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AQA Style
GCSE
BIOLOGY
Higher Tier
Biology Paper 1
Time allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes
Materials
Question Mark
• A ruler
• A pen and pencil 1
• A scientific calculator 2
Instructions 3
• Answer all questions using a black pen.
4
• Answer the questions in the space available and cross
through any work you do not want to be marked.
5
• In any calculations, make sure you show your working out.
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Information
• The maximum mark for this paper is 100. 7
• The marks available for each question are shown in brackets. 8
• You must make your work as neat as possible and use good
Total
English in your answers.
• You should make sure you leave time to check your answers.
Name
Date
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ANSWER IN THE SPACES PROVIDED.
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0 1 During digestion, digestive enzymes convert food into small soluble molecules.
0 1 . 1 Name the enzyme that breaks down fats into fatty acids and glycerol.
[1 mark]
0 1 . 2 Name the type of molecule produced when carbohydrates are broken down
by carbohydrase.
[1 mark]
0 1 . 3 Starch is broken down by an enzyme called amylase.
Name two places in the body where amylase is produced.
[2 marks]
1.
2.
0 1 . 4 Describe how you would test a piece of food to show it contains protein.
[2 marks]
0 1 . 5 Bile is a substance that increases the rate of fat digestion.
Name the organ that produces bile.
[1 mark]
0 1 . 6 Explain one way that bile increases the rate of fat digestion.
[2 marks]
Your text here 1
AQA Style
GCSE
BIOLOGY
Higher Tier
Biology Paper 1
Time allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes
Materials
Question Mark
• A ruler
• A pen and pencil 1
• A scientific calculator 2
Instructions 3
• Answer all questions using a black pen.
4
• Answer the questions in the space available and cross
through any work you do not want to be marked.
5
• In any calculations, make sure you show your working out.
6
Information
• The maximum mark for this paper is 100. 7
• The marks available for each question are shown in brackets. 8
• You must make your work as neat as possible and use good
Total
English in your answers.
• You should make sure you leave time to check your answers.
Name
Date
, 2 of 21
DO NOT WRITE ON THIS PAGE.
ANSWER IN THE SPACES PROVIDED.
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0 1 During digestion, digestive enzymes convert food into small soluble molecules.
0 1 . 1 Name the enzyme that breaks down fats into fatty acids and glycerol.
[1 mark]
0 1 . 2 Name the type of molecule produced when carbohydrates are broken down
by carbohydrase.
[1 mark]
0 1 . 3 Starch is broken down by an enzyme called amylase.
Name two places in the body where amylase is produced.
[2 marks]
1.
2.
0 1 . 4 Describe how you would test a piece of food to show it contains protein.
[2 marks]
0 1 . 5 Bile is a substance that increases the rate of fat digestion.
Name the organ that produces bile.
[1 mark]
0 1 . 6 Explain one way that bile increases the rate of fat digestion.
[2 marks]
