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•• The total mark for this paper is 100.
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1 (a) Banting and Best were the first scientists to use the hormone insulin for the
treatment of diabetes.
They extracted insulin from the body organs of animals.
(i) Which body organ produces insulin?
(1)
A liver
B heart
C kidney
D pancreas
(ii) How does insulin travel to its target organ?
(1)
A by diffusion along neurones
B dissolved in blood plasma
C attached to red blood cells
D by osmosis in white blood cells
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, (b) Tasting urine was one of the first ways doctors tested for diabetes.
If the urine tasted sweet, the patient may have diabetes.
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Describe the chemical test we now use to test for glucose in urine.
(3)
(c) A scientist wanted to compare the glucose concentration in two urine samples.
State two variables that need to be controlled for the comparison to be valid.
(2)
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