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MYP Biology 4-5 Answer Key
MYP Biology 4-5 Answer Key
3. a) i) No, orangutan areas on 1930 map do not extend to all areas shown
as forest on 2010 map.
ii) Yes, as some of industrial plantations on 2010 map are shown as
orangutan areas on 1930 map.
iii) Yes, as some areas of intact forest on 2010 map are shown with
orangutans on 1930 map.
b) Both have affected large areas shown as orangutan habitat on 1930 map;
but logged areas could regenerate as forest/ retain some trees so provide
better orangutan habitat; so industrial plantations (probably) more
harmful.
7. Award marks in a range from 0 marks for invalid arguments not based on
evidence to 5 marks for a convincing argument based on evidence.
2. SRY gene is transcribed; mRNA copy of base sequence produced; mRNA passes
out from nucleus to cytoplasm; mRNA binds to ribosome; translation;
ribosome converts base sequence of mRNA into amino acid sequence of TDF.
3. a) SRY gene not present; TDF not produced; genes preventing ovary
formation not activated by TDF.
b) Development of testes; scrotum; sperm duct; seminal vesicle/prostate
gland; penis.
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Page 64 Using a dichotomous key 3. Recognizably different; do not interbreed; have
1. There is an error in the key in the book: the separate ecological niches; so could be regarded as
number at the end of the first line of the key separate species; but very similar in form/
should be 2, not 1. differences rather superficial; not separated for
A: Cedrus deodara – this may key out as Cedrus very long/not enough time for speciation; would
libani because the photos have been printed at probably produce fertile offspring if they bred
two-thirds life size, rather than life size. If possible together; perhaps not yet separate species.
use real specimens for this exercise. 4. Trout from Lough Eske overlap in characteristics
B: Cedrus atlantica with Sonaghen and Gillaroo; suggesting they have
C: Very hard to discern from the photo – there are common ancestry; less likely that the Lough
no translucent glands, the foliage has white Melvin trout really are separate species yet.
streaks and the smell was of pineapple so this is
Thuja plicata – see question 5. Page 67 Data-based question: Asymmetric form
D: Cryptomeria japonica
1. Central photo is normal; photo on left shows only
2. Genus name is Thuja and species name is plicata. right side; photo on right shows only left side.
3. Cedrus species or Thuja species; species in a genus 2. Right cheek hollower; wart/cyst/protuberance to
are closely related/are similar in their traits. left of mouth; fold /protuberance on right side of
4. a) They all have light, strong, durable wood that forehead.
is resistant to pests, decay and fire and has 3. It is asymmetrical; it changed during his lifetime
been used in similar ways. due to random events.
b) They are not all closely related; they show 4. a) Right arm thicker than left/vice versa for left-
significant differences in traits other than dominant people; right/left breast larger/
their wood. lower; leg length difference; right testis larger
5. Smell is rather subjective; smell cannot be than left; left testis hangs lower than right.
detected in photographs; smell may fade over time b) Left side of heart stronger; left and right sides
in museum specimens. of heart connected to different blood vessels;
bulk of liver on right side; pancreas/spleen
Page 65 Same or different? on left; ascending colon/appendix on left
side; descending colon on right; right kidney
All five species are in Kingdom Animalia; Phylum
higher.
Chordata; Class Reptilia.
Komodo dragon and eastern brown snake are
both in Order Squamata. Page 68 How much do humans differ in form?
Spectacled caiman and green turtle are both in 1. Differences in form seem significant to us because
Order Testudines. we spend much time looking at each other; but
All five species are in different families. objectively they are very small; levels of genetic
variation indicate that there is more difference in
Varanus Pseudo- Podocnemis
Binomial komo- naja
Caiman
sextuber-
Chelonia form in other species such as chimps which to us
crocodilus mydas
doensis textilis culata all look rather similar.
Kingdom Animalia Animalia Animalia Animalia Animalia 2. More similarities – we don’t differ as much as we
Phylum Chordata Chordata Chordata Chordata Chordata think we do.
Class Reptilia Reptilia Reptilia Reptilia Reptilia 3. Personality, relationships/family/community,
profession/hobbies/skills, nationality, race,
Order Squamata Squamata Crocodylia Testudines Testudines
language, memories etc.
Alligator- Podocne- Cheloni-
Family Varanidae Elapidae
idae mididae idae
5. Form of an organism is its shape; and its structure; forms of a species are
different varieties.
9. Durer drawing conveys human emotion to us; Durer drawing conveys the
changes that occur to us with age; Durer drawing conveys the beauty of
human form to us; sensory homunculus shows how much sensation we get
from different parts of the body; sensory homunculus shows that
hands/lips/tongue contain many sensory nerve endings; sensory
homunculus shows that legs/arms are relatively insensitive.
