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Please do not write a few sentences or you will not pass this exam. It is about showing what you really know and being able to debate about the topic. (In French) Choose one question among those five questions:   Comparez Morgan Shuster avec Howard Baskerville. Comment Amin Maalouf intègre-t-il sa propre condition de nomade à la vie d’Omar Khayyam et de Benjamin Lesage? Comment Maalouf décrit-il les puissances Occidentales dans son utilisation de l’histoire de la  Perse/Iran? (donnez plusieurs exemples) Quelle est l’importance de Morgan Shuster pour l’histoire? Quelle est sa mission dans l’histoire? Ecrivez un essai sur le personnage de Shireen et la représentation des femmes dans l’histoire.

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Question 1.3   Carefully read through the questions on this dichotomous key.  Use the key to identify the wasp in the picture.   Click on the button below to open the picture of the dichotomous key.     [ans1] (1)

Question 2.4   In 1928 a scientist called Alexander Fleming grew microorganisms called bacteria. Growth shows that bacteria are living things. The bacteria grew on agar (jelly) in glass dishes. After a few days Fleming saw moulding growing in one glass dishes.       Click on the button below to open the picture of the bacteria in the glass dishes.     Bacteria cause disease. Fleming thought he could use the mould to help cure disease caused by bacteria. Look at the pictures and compare Day 1 and Day 6. Use the evidence in the pictures opposite to explain why Fleming thought the mould could be used to cure disease. (1)  

Question 2 Answer the following questions regarding microorganisms:

Question 2.3   Steve’s chicken was fresh but food that has begun to decay can also be very dangerous. Steve’s chicken was kept in the fridge to keep it fresh.   Write down another way we preserve food to stop it decaying. (1)

Question 3 Answer the following questions regarding the circulatory system:

Question 5.3   When are drugs legal? (1)

Question 1.1   Why did Carl Linnaeus create the Linnaean system? (1)

Question 4.4   Nutrients and water are absorbed into the blood and the blood is circulated throughout the body. Explain what happens to the nutrients and water when it passes cells. (2)