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Question 1
(a) Explain what is meant by metabolic rate. (1 mark)
(b) Explain why boys often have a higher metabolic rate than girls of the same age.
(2 marks)
(c) Apart from gender, list two other factors that can affect an individuals
metabolic rate. (2 marks)
Oxygen consumption
Individual Gender (cm3 O2 kg1 h1)
A Male 3.4
B Female 2.1
C Female 3.3
(d) The units in column 3 mean volume (in cm 3) of oxygen per kilogram per hour.
Suggest why oxygen consumption is measured per kilogram, and not per person.
(1 mark)
(e) Suggest which individual puts on weight very easily, and explain your choice.
(3 marks)
(f) Suggest what this individual can do to increase their metabolic rate. (1 mark)
The graph below shows the number of measles deaths over a 20 year period, before
and after the introduction of the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine.
(d) Use the graph to calculate how many people died in total during the period
19901999. (1 mark)
In 1998 a paper appeared in a medical journal linking the MMR vaccine to autism.
There were two main objections to this paper.
1 It was based on a study of 12 children, 8 of which showed the symptoms of
autism.
2 The scientist who wrote it was being paid by the lawyers working for the
people who were seeking compensation, claiming that their childs autism
was caused by the MMR vaccine.
(e) For each statement, suggest why people objected. (2 marks)
(a) How does energy get into this food chain? (1 mark)
(b) This food chain is unusual because it has six levels. Explain why most food
chains are much shorter than this. (2 marks)
(c) Use the food chain to explain why food webs are more accurate diagrams than
food chains. (2 marks)
(d) Predict what would happen if a pesticide killed all the ladybirds in this
ecosystem. (2 marks)