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Question 19N.2.HL.TZ0.3

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Date November 2019 Marks available [Maximum mark: 5] Reference code 19N.2.HL.TZ0.3
Level HL Paper 2 Time zone TZ0
Command term Describe, Outline Question number 3 Adapted from N/A
3.
[Maximum mark: 5]
19N.2.HL.TZ0.3
(a)

Describe what is shown in a cladogram.

[2]

Markscheme

a. similarities/differences between organisms/species/clades ✔ mpa and mpd concern actual characteristics, not evolutionary relationships.

b. «probable» evolutionary relationships/closeness/common ancestry/phylogeny ✔ mpb concerns such relationships

c. divergence/splits/speciation/branches/nodes ✔ mpc concerns the structure branching of the cladogram

d. relative similarity/differences between base sequence/amino acid sequence ✔

(b)

Outline how variation in organisms of the same species could lead to natural selection.

[3]

Markscheme

a. survival of the better adapted/fittest ✔

b. more reproduction of better adapted/fittest/individuals with favorable variations ✔

c. genes for favorable variations/adaptations passed on to offspring ✔ Accept answers in the converse.

d. competition for resources/more offspring produced than the environment can support/a struggle for existence ✔ Accept answers in the converse.