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A bacterial cell is prokaryotic, so its main circular DNA loop lies free in the cytoplasm rather than inside a nucleus. Bacteria still have a cell membrane and ribosomes.
A pH far from the optimum can disrupt bonds that maintain the enzyme's specific shape. The active site then becomes less complementary to the substrate, so fewer enzyme-substrate complexes form.
Preclinical testing provides initial evidence about toxicity, whether the drug works and a suitable dose range. Clinical trials are still required because animal responses do not perfectly predict human responses.
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Correct answer: Its genetic material is not enclosed in a nucleus
A bacterial cell is prokaryotic, so its main circular DNA loop lies free in the cytoplasm rather than inside a nucleus. Bacteria still have a cell membrane and ribosomes.
Correct answer: Changing pH alters bonds and the shape of its active site
A pH far from the optimum can disrupt bonds that maintain the enzyme's specific shape. The active site then becomes less complementary to the substrate, so fewer enzyme-substrate complexes form.
Correct answer: To obtain early evidence about toxicity, efficacy and dose
Preclinical testing provides initial evidence about toxicity, whether the drug works and a suitable dose range. Clinical trials are still required because animal responses do not perfectly predict human responses.
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Most animal cells become specialised at an early stage, whereas many plant cells can differentiate throughout life. Differentiation changes which structures and genes are active, not the cell's entire DNA sequence.
Watch for: Do not repeat the wording of Cell biology. Explain the underlying rule or relationship, apply it to the context and check the command word.
A pH far from the optimum can disrupt bonds that maintain the enzyme's specific shape. The active site then becomes less complementary to the substrate, so fewer enzyme-substrate complexes form.
Watch for: Do not repeat the wording of Organisation. Explain the underlying rule or relationship, apply it to the context and check the command word.
Preclinical testing provides initial evidence about toxicity, whether the drug works and a suitable dose range. Clinical trials are still required because animal responses do not perfectly predict human responses.
Watch for: Do not repeat the wording of Infection and response. Explain the underlying rule or relationship, apply it to the context and check the command word.
Plants convert glucose into cellulose for cell walls and also use it in respiration, store it as starch, make amino acids with nitrate ions, and make lipids. These uses support growth and metabolism.
Watch for: Do not repeat the wording of Bioenergetics. Explain the underlying rule or relationship, apply it to the context and check the command word.
Electrical impulses travel from a receptor along a sensory neurone, across synapses through a relay neurone, then along a motor neurone to an effector. The response is rapid and automatic.
Watch for: Do not repeat the wording of Homeostasis and response. Explain the underlying rule or relationship, apply it to the context and check the command word.
A desired gene is isolated and inserted into a vector, then transferred into target cells so the organism expresses the new characteristic. Examples include bacteria producing human insulin.
Watch for: Do not repeat the wording of Inheritance, variation and evolution. Explain the underlying rule or relationship, apply it to the context and check the command word.
Biodiversity supports stable ecosystems and preserves genetic, food and potential medicinal resources. Human activities can reduce it, so conservation balances environmental, economic and social needs.
Watch for: Do not repeat the wording of Ecology. Explain the underlying rule or relationship, apply it to the context and check the command word.
An element contains only one type of atom. A compound contains atoms of two or more elements chemically bonded in fixed proportions and can be separated only by chemical reactions.
Watch for: Do not repeat the wording of Atomic structure and the periodic table. Explain the underlying rule or relationship, apply it to the context and check the command word.
Strong electrostatic attractions in a giant ionic lattice require much energy to overcome. Its ions are fixed in the solid but become mobile and carry charge when molten.
Watch for: Do not repeat the wording of Bonding, structure and properties. Explain the underlying rule or relationship, apply it to the context and check the command word.
Chemical reactions rearrange existing atoms. Because no atoms enter or leave a closed system, total reactant mass equals total product mass.
Watch for: Do not repeat the wording of Quantitative chemistry. Explain the underlying rule or relationship, apply it to the context and check the command word.
