ASJA BOYS’ COLLEGE CHARLIEVILLE

END OF TERM EXAMINATION

TERM 1
FORM 4IC & 4AH
BIOLOGY
Nov/Dec 2010
General proficiency
2 ½ hours

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY

1. There are THREE SECTIONS in this booklet. Answer ALL questions.

Section A is 30 marks, Section B is 40 marks and Section C is 30 marks.

SECTION A
2. Section A contains 30 multiple choice questions. Write your answer in the answer sheet
provided and return it at the end of the examination.

SECTION B
3. Section B contains TWO structured type questions. Answer each question in the spaces
provided on the question paper.

SECTION C
4. Section C contains TWO essay type questions. Answer each question on a separate page in
your answer booklet and attach to the question paper.

NAME: ________________________________________

DATE: _________________________________________ FORM: _____________

DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO

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There are 30 multiple choice questions in this paper.
Answer ALL questions.
TOTAL 30 MARKS

1. Leguminous plants can contribute to soil 4. The bush pig, which has been observed to
fertility because they feed on a diet of plant roots as well as birds’
eggs, is
(A) remove toxic substances (A) a herbivore
(B) contain nitrogen-fixing bacteria (B) a carnivore
(C) add elements (C) an omnivore
(D) maintain the moisture content (D) a detritivore

Item 2 refers to the following information. Item 5 refers to the following diagram of a
food web found in leaf litter.
Two organisms were found in the same tree.
They were examined and their Wolf Spider
characteristics recorded as shown in the
table below.

Characteristics X Y Beetle Larvae Ground Beetle

Hard exoskeleton √ √
Antennae √ √
Wings 0 √
Snail Millipede Wood louse
Segmented body √ √
3 pairs of legs √ 0

Key: Present √ Absent 0 Decaying leaf litter

2. Which of the following statements is

supported by the information in the table? 5. The numbers of trophic levels illustrated in
the food web is
(A) Both X and Y are insects.
(B) Both X and Y are arthropods but (A) 2
only X is an insect. (B) 3
(C) X is an insect but Y is not. (C) 4
(D) Neither X nor Y is an insect. (D) 7

3. In an ecosystem, the organisms which make 6. A plant which has reduced leaves with no
solar energy available to all other organisms chlorophyll, lacks a proper root system, and
are the flowers abundantly, is MOST likely to be
found
(A) producers
(B) decomposers (A) in a habitat where water is scarce
(C) primary consumers (B) living parasitically on another plant
(D) secondary consumers (C) growing in an area where there are
few insects
(D) existing as a commensal with other
green plants
 Item 7 refers to the following diagram of the
nitrogen cycle.
L (A)
10. If all the trees in a large area of forest were
destroyed by disease, what would be the
MOST likely effect on the composition of
the air in the long term?
The level of carbon dioxide would
decrease
(B) The level of carbon dioxide would
increase
(C) There would be no change in the
composition of the air
(D) There would be more oxygen

11. When a seedling looses water to the

atmosphere faster than it can be obtained
from the soil, the turgidity of the cells

(A) decreases and the seedling wilts

(B) decrease and the seedling does not wilt
(C) increases and the seedling wilts
(D) increase and the seedling does not wilt

7. Which of the following bacteria will be Item 12 refers to the following diagram of a cell.
active at L?
1
(A) Denitrifying 2
(B) Nitrifying 3
(C) Nitrogen fixing
(D) Putrefying 4

8. Which of the following cell structures are 5

associated with energy transfer? 6

1 Chloroplast 11 Mitochondrion 7
111 Nucleus 1V Cell membrane

(A) 1 and 11 only 12. The structure labelled 7 is found in

(B) 1 and 111 only
(C) 11 and 111 only (A) animals
(D) 11 and 1V only (B) fungi
(C) bacteria
9. Which of the following statements is NOT (D) green plants
true about a decomposer?
13. Which of the following pairs of organism
(A) They release nutrients for recycling possesses the requirements for making
(B) They prevent the accumulation of carbohydrates from inorganic materials?
dead organic matter.
(C) They are more abundant in damp (A) Algae and flowering plants
places. (B) Bacteria and fungi
(D) They are favoured by low (C) Fungi and flowering plants
temperatures. (D) Viruses and algae
 17. Sodium hydroxide and copper sulphate
Item 14 refers to the following structures found in solution will produce a violet colour with
the leaf of a flowering plant. molecules of
I. Epidermis
II. Mesophyll layers (A) fat
II. Guard cells (B) starch
V. Vein (C) sugar
(D) protein
14. Which of the following structures contain
chloroplasts? 18. Which of the following is true of
photosynthesis and respiration in green
I and II plants?
I and III
II and III (A) Photosynthesis occurs in the day
II and IV while respiration occurs in the night.
(B) Photosynthesis never occurs in the
15. Which of the following organisms has the dark while respiration occurs only in
LEAST need for a transport system? the dark
(C) Photosynthesis occurs in the light
A) Amoeba while respiration occurs both in the
B) Honey bee light and in the dark.
C) Seedling (D) Photosynthesis occurs only in the
D) Tadpole sunlight and respiration takes over
when photosynthesis ceases.
Item 16 refers to the following diagrams which
illustrate the result of an investigation. Items 19 and 20 refer to the following diagram of
the human alimentary canal.

