Coordination and control: past paper questions
Real questions on coordination and control
The newest 15 of 15 written questions, plus 23 multiple-choice. Open one to see it on the real paper.
- 5129/21 · May/June 2023 · Q14a[2]
Name two types of neurone present in the nervous system.
See it on the paper → - 5129/21 · May/June 2023 · Q14b[1]
State what is described as ‘a rapid and automatic response to a stimulus’.
See it on the paper → - 5129/21 · May/June 2023 · Q14c[1]
Name the type of structure that produces a hormone.
See it on the paper → - 5129/21 · May/June 2023 · Q14d[1]
Name one human hormone.
See it on the paper → - 5129/22 · May/June 2023 · Q17[4]
The boxes on the left contain descriptions of activities carried out by the body. The boxes on the right contain the names of structures where these activities take place. Draw one straight line from each box on the left to link the description of the activity to the structure where it takes place. description of activ...
See it on the paper → - 5129/22 · October/November 2022 · Q6a(i)[2]
Name the gas that reacts with nitrogen in the Haber process.
See it on the paper → - 5129/21 · May/June 2022 · Q3b[4]
Complete the sentences about hormones by inserting words from the list. Each word may be used once, more than once or not at all. blood kidney capillaries liver excretory muscle gland target A hormone is defined as a chemical substance produced by a . A hormone is transported around the body by the and alters the activ...
See it on the paper → - 5129/22 · May/June 2019 · Q14a(ii)[1]
Name a different gas that has a constant percentage composition in clean air.
See it on the paper → - 5129/22 · May/June 2019 · Q14b[1]
State the property of the gases in liquid air that allows them to be separated by fractional distillation.
See it on the paper → - 5129/22 · May/June 2019 · Q14c[1]
State an industrial use of nitrogen.
See it on the paper → - 5129/22 · May/June 2019 · Q16a(i)[1]
Use Fig. 16.3 and Fig. 16.4 to determine: the unstretched length of the spring cm the stretched length of the spring. cm
See it on the paper → - 5129/22 · May/June 2019 · Q16a(ii)[1]
Calculate the extension of the spring. extension = cm
See it on the paper → - 5129/22 · May/June 2019 · Q16b[2]
The student repeats the experiment with the wide head of the screw in contact with the magnet and the tip attached to the spring. magnet steel screw spring Fig. 16.5 The extension of the spring is greater than the value calculated in (a)(ii). State the reason for this difference and suggest an explanation.
See it on the paper → - 5129/22 · May/June 2019 · Q16c(i)[1]
Name one other magnetic material.
See it on the paper → - 5129/22 · May/June 2019 · Q16c(ii)[2]
Explain how the magnet produces a force of attraction between itself and the steel.
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What examiners said
Only the strongest candidates were able to name two types of neurone.
— Examiner report, May/June 2023, 5129/21 Q14(a) (Cambridge)
Similarly, only the strongest candidates recognised the description of a reflex action.
— Examiner report, May/June 2023, 5129/21 Q14(b) (Cambridge)
Most candidates gained at least three marks for connecting the biological activities with the structures where they occur.
— Examiner report, May/June 2023, 5129/22 Q17 (Cambridge)
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