5. Details of testing for glucose; starch; amino acids (by pH); casein/protein.
6. Column headings; row headings; each result in a separate cell on the table.
9. Evaluation should state clearly to what extent the method allowed the
hypothesis to be tested fully, partially tested or not tested at all, with
marks awarded on a scale of 0 marks for an incorrect/invalid evaluation
to 3 marks for a convincing evaluation of the method.
5. More evaporation from forest; larger total surface area from which water
can evaporate; many leaves; large area of spongy mesophyll inside leaves;
water only evaporates from the surface of an ocean; leaves at higher
temperature than ocean surface; more heat energy for evaporation.
6. Water lost from forest by transpiration; warm air from forest rises; water
vapour condenses as air cools on rising; condensed water falls as rain;
drop in pressure due to condensation draws in winds from the adjacent
ocean; so rain falls upstream of where water is lost by transpiration;
increasing river flows.
4. Large brain size needed for large body; sperm whales are intelligent; large
brain needed for higher order tasks such as vocalization and
communication.
5. Lungs not ventilated during the dive; therefore no oxygen absorbed into
the blood stream; so pumping blood does not carry oxygen to the tissues;
pumping blood through respiring tissues might cause too much carbon
dioxide to enter the blood.
10. Method uses a known chemical process; which should allow a wide age
range to be determined; but the ages cannot be checked against known
ages of the sample individuals; relatively few older individuals could be
included in the trial.
Page 184 What processes keep atmospheric CO2 Page 187 What causes the rapid rise in carbon
in balance? dioxide concentration at the end of a glaciation?
1. Gains and losses are balanced; respiration = 1. Highest was 310 ppmv (parts per million by
photosynthesis; release from oceans = dissolving volume); lowest was 185 ppmv
in oceans. 2. Positive correlation; when carbon dioxide
2. Cycle diagram should show as a minimum: CO2 in concentration rises temperature also rises;
the atmosphere; absorption of CO2 for use in correlation is close.
photosynthesis; carbon in the biomass of 3. 310 – 185 = 125 ppmv; 9 x 10/125 = 0.72 °C
trees/plants/producers; producer respiration
returning CO2 to the atmosphere; consumers 4. a) 400 ppmv
eating producers; carbon in the biomass of b) 90 ppmv higher.
consumers; consumer respiration returning CO2 to c) Burning of fossil fuels; and (to a lesser extent)
the atmosphere; death and decomposition of deforestation.
producers and consumers; carbon in the biomass d) Yes - they should be taking action; informing
of decomposers; decomposer respiration politicians/the public about the causes and
returning CO2 to the atmosphere. consequences; developing methods of
3. Carbon dioxide dissolving in the oceans; making preventing further carbon dioxide
them more acidic. concentration increases; doing research to
4. Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration greatly learn more about the causes and
increased; greatly increased greenhouse effect; consequences.
climate patterns of the Earth altered significantly;
more hurricanes/cyclones/extreme weather Page 188 Questions on glaciations and
events; melting of polar ice/glaciers; sea level rise; interglacials
coastal flooding; species extinctions; 1. More heating if more insolation; variation due to
famine/war/large scale migrations of humans. cycles in eccentricity, axial tilt and precession;
more warming when the northern hemisphere
gets more intense insolation.
2. An active area of research; difficult to find
convincing theories other than Milankovitch
cycles/changes in the Earth’s orbit/tilt.
3. Too many salmon farms; salmon feces/uneaten salmon food released into
seawater; release of mineral elements/N/P; by decomposition of feces; leaching
of mineral elements from agriculture; insufficient regulation of salmon farms by
the Chilean authorities.
4. Reduce the number of salmon farms; site salmon farms in deeper water where
the wastes from them will disperse better; reduce fertilizer use/reduce leaching
of mineral elements/N/P from farms; reduce salmon farming during El Nino
events.
5. Award marks for the hypothesis on a scale from 0 marks for no hypothesis or an
unreasonable hypothesis or a hypothesis not based on scientific understanding,
to 3 marks for a reasonable hypothesis clearly based on scientific
understanding, for example shortage of nitrogen and phosphorus limits the
numbers of algae.
6. Award marks for the design on a scale from 0 marks for an entirely inadequate
design, up to 7 marks for an exemplary design that includes the method of
altering the variable cited in the hypothesis together with the number of repeats
and the way in which control variables will be kept constant.
10. a) Higher density of salmon; ISA spreads more easily from fish to fish; salmon
farms use Atlantic rather than Pacific salmon; Atlantic salmon have lower
resistance to ISA.
b) Virus could spread in seawater; could spread if infected fish escape; could
spread from hatcheries; could spread if infected salmon are transferred
from one farm to another; spread easier because salmon farms are close
together.
