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Question 31
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A student pours agar into a Petri dish and adds bacteria using aseptic technique.

The student then fixes the lid on with two short strips of tape, so the lid is not sealed all the way round.

Which statement explains why the lid is not sealed all the way round?

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so that the bacteria can be removed easily for counting later

B

so that carbon dioxide can enter for the bacteria to photosynthesise

C

so that water vapour can escape and the agar stays dry and firm

D

so that oxygen can enter and harmful anaerobic bacteria do not grow

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6.3 Monitoring and maintaining health Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Biology
  3. /6.3 Monitoring and maintaining health

181 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Biology 6.3 Monitoring and maintaining health, covering 6.3.1 Health and disease, 6.3.2 Interactions between diseases, 6.3.3 Spread of communicable diseases, 6.3.4 Common infections and diseases, 6.3.5 Physical plant defence responses, 6.3.6 Chemical plant defence responses, 6.3.7 Detecting and identifying plant diseases, 6.3.8 White blood cells and platelets, 6.3.9 Non-specific defence systems, 6.3.10 The immune system, 6.3.11 Monoclonal antibodies, 6.3.12 Vaccines and medicines, 6.3.13 Aseptic techniques, 6.3.14 Discovery and development of new medicines, 6.3.15 Causes of non-communicable diseases, 6.3.16 Treatments for cardiovascular disease, 6.3.17 Lifestyle factors and non-communicable diseases, 6.3.18 Cancer, 6.3.19 Stem cells in medicine, 6.3.20 Gene technology in medicine, and 6.3.21 The human genome and medicine. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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