Biology · 2000 · November · Paper 3 · SL · Question paper
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BIOLOGY
STANDARD LEVEL
PAPER 3
Thursday 16 November 2000 (morning)
1 hour 15 minutes
N00/410/S(3)
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
BACCALAURÉAT INTERNATIONAL
BACHILLERATO INTERNACIONAL
880-191 15 pages
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
! Write your candidate name and number in the boxes above.
! Do not open this examination paper until instructed to do so.
! Answer all of the questions from three of the Options in the spaces provided. You may continue
your answers in a continuation answer booklet, and indicate the number of booklets used in the
box below. Write your name and candidate number on the front cover of the continuation
answer booklets, and attach them to this question paper using the tag provided.
! At the end of the examination, indicate the letters of the Options answered in the boxes below.
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IBCATEAM LEADEREXAMINEROPTIONS ANSWERED
Option A – Diet and Human Nutrition
A1. Animals which feed on fruit often choose figs rather than other types. The protein, carbohydrate
and lipid contents of figs are not exceptionally high and one theory is that the calcium content may
be the attraction. Figs and other wild fruits were collected from forests in Belize, Indonesia and
Uganda. Their mineral contents were analysed. The mean results for calcium, sodium and
phosphorus are shown in the table below.
0.140.0140.48Non-figUganda
0.420.0570.47Non-figIndonesia
0.170.0630.39Non-figBelize
0.180.0431.52Fig Uganda
0.330.0601.21FigIndonesia
0.180.0401.91FigBelize
phosphorussodiumcalcium
Mineral content / % of dry mass
Fruit TypeSource
[Source: O’Brien et al., Nature (1998), 392, page 668]
[2](a) Compare the calcium content of the figs with the non-fig fruits.
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[1](b) Suggest one benefit to animals of eating fruits containing calcium.
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Subject
Biology
Document type
Question paper
Year
2000
Session
November
Level
SL
Paper
3
Examination zone
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Language
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File size
81 KB
Pages
15
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