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The diagram shows a molecule of uridine monophosphate (UMP). Draw a circle around the base.
(1)Select the part of the molecule you would circle. 0/1 selected
Total for this question: 1 mark
COMMAND WORD · BIOLOGY
Draw
Produce the diagram the question asks for, with clear lines and labels that touch the structures.
Method
The right level of detail, then clean lines, then labels that touch.
What the parts mean
- Detaila plan, a few cells, or the one part they named
- Linesclear outlines, ruled where a straight line is needed, and no shading
- Labelslines that end on the structure
How to build your answer
- 1Check whether you are drawing a plan, a few cells, or one part of a molecule.
- 2Use clear outlines and no shading.
- 3Make every label line touch its structure.
- 4Add a scale only if you are claiming a size you calculated.
Biology exemplar
Original question
Draw a simple labelled palisade cell as seen with a light microscope. Leave out organelles a light microscope does not resolve.
Annotated answer
DetailA tall cell outline, a wall, a thin cytoplasm, a large vacuole, chloroplasts and a nucleus. LinesClean outlines and no shading. LabelsEach label line touches its structure. Mitochondria are not drawn.
The labels match the frame. Read them in order. This is one accurate route, not the only one.
Exam habit
Read “plan” or “cells” before you start. They are different drawings.
Common pitfall
Writing “plant cells have walls and chloroplasts” and never drawing the cell.
Exam-style question
Answer discussion
The command is completed on the diagram. A sentence that names a base, with no circle, does not draw it. Use the structure printed in the paper rather than a molecule you redraw from memory.
Where this comes from
Unit 1 sample paper. Question 2 (a)(ii) asks you to draw a circle around the base in the displayed uridine monophosphate molecule. Sample assessment, not a live paper.
Sample paper WBI11/01, question 2 (a)(ii) (1 marks), 2017 sample assessment. Question page · Mark scheme page