Biology · 2002 · May · Paper 3 · HL · Question paper
BiologyQuestion paper2002HLMay
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BIOLOGY
HIGHER LEVEL
PAPER 3
Friday 10 May 2002 (morning)
1 hour 15 minutes
M02/410/H(3)+
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IB DIPLOMA PROGRAMME
PROGRAMME DU DIPLÔME DU BI
PROGRAMA DEL DIPLOMA DEL BI
222-136 16 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 two 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 fr ont 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 D Evolution
D1. Researchers carried out a study on 3760 child ren born in a London hospital over a period of
12 years. Data was collected on the childrens mass at birth and their mortality rate. The purpose
of the study was to determine how natural sel ection acts on mass at birth. The chart shows the
frequency of babies of each mass at birth. The line superimposed on the bar chart indicates the
percentage mortality rate (the children that did not survive for more than 4 weeks).
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[Source: W H Dowderswell, (1984) Evolution, A Modern Synthesis, Heinemann Educational Books, page 101]
[1](a) Identify the mode value for mass at birth.
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[1](b) Identify the optimum mass at birth for survival.
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[2](c) Outline the relationship between mass at birth and mortality.
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File information
Subject
Biology
Document type
Question paper
Year
2002
Session
May
Level
HL
Paper
3
Examination zone
Not labelled in the archive
Language
Not labelled in the archive
File size
1.3 MB
Pages
16
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