DP Biology (first assessment 2025)
Question 19M.1A.SL.TZ2.3
| Date | May 2019 | Marks available | [Maximum mark: 1] | Reference code | 19M.1A.SL.TZ2.3 |
| Level | SL | Paper | 1A | Time zone | TZ2 |
| Command term | Deduce | Question number | 3 | Adapted from | N/A |
3.
[Maximum mark: 1]
19M.1A.SL.TZ2.3
The image shows a micrograph of a cell.
[Source: © 2014, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mitosis_(261_13)_Pressed;_root_meristem_of_onion_(cells_
in_prophase,_metaphase,_anaphase,_telophase).jpg by Doc. RNDr. Josef Reischig, CSc.]
What explains the appearance of the cell in the micrograph?
A. The cell is dying.
B. The DNA is replicating.
C. The cell is in metaphase.
D. The cell is in telophase.
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Markscheme
C
Examiners report
Candidates also found this question easy, but it was a very good discriminator, this means that good candidates answered it well while weaker candidates did not. It therefore proved to be an effective question.