Hydrochloric acid is strong and ionises completely in water. Ethanoic acid is weak and only partially ionises, giving a lower hydrogen-ion concentration at equal acid concentration.
Watch for: Do not repeat the wording of Chemical changes. Explain the underlying rule or relationship, apply it to the context and check the command word.
A catalyst offers an alternative reaction pathway with a lower activation energy, shown by the lower peak. It speeds the reaction without changing the reactant and product energy levels.
Watch for: Do not repeat the wording of Energy changes. Explain the underlying rule or relationship, apply it to the context and check the command word.
The reactant side has four moles of gas per equation amount and the product side has two. Higher pressure favours the side with fewer gas molecules, increasing ammonia yield.
Watch for: Do not repeat the wording of Rate and extent of chemical change. Explain the underlying rule or relationship, apply it to the context and check the command word.
With sufficient oxygen, all carbon atoms are oxidised to carbon dioxide and hydrogen atoms form water. Limited oxygen can instead produce carbon monoxide or carbon particles.
Watch for: Do not repeat the wording of Organic chemistry. Explain the underlying rule or relationship, apply it to the context and check the command word.
Two separated spots show at least two components that travelled differently in the chosen solvent. A different solvent could reveal further components.
Watch for: Do not repeat the wording of Chemical analysis. Explain the underlying rule or relationship, apply it to the context and check the command word.
Climate models incorporate complex interactions, feedbacks and assumptions about future emissions. These create uncertainty in magnitude and regional detail, not an absence of evidence.
Watch for: Do not repeat the wording of Chemistry of the atmosphere. Explain the underlying rule or relationship, apply it to the context and check the command word.
Recycling keeps useful metal in circulation and can reduce ore extraction, landfill and energy demand. Collection, sorting and processing still have impacts that a life-cycle assessment should include.
Watch for: Do not repeat the wording of Using resources. Explain the underlying rule or relationship, apply it to the context and check the command word.
Coal combustion releases carbon dioxide and other pollutants. Wind generation has no fuel emissions during operation, but turbines and infrastructure can affect habitats, views and land use.
Watch for: Do not repeat the wording of Energy. Explain the underlying rule or relationship, apply it to the context and check the command word.
If the live wire touches the case, the earth wire carries a large fault current safely to ground. This causes the fuse or circuit breaker to disconnect the live supply.
Watch for: Do not repeat the wording of Electricity. Explain the underlying rule or relationship, apply it to the context and check the command word.
At the melting point, supplied energy changes the particles' potential energy and arrangement rather than raising temperature. The temperature remains constant until the change of state is complete.
Watch for: Do not repeat the wording of Particle model of matter. Explain the underlying rule or relationship, apply it to the context and check the command word.
Irradiation is exposure to radiation from an external source and stops when the source is removed. Contamination means radioactive atoms are present on or inside the object and continue emitting until removed or decayed.
Watch for: Do not repeat the wording of Atomic structure. Explain the underlying rule or relationship, apply it to the context and check the command word.
The swimmer exerts a backward force on the water, and the water exerts an equal forward force on the swimmer. The pair acts on different objects and is the same interaction.
Watch for: Do not repeat the wording of Forces. Explain the underlying rule or relationship, apply it to the context and check the command word.
In a transverse wave, oscillations are perpendicular to the direction of energy transfer. In a longitudinal wave, oscillations are parallel and form compressions and rarefactions.
Watch for: Do not repeat the wording of Waves. Explain the underlying rule or relationship, apply it to the context and check the command word.
Reversing either the current or the magnetic field reverses the forces on the coil sides, so the turning direction reverses. Reversing both would leave the rotation direction unchanged.
Watch for: Do not repeat the wording of Magnetism and electromagnetism. Explain the underlying rule or relationship, apply it to the context and check the command word.
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AQA · GCSE · Combined Science: Trilogy · 8464
Version 1.1, 4 October 2019; current specification checked 27 August 2026
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