11. Award marks on a scale from 0 for an essay that is entirely lacking in merit to 15
marks for an exemplary essay that offers a convincing answer to the question.
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Page 214 Data-based question: Is climate change 2. The largest proportion of alien species are
causing any species to move their range? invertebrates in marine habitats, vertebrates in
1. 0.95 km per year freshwater habitats and plants/fungi in terrestrial
habitats; the number of alien species became
2. 2.35 km per year x 26 years; = 61.1 km
nearly stable towards the end of the study period
3. a) Years since 2002 = current year – 2002;
in freshwater habitats but continued to rise on
multiply this number of years by 2.35
marine and terrestrial habitats.
b) Assuming the rate of northward spread has
remained the same since 2002. 3. Answers depend on the species chosen; sample
answers for the signal crayfish in Europe will be
4. Habitat may be less available further north; for
given here:
example fewer swamps north of the Everglades in
Florida; food for a bird species may not be a) Introduced from North America.
available further north; day length will be shorter b) Humans introduced it to produce crayfish for
in summer/longer in winter; possible disruption human consumption.
to breeding (if timed by day length); competition c) Competes with the native species of
with endemic species in the more northerly crayfish/with white-clawed crayfish;
habitat; changes in community structure of transmits the disease crayfish plague to the
ecosystems. native crayfish; feeds more aggressively on
larger prey species than the native crayfish
5. Scientific theories can always be falsified; but
some are extremely unlikely ever to be falsified; with negative impacts on those species;
including this one; when multiplied over the time burrowing into river banks and subsequent
period the distances are significant; because there erosion.
are a range of species included in the data, d) Trapping and removal; eat them.
northward migration is an observed fact; causes
are theoretical but climate change predicts this Page 216 Action on deforestation
event; so as a theory it offers an explanation and it 1. A biologist’s answer to this question is that
allows us to successfully predict; so climate deforestation is very important; forests help to
change as a cause is a reasonable theory. keep atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration
down; forests are a habitat for many species;
Page 215 Data-based question: Invasive alien forests provide humans with many useful
species materials; we should certainly focus efforts on
reducing or eliminating deforestation.
1. Humans occupy terrestrial habitats and are the
main agents of alien species spread; they are more 2. Students should be able to suggest actions that
likely to move terrestrial species around the world will make a real difference, even if many other
than marine/terrestrial; plants are the commonest people and actions would be required for the
group of alien plants and are terrestrial. overall effects to be significant.
3. Certainly relevant; deforestation in all parts of the
world; causes are different; action locally
throughout the world is needed to
reduce/eliminate deforestation globally.
3. a) Barnacles filter feed in seawater; would be out of seawater for too long
each day if they lived higher.
b) Would not get enough light if they were in deep water for too much of
each day.
c) Cannot tolerate inundation by saline seawater; water drawn out of roots
by osmosis.
4. More pollutants in urban areas; more lead, nitrogen dioxide, nitrous oxide
and sulfur dioxide.
5. a) Same type of soil; all trees grown in pots; mineral elements at high
levels so not the limiting factor on growth; temperature presumably not
controlled; water not mentioned but presumably not limiting.
b) Bar chart is suitable as the independent variable is categoric; error bars
are helpful to show variability of the data; colour helps to distinguish
data for rural and urban areas; grid on graph would make it easier to
read off values.
c) Less growth in rural areas than urban; for both roots and shoots.
d) Could not be due to lead, NOX or sulfur dioxide; as they are all higher in
urban areas; unlikely that air pollutants promote growth.
7. a) Areas with higher removal of air pollutants have higher air pollution;
areas with higher removal of air pollutants have more trees.
b) Obtain data on numbers of trees per area; obtain data on concentrations
of air pollutants; look for correlations with pollution removal data.
10. a) Shows that there is evidence for claims; allows the evidence to be
checked.
b) Award marks on a scale from 0 marks for a summary that is inaccurate,
misleading or incomprehensible to 3 marks for a clear summary that a
non-scientist could understand.
2. a) 50%
b) Pupation; emergence of imagos/adults/cicadas.
c) 17 years; adults must appear in year 17 and produce eggs; only instar 1
larvae are alive in year 1.
d) Graph would show sharp spikes in numbers every 17th year; if there was
an emergence in 2011 there would be the next one in 2028; and the
previous one would have been in 1994.
e) i) More caterpillars survive; and eat more oak leaves; so oak trees
become defoliated.
ii) Greater survival of cicada nymphs under immature trees; as there
is less pathogenic fungus; adult cicadas might preferentially lay
eggs under immature trees; due to genetic programming/instinct.
iii) Mole numbers increase when there are fifth instar cicada nymphs;
moles move to areas with more fifth instar cicada nymphs; mole
numbers highest in years 13 to 16 of the cicada cycle.
iv) Increasing damage from year 1 to year 16; as the nymphs become
larger so need more food; or damage decreases as more and more
cicadas have died/been eaten; least damage in year 17.
