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Biology 1
SEPTEMBER
2 hour 30 minutes

SERENITY HIGH SCHOOL KAWANDA MILESTONE

END OF TERM III EXAMINATIONS 2018
BIOLOGY THEORY S.3
PAPER 1
2 HOURS 30 MINUTES

Instructions
 Answer all questions in section A and B plus two questions in section C.
 Write all answers to section A in the boxes provided, answers to section B in the spaces
provided and answers to section C in the answer booklet provided.

FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY

Section Marks Examiner’s initials
A

B 31

32

33

C No:

No:

Total

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 SECTION A (30 marks)
1. Secretion and excretion occur at the same time in
A. exhalation C. defeacation
B. sweating D. urination

2. A man belongs to class

A. Chordata C. Mammalia
B. Eutheria D. Vertebrata

3. Roots absorb mineral salts by process known as.

A. Diffusion C. Active transport
B. Osmosis D. Pinocytosis

4. The reason why urine of healthy person does not contain glucose is that
A. the glomerulus is impermeable to glucose.
B. glucose is used for respiration before reaching the collecting duct.
C. glucose passes back into the blood stream.
D. the kidney converts glucose to urea.
5. Which one of the following excretory products are removed from the body by the kidney?
A. Urea, excess water and excess salts.
B. Urea, excess water and carbon dioxide.
C. Carbon dioxide, excess water and excess salts.
D. Carbon dioxide, urea and excess salts.
6. Which one of the following stimulates the reabsorption of water in the kidneys?
A. Adrenaline C. Thyroxine
B. Antidiuretic hormone D. Insulin
7. Which one of these represents the route taken by urine in mammals?
A. Collecting tubule, ureter, bladder, urethra.

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 B. Bladder, ureter, collecting tubule, urethra.
C. Ureter, urethra, bladder, collecting tubule.
D. Urethra, bladder, collecting tubule, ureter.
8. Insects in the dry areas conserve water by passing waste in form of
A. Urea C. Ammonia gas
B. Uric acid crystals. D. Urine
9. A sample of urine from a man was boiled with Benedict’s solution and the mixture turned
orange in colour. Which of the following is the best deduction about the condition of this
man?
A. There was a lot of glycogen in his blood.
B. He has a deficiency of insulin in his blood.
C. His diet has a lot of sugar.
D. His kidneys were damaged.
10. The immediate source of energy for cellular activities is
A. Glucose C. Starch
B. Fat D. Sucrose
11. Which one of the following is the gaseous exchange site in insects
A. Tracheoles C. Spiracles
B. Alveoli D. Fillaments
12. Which one of the following is absorbed in the lacteals of the villi
A. Amino acids C. Glucose
B. Fatty acids and glycerol D. Vitamins
13. Amoeba obtains oxygen from the surrounding water through its cell membrane by process
known as
A. Active transport C. Diffusion
B. Osmosis D. Gaseous exchange
14. In which one of the following conditions would you expect a low rate of transpiration
A. Low humidity ad wind C. High humidity and wind
B. High humidity and still air D. Low humidity and still air

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15. Most of the food is absorbed in the
A. Stomach C. Colon
B. Ileum D. Liver
16. Which one of the following organs performs the function of urine formation in the body
A. Kidneys C. Lungs
B. Liver D. Skin
17. In which of the following organisms doesn’t blood perform the function of oxygen transport
A. Moluscs C. Rabbits
B. Insects D. Octopus

18. Glomerulus is present in

A. Renal cortex C. Renal pelvis
B. Renal medulla D. Renal pyramid

19. Enzymes differ from catalysts because enzymes

A. are required in small amounts. C. are protein in nature.
D. speed up reactions.
B. respond to temperature changes.

20. Where in the mammalian skin is the melanin pigment found?

A. Malphigian layer. C. Cornified layer.
B. Granular layer. D. Subcutaneous layer.

21. Which one of the following explains the accumulation of lactic acid in muscles during a
400M run?
A. Carbohydrates is completely broken down
B. The oxygen supply to the muscles may not be enough.
C. Much of the stored glycogen is converted into glucose.
D. The blood vessels leading from the muscles are constricted.
22. Which one of the following is an excretory function of the liver

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 A. conversion of glycogen to glucose
B. conversion of amino acids to urea
C. conversion of fats to fatty acids and glycerols
D. production of vitamin B
23. Which one of the following is the correct response to increased carbon dioxide concentration
in human blood? The rate of
A. Breathing is slowed
B. Heart beat is slowed down
C. Heart beat is increased
D. The pulse is slowed down
24. Figure below is an experimental set up to demonstrate anaerobic respiration in yeast.

The importance of liquid paraffin in the experiment is to

A. React with yeast and glucose
B. Speed up the reaction between yeast and glucose
C. Exclude atmospheric oxygen from the yeast – glucose mixture
D. Expel all the oxygen in the solution
25. Removal of a ring of bark from a tree trunk interferes with the movement of
A. Water to the leaves C. Food to the leaves
B. Mineral salts to the leaves D. Food to the roots

26. In plants, efficient gaseous exchange due to large surface area to volume ratio is achieved
by
A. Many stomata on leaves C. Large sized lenticels
B. Flatness of leaves D. Numerous root hairs

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 27. The following are results of an experiment to determine percentage of water within a
sample of soil.
Mass of crucible = 15 g
Mass of crucible + soil = 30 g
Mass of crucible + soil after drying = 25 g
The percentage of water in the soil is
A. 18.7 C. 33.3
B. 20.0 D. 66.

