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    A wide variety of organic compounds are used by living organisms.

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    A wide variety of organic compounds are used by living organisms.

    1.

    Draw a diagram to show the ring structure of D-ribose.

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    a. ring with five carbons and one oxygen atom; 1 mark

    b. CH2OHCH_2OHCH2​OH attached to C 5; 1 mark

    c. OH and H attached by single bonds to C 1, C 2 and C 3 with OH facing upwards on C 2 and C 3; 1 mark

    2.

    Describe how ATP is produced by Photosystem II in the light-dependent stage of photosynthesis.

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    a. light (energy) absorbed by pigments/chlorophyll/photosystems; 1 mark

    b. excited electrons passed to electron carriers/electron transport chain; 1 mark

    c. protons/hydrogen ions pumped into thylakoid (space); 1 mark

    d. proton gradient/high proton concentration generated; 1 mark

    e. protons pass via ATP synthase to the stroma; 1 mark

    f. ATP synthase phosphorylates ADP/ATP synthase converts ADP to ATP; 1 mark

    g. photophosphorylation/chemiosmosis; 1 mark

    ATP synthase/electron carriers/proton pumps/photosystems/pigment are in the thylakoid membrane;

    3.

    Explain how carbohydrates are transported from plant leaves.

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    a. translocation/movement by mass flow; 1 mark

    b. in phloem sieve tubes; 1 mark

    c. sieve plates/pores in end walls/lack of organelles allows flow (of sap); 1 mark

    d. carbohydrates (principally) transported as sucrose; 1 mark

    e. (sucrose/glucose/sugar/carbohydrate) loaded (into phloem) by active transport; 1 mark

    f. loading/pumping in (of sugars) by companion cells; 1 mark

    g. high solute concentration generated (at the source); 1 mark

    h. water enters by osmosis (due to the high solute concentration); 1 mark

    i. hydrostatic pressure increased/high hydrostatic pressure generated; 1 mark

    j. pressure gradient causes flow (from source to sink); 1 mark

    k. leaves are a source because carbohydrates are made there; 1 mark

    l. transport to the sink where carbohydrates are used/stored; 1 mark

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