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Date November 2019 Marks available [Maximum mark: 6] Reference code 19N.2.HL.TZ0.4
Level HL Paper 2 Time zone TZ0
Command term Explain, State Question number 4 Adapted from N/A
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[Maximum mark: 6]
19N.2.HL.TZ0.4
(a.i)

State the property of amphipathic phospholipids that enables them to form a bilayer.

[1]

Markscheme

have both a hydrophilic and a hydrophobic region
OR
have both a polar and a non-polar region ✔

(a.ii)

State the reason cis and trans fatty acids are said to be unsaturated.

[1]

Markscheme

they have a double bond between carbon/C «atoms»
OR
they could hold more hydrogen

Accept clearly annotated diagrams to that effect.
Do not accept double bonds between C and any other atom

During photosynthesis plants use water in the conversion of light energy to chemical energy.

(b.i)

State the name of this process.

[1]

Markscheme

photolysis / light-dependent «reactions/stages» / photophosphorylation ✔

(b.ii)

Explain how water is used in photosynthesis.

[3]

Markscheme

a. water is split/broken «up»/lysed/undergoes photolysis ✔ For mpa, reject “water is cut in half”. For mpa, accept photolysis only if the context shows that water is being split.

b. producing/providing electrons ✔

c. replaces electrons lost by Photosystem II / PSII / P680 / chlorophyll a ✔ For mpc, do not accept just chlorophyll.

d. allows electrons «to continue» to pass along the electron transport chain ✔

e. provides protons/H+ «inside thylakoid» to help generate a «proton» gradient/maintain high concentration inside thylakoid ✔ For mpe, reject pumping of protons into the thylakoid as photolysis produces them inside the thylakoid.