3. a) a + b = 8; (a + b)/ a = 8/5 = 1.6; close to the golden ratio but not the exact
1.62
b) Names of classmates in row headings; at least ten classmates measured or
all classmates if there are fewer than ten in the class; column headings as
in the text book table; with distance units added for measure a and
measure b; each measurement is in a separate cell on the table;
measurements recorded to the nearest millimetre; all ratios correctly
calculated.
5. Very similar; more than 99.9% of coding sequences in human DNA are the
same; variation is greatest for satellite sequences but they are arguably not
very significant in human traits.
2. Farmers select the best potato plants/tubers; and grow the next year’s crop from
them; mutations give variation; much less variation if sexual reproduction does not
occur; slower change/evolution with less genetic variety.
3. Mutation to give genes for blight resistance; potato plants with blight resistance
survive when there is infection/plants without the blight resistance gene die; plants
with the resistance gene pass it on to the next generation of plants.
4. Mutations in the blight fungus; genes in blight fungus allow resistance in potato
plants to be overcome; sexual reproduction of fungus allows spread of genes for
overcoming blight resistance; natural selection for overcoming resistance/evolution
in the blight fungus.
5. Much less haphazard/less chance involved; chosen genes can be transferred and no
other; much quicker; genes can be transferred from another species/between species
that do not cross-breed; good combinations of genes in a potato variety are not
broken up by sexual reproduction.
6. If the increase per year is only twentyfold it will take many years to produce enough
tubers of a variety for farmers to use; no profits are made from breeding a new
potato variety until it can be sold to farmers; a new variety could become blight-
susceptible quicker if many years have elapsed before it is released to farmers.
8. a) All columns and rows on the results table labelled; results recorded in individual
cells on the results table to an appropriate degree of precision; appropriate
choice of chart and assignment of axes; accurate plotting of points/bars on the
chart; chart displays the data effectively so the salient trends are clear.
b) Award marks on a scale from 0 marks for an entirely inadequate interpretation
and explanation of the results to 5 marks for a convincing and comprehensive
interpretation and explanation based on scientific reasoning.
c) Clear statement that the method did/did not test the hypothesis effectively;
clear account of any uncertainties remaining; clear statement that the results
did/did not support the hypothesis.
d) Valid improvement/extension to the experiment; another valid
improvement/extension to the experiment.
2. a) Spherical.
b) About 50 nuclei visible; but some are concealed behind others so this is
an underestimate; overall estimate is about 60/ is 50 – 70; not very
reliable.
c) 1 → 2 → 4 → 8 → 16 → 32 → 64; so 64 cells are produced by six rounds of
division.
d) Mitosis.
e) More mitochondria.
f) Some cells would have no mitochondria; could not carry out aerobic
respiration; would have no/too little energy for cell processes; would die.
4. a) The increased chance is 8.8 – 3.1 = 5.7 more deaths per 100,000.
b) i) Passive smoking; non-smokers inhale in smoke exhaled by
smokers; containing carcinogens/mutagens; in places where non-
smokers and smokers are together.
ii) Prevent air pollution caused by burning coal; ban diesel vehicles
from cities/eliminate NOX from air that humans breathe; remove
asbestos; wear face masks if there is a danger of inhaling silica/
rock dust/nickel/arsenic/cadmium; remove radon gas from
homes/buildings.
c) With slow doubling rate there is likely to be a longer time before a
tumour is discovered because of its effects; with slow doubling rate there
is more chance of discovering a tumour before it becomes large by
routine screening programs; with slow doubling rate there is less chance
of secondary tumours causing rapid death; with slow doubling rate there
is less chance of chemotherapy working (because a smaller proportion of
cells is in mitosis and therefore vulnerable to chemotherapy drugs).
d) Pattern is variable though the highest rates are seen in Southern Africa
from 1999; the rates are very high at 40,000/100,000 in Zambia.
5. a) Canada.
b) Canada ranked 3rd for tree cover loss in the period 2001 – 2016; 36.01
hectares lost; only Russia and Brazil lost a greater area of forest; 49.51
hectares and 46.37 hectares.
c) 42%
d) 2005.
e) 59% primary; 36% regenerated.
f) At the time of writing there were forest fires in Alberta.
g) For Canada the federal government produces additional publications on
the status of Canadian forests.
h) An infographic is one possible method of displaying the data.
7. Answers will depend on the quality of habitat provided by the local zoo.
8. a) Answers will depend on the quality of habitat provided by the local zoo.
b) Answers will depend on the quality of habitat provided by the local zoo.