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Date November 2017 Marks available [Maximum mark: 4] Reference code 17N.2.HL.TZ0.06a
Level HL Paper 2 Time zone TZ0
Command term Describe Question number a Adapted from N/A
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17N.2.HL.TZ0.06a
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Cell biologists play an important role in research into disease, fertility, evolution and many other areas of science.

Describe the origin of eukaryotic cells according to the endosymbiotic theory.

[4]

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a. mitochondria and chloroplasts are similar to prokaryotes

b. «host» cell took in another cell by endocytosis/by engulfing «in a vesicle»

    Allow “taking in” in place of “engulfing”

c. but did not digest the cell/kept the «ingested» cell alive

    OR

    symbiotic/mutualistic relationship «between engulfed and host cell»

d. chloroplasts and mitochondria were once independent/free-living «organisms»

e. DNA «loop» in chloroplast/mitochondrion

f. division/binary fission of chloroplast/mitochondrion

g. double membrane around chloroplast/mitochondrion

h. 70s ribosomes «in chloroplast/mitochondrion»

Award up to [2] for evidence from mpe to mph

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