Biology 0610 · IGCSE · Coordination and response

Coordination and response — practice question

The nervous system brings about animals’ responses to changes in their surroundings.
(a)[3]

Complete Fig. 2.1 by filling the boxes with the names of the missing parts of the mammalian nervous system.

(b(i))[1]

State the structure located at X.

(b(ii))[1]

State the type of involuntary action that the flow chart shows.

(b(iii))[2]

State two ways in which a voluntary action is unlike an involuntary action.

(c(i))[1]

State the conditions under which pots P and Q were kept.\n\nP\nQ

(c(ii))[2]

State the name of the growth response displayed by the seedlings in pot R.

(c(iii))[2]

Explain the advantage of this growth response for the seedlings.

(c(iv))[4]

Explain how auxins control the growth response shown by the seedlings in pot R.

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