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Placement test for year 9
Biology
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You must answer on the question paper.
Use black or dark - blue ink pen.
Answer all questions.
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name, roll no., section and subject carefully.
Answer the questions in the given spaces – there may be more space than you needed.
Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
You must show all necessary working clearly.
You can use ruler and calculator where appropriate.
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Total marks for this paper is 20
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Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
Try to answer every question.
Check your answer if you have time at the end.
Good luck with your examination.
Q1. The diagram shows a human arm.
(a) Name the bones labelled A, B, D and F. (4)
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(b) The shoulder and elbow are both examples of a particular type of joint.
Name this type of joint. (1)
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(c) Muscles C and E move the lower arm.
(i) Name these muscles. (2)
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Muscle E ................................................................................................................
(ii) Explain how muscle C and muscle E work together to straighten the lower arm. (2)
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(Total for Question 1 = 9 marks)
Q2 (a) The diagram shows an ocean food web.
(i) Name the producers in this food web. (1)
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(ii) Name two secondary consumers in this food web. (1)
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(iii) Draw a food chain from this food web that contains four organisms and includes the
herring gull. (2)
(iv) The population of lobster in the food web shown in part (a) decreases due to
overfishing.
Explain the effect this might have on the populations of other animals. (3)
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(b) State two ways in which pollution can reduce biodiversity. (2)
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Part (c) gives an example of biomagnification, in which the level of a dangerous
compound gets higher at successive trophic levels.
Explain how biomagnification differs from bioaccumulation. (2)
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(Total for Question 2 = 11 marks)