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Date May 2015 Marks available 1 Reference code 15M.1.HL.TZ2.3
Level Higher level Paper Paper 1 Time zone Time zone 2
Command term Distinguish Question number 3 Adapted from N/A

Question

What distinguishes prokaryotic cells from eukaryotic cells?

Markscheme

D

Examiners report

There is a comment in the G2s about the fact that there are some prokaryotic organisms that do have internal-bound compartments. This is true, but most prokaryotes do not have these compartments, and this is only an exception. In Biology there are many exceptions to the rule. In a multiple choice question one expects the best suited answer, in this case, all the other answers were incorrect, so the fact that prokaryotes do not have membrane bound compartments was the most suitable answer. In all, the question turned out to be an easy question and a good discriminator.

Syllabus sections

Core » Topic 1: Cell biology » 1.2 Ultrastructure of cells
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