Pearson Edexcel A-Level Biology A (9BI0) · EDEXCEL 9BI0
2 Development, plants and the environment
Written & reviewed by James Millett — Biology (Imperial College London), PGCE Science (University of Cambridge).
Practice questions on Development, plants and the environment
- A flowering plant reproduces sexually. Explain why the seeds produced by sexual reproducti… (5 marks, Explain)
- Explain how meristem tissue enables a plant to grow. In your answer, refer to both cell di… (5 marks, Explain)
- Biodiversity is important for the stability of ecosystems. Explain why a reduction in biod… (5 marks, Explain)
- Describe the importance of biodiversity and explain how human activities can threaten it. … (5 marks, Describe)
- A conservation organisation is working to protect a rainforest region that contains thousa… (5 marks, Explain)
- A wildlife charity is monitoring two woodland habitats: Habitat A, which has been managed … (5 marks, Explain)
- A farmer converts a species-rich wildflower meadow into a field of a single crop variety. … (5 marks, Explain)
- Explain how natural selection leads to a population of animals becoming better adapted to … (5 marks, Explain)
- A population of Arctic foxes living in a snowy environment includes individuals with white… (5 marks, Describe)
- A species of moth lives in woodland areas. The moths rest on tree bark during the day. The… (5 marks, Explain)
- A patient has a condition that has destroyed the insulin-producing cells in their pancreas… (5 marks, Explain)
- A population of bacteria lives in soil that does not contain any antibiotics. A farmer beg… (5 marks, Explain)
- A population of Galápagos finches lives on an island where the main food source is large, … (5 marks, Explain)
- Guard cells control gas exchange in plant leaves. Explain how the structure of guard cells… (5 marks, Explain)
- A student investigating plant growth cuts off all the leaves from a young plant. Explain w… (5 marks, Explain)
- Phloem tissue transports sugars around a plant. Explain how the structure of phloem tissue… (5 marks, Explain)
- Explain how water moves from the soil into the xylem of a plant root, and describe the rol… (5 marks, Explain)
- A salmon is a vertebrate animal that reproduces sexually. During sexual reproduction, game… (5 marks, Explain)
- A student states: 'Sexual reproduction in animals always produces offspring that show more… (5 marks, Evaluate)
- Explain why sexual reproduction in animals produces offspring that are not genetically ide… (5 marks, Explain)
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