0654.B8.3.01 — Describe transpiration as the loss of water vapour from leaves: past paper questions
Real questions on 0654.b8.3.01 — describe transpiration as the loss of water vapour from leaves
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- 0654/31 · May/June 2025 · Q1d(i)[1]
State the name of the process that describes the loss of water vapour from leaves.
See it on the paper → - 0654/31 · May/June 2025 · Q1d(ii)[1]
Circle the part where water vapour exits the leaf.
See it on the paper → - 0654/43 · May/June 2025 · Q2a(ii)[3]
Describe how the patient’s body responds to the increase in body temperature.
See it on the paper → - 0654/21 · October/November 2024 · Q7[1]
In which weather conditions is the rate of transpiration fastest?
See it on the paper → - 0654/22 · May/June 2021 · Q2[1]
Which cell is most flaccid?
See it on the paper → - 0654/11 · October/November 2020 · Q7[1]
Under which conditions will transpiration from a plant be fastest?
See it on the paper → - 0654/42 · May/June 2020 · Q8[4]
The process of transpiration in plants.
See it on the paper → - 0654/11 · October/November 2019 · Q13[1]
Which graph correctly shows changes in oxygen concentration of the water as the river flows away from X?
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What examiners said
Candidates who did not score commonly wrote osmosis or evaporation. Candidates need to carefully consider the information provided. In this case evaporation could not gain credit because it happens within the leaf, which they were told in the stem of the question. Those candidates who wrote diffusion were credited for correct science.
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0654/31 Q1(d)(i) (Cambridge)
Most candidates gave the correct answer of stomata, but all the options were seen.
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0654/31 Q1(d)(ii) (Cambridge)
Candidates found this demanding. Sweating was well known and frequently the only correct description. A few discussed the hairs lying flat.
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0654/43 Q2(a)(ii) (Cambridge)
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