28. Strips W, X, Y and Z of same size and shape were cut from, a raw pawpaw, whose sap
had a sugar concentration of 28%. The strips were then placed in sugar solution of
different concentrations as shown in table 1.
Table 1
Strip Sugar concentration
Of solution (%)
W 15
X 25
Y 28.5
Z 48

Which strip would be longest after 4 hours?

A. X
B. W
C. Y
D. Z

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 29. In the mammalian heart, the thick muscular walls of the left ventricle are vital for
A. Resisting pressure of the blood coming into the ventricles.
B. Maintaining the shape of the heart
C. Producing enough pressure to pump blood to all parts of the body
D. Resisting back flow of blood from the aorta
30. Which one of the following plant organs has a scattered arrangement of vascular

bundles?
A. Root of a monocotyledonous plant B. Stem of a monocotyledonous plant
C. Stem of a dicotyledonous plant D. Root of a dicotyledonous plant
SECTION B (40 MARKS)
31. The table 1 below shows the body surface area and volume of two land mammals A and B
Table 1
Mammal Surface area cm2 Volume cm3
A 1.2 0.92
B 0.6 0.18

Table 2
Environmental Metabolic rate (arbitrary unites )
temperature (oC)
Mammal A Mammal B
16 10.5 12.9
18 8.9 10.9
20 7.5 9.2
22 6.4 7.8
24 5.6 6.7
26 5.0 5.8

(a) From Table 1

(i) Work out the surface area: Volume ratio of each mammal (2 marks)

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(ii)State with a reason which of the two organisms above would be least affected by
change in environmental temperature (02 marks)

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(b) Using the graph paper provided, plot on the same graph the metabolic rate of the two
mammals against environmental temperature using table 2. (6 marks)

(c) From your graph, determine the metabolic rate of each mammal at environmental
temperatures of 25oC (1 marks)

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(d) (i) How does the environmental temperature affect the metabolic rate of the mammals?
(1 marks)

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(ii) Explain why variation of temperature affects the metabolic rate of the mammals as
stated in d (i) above (2 marks)

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(e) From the information provided, explain why at any environmental temperature, the
metabolic rate of mammal B is higher than that of mammal A. (02 marks)

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(f) What is meant by the term Endothermy? (1 marks)

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 g) How does an endotherm respond to a rise in body temperature? (2 marks)

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(h) Explain the importance of each of the following structural features to animals living in cold
zones of the world

(i) Thick fur (01 marks)

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(ii) Extremities reduced in size (01 mark)
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32. The diagram below shows the bowman’s capsule of a mammalian kidney nephron

(a) Name the parts labelled J,K and L (2 marks)

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 (b) Vessel J is narrower than vessel L, what effect does this have on blood in K (2 marks)
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(c) (i) Name two components of blood that will not diffuse into the capsular space (2 marks)
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(ii). Give a reason for your answer in c (i) above (2 marks)
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(d) What name is given to the fluid in the capsular space and state how it is formed (2 mark)
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(e) Name the nitrogenous substance that is present in urine but absent from vessel J (1 mark)
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33 One of the methods used by farmers to control crop parasites and pests is the 'Biological
Control' method.

(a) Define Biological Control and state how it is used to reduce the numbers of crop parasites
and pests? (2 marks)
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a) What other common method do farmers use to control insect pests and parasites apart from
the manual methods ? .(1 mark)
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b) Give two main disadvantages of this method as compared with the Biological Control method.
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d) Coffee farmers in East Africa once realised that in the presence of certain ants, coffee mealy-
bugs were piercing and sucking the inner juices of young coffee berries. The mealy bugs could
be destroyed by introducing ladybirds that ate them, but ladybirds are eaten by the ants.Ants also
eat mealy bugs.

(i) What are the crop pests mentioned in this passage? (1 mark)

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(ii) How could these pests be controlled? (1 mark)

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d) Construct a food web to illustrate feeding levels in d) above.(3 marks)

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 SECTION C
Attempt any two questions from this section

34. (a) Explain five ways a respiratory surface like gill or alveoli is adapted for its functions.
(10 marks)
(c) Describe how buccal ventilation occurs in adult frog. (05 marks)

35. (a) what is meant by the term excretion (1 mark)

(b) Discuss the importance of excretion (2 marks)
(c) Explain any six reasons why plants do not have complex excretory organs (12 marks)
36. a) What is homeostasis. (02 mark)
b) Describe how the following can be regulated homeostatically in the body.
i) Water 07 marks
ii) Glucose 07 marks
37. a) Define an ecosystem 02 marks
b) outline the five feeding levels of organization of an ecosystem . (05 marks)
b) Explain how biotic and abiotic components of the ecosystem affect the distribution of
organisms . (08 marks)

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