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B1.2.3 Control in plants
GCSE items that can be used to define successful outcomes
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Assessment of practical work
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A student grew a plant in an upright pot.
She then put the pot in a horizontal position and left the plant in the
dark for two days.
Diagram 3 shows the potted plant after two days in the dark.
Plant growing upright
Plant put horizontal
in the dark
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Plant after 2 days
in the dark
Explain fully why the plant responded in this way.
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Gravity
accept gravitropism / geotropism
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caused redistribution of auxin / hormone to lower side of stem
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these hormones stimulate growth of cells on the lower side of the
stem only
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so the stem grows upwards
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B1.2.3 Control in plants June 2012 BL1HP
Charles Darwin investigated tropisms in plants.
Some students did an investigation similar to Darwin’s investigation.
The students:
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grew seeds until short shoots had grown
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used black plastic to cover parts of some of the shoots
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put the shoots in light coming from one direction
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put boxes over the shoots to keep out other light.
The diagrams show how the investigation was set up.
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Two days later the students took off the black plastic covers and looked at the shoots.
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The diagrams show the results.
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B1.2.3 Control in plants June 2012 BL1HP
(a) Give two variables that the students should control in this investigation.
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(b) Shoot A bent towards the light as it grew.
Explain how.
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(c) What conclusions can be drawn from the results about:
(c) (i) the detection of the light stimulus
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(c) (ii) where in the shoot the response to the light takes place.
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B1.2.3 Control in plants June 2012 Mark scheme
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