DP Biology (first assessment 2025)
Question 22M.1A.HL.TZ2.38
Date | May 2022 | Marks available | [Maximum mark: 1] | Reference code | 22M.1A.HL.TZ2.38 |
Level | HL | Paper | 1A | Time zone | TZ2 |
Command term | Question number | 38 | Adapted from | N/A |
38.
[Maximum mark: 1]
22M.1A.HL.TZ2.38
The electron micrograph shows sarcomeres in myofibrils of striated muscle during muscle contraction. The lines P–Q and R–S show two regions of one sarcomere.
[Source: Republished with permission of Elsevier - Health Sciences Division from Cell by Don W. Fawcett 1981 ; permission conveyed through Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.]
How would regions P–Q and R–S change when the muscle relaxes?
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Markscheme
D
Examiners report
This question was answered correctly by only 33 % of the candidates. Incorrect responses were distributed fairly evenly among the options. The question discriminated well showing the better candidates were answering correctly.
