break down food to get energy by respiration; 1m
move; 0.5m
grow; 0.5m
sense the environment and respond to it (irritability); 1m
reproduce; 0.5m
remove waste from their bodies by excretion. 1m

7 a Asking a question 1m
b Proposing a hypothesis 1m
c Making a prediction 1m
d Doing experiments 1m
e Drawing a conclusion 1m
f Revising 1m

8 Some foods (e.g. cheese and yoghurt) are made with the help of microorganisms. 1m
Vaccines give us protection against certain diseases. 1m
(or other correct answers)

9 Pollution / diseases / genetically modified food / cloning

(any 2 or other correct answers) 1m x 2

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Reading to learn (p. 1-16)

1 Microbes were found in nutrient solutions. 2m

2 Microbes fell into the solutions from the dust particles in the air. 2m

3 Experiment 1 was the control set-up while Experiment 2 was the experimental set-up. 1m
The control set-up was aimed at ensuring that the result of the experiment was due only to
the presence of microbes. 1m

4 Scientific knowledge is tentative and subject to change. 2m

OR
Science is affected by the technology and equipment available at the time. 2m

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