In answering items 19 and 20, match each item with

one of the labelled parts above. Each part may be
used once, more than once or not at all.
16. The process demonstrated in the diagram
above is responsible for 19. A muscular tube that moves food
down by peristalsis.
(A) minerals entering root cells
(B) water entering root cells 20. Receives chime from the stomach
(C) carbon dioxide entering leaf cells and secretions from the gall bladder
(D) starch entering phloem cells and pancreas.
 26. One of the problems with nutrition for a
21. The graph shows how the rate of vegetarian is that
photosynthesis of a plant varies with light (A) fats and oils are not produced by
intensity at two different carbon dioxide plants
concentrations. The temperature is kept (B) large quantities of food are needed to
constant at 20ºC. supply essential amino aids
(C) vitamins produced by plants are of
inferior quality
(D) large quantities essential mineral
nutrients

Items 27 and 28 refer to the following

graph which shows the activity of two
enzymes in the human digestive system.

I II
Which factor is limiting the rate of
photosynthesis at X?
(A) availability of chlorophyll
(B) availability of water
(C) concentration of carbon dioxide
(D) intensity of light

22. The oxygen released during the process of

photosynthesis comes from the 27. Which of the following enzymes could be
(A) Carbon dioxide enzyme II?
(B) Water (A) Pepsin
(C) Degraded glucose molecules (B) Renin
(D) Air spaces within the leaves (C) Trypsin
(D) Amylase
23. What would happen to the body cells if the
blood supplying them became too 28. Enzyme I will function BEST in the
concentrated? (A) Mouth
(A) Burst (B) Stomach
B) Lose salts (C) Small intestine
C) Lose water (D) Large intestine
D) Become turgid
29. Bile empties into the
24. An autotroph (A) duodenum
(A) Feeds on dead animal and plant (B) caecum
material (C) ileum
(B) Feeds on plants only (D) stomach
(C) Feeds on animals only
(D) Makes its own food 30. Which of the following nutrients are
important in the diet for development of
25. Compared to a regular diet, a vegetarian diet strong bones and teeth?
will contain more (A) Calcium and iron
(A) First class protein (B) Phosphorus and iron
(B) Iron (C) Vitamin C and calcium
(C) Anaemia (D) Phosphorus and calcium
(D) Roughage
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SECTION B
This section contains 2 structured questions.
Answer ALL questions.

1. The four animals, A, B, C and D, shown in Figure 1 below, are all members of the same major
group. They are said to be one of the most successful groups if living organisms because they
are found abundantly in every type of habitat.

Figure 1. Animals of the Same Major Group

Identify TWO characteristics which can be used to put these four organisms into different
sub-groups.

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[2 marks]

In the space provided below, accurately draw Specimen A twice the size shown in Figure 1. In the drawing
include one annotation, a title and state the magnification of your drawing.
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[9 marks]
(c) (i) State THREE ways in which lizards are different from the group of animals shown in Figure 1
above.

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[3 marks]

(ii) To which of the four animals shown above is the cockroach most closely related? Give TWO
reasons for your answer.

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[3 marks]

(d) Briefly describe B using the heading below:

Shape: _______________________________________________________________________

Anterior end: __________________________________________________________________

Appendages: ___________________________________________________________________

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[3 marks]

(e) Which TWO features of the group shown in Figure 1 do you think have made them “successful”
animals? Give a reason for EACH feature mentioned.

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[4 marks]
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(f) What method would you use to collect a sample of any TWO of the organisms shown in Figure 1
for further study?

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[1 mark]
Total 25 marks

2. Figure 2 below represents one cell from a plant and one from an animal.

Figure 2. Plant and animal cells as seen under a light microscope.

(a) (i) Using only the letters P, Q and R label the structures on both cells that perform EACH of the
following:
a) Produce ATP (P)
b) Synthesis protein (Q)
c) Allow substances to enter and leave the cell (R) [6 marks]

(ii) Using the letters S and T, label the structure on Cell 2 ONLY that performs EACH of the
following functions:

a) Converts light chemical energy (S)

b) Allows a wide range of substances to pass through (T) [2 marks]

(b) (i) Name structure X shown in Cell 1.

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[1 mark]
(ii) Structure X is absent from mature red blood cells and sieve tubes.
Suggest one process which these cells will not be able perform.
Give a reason for your answer.

Process:
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Reason:

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[2 marks]

(c) (i) What is likely to occur in Cell 1 and 2 of Figure 2 if they were placed in distilled water for over
half-an-hour?

Cell 1:________________________________________________________________________

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Cell 2:________________________________________________________________________

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[2 marks]

(ii) Explain why the changes in Cell 1 might be different from the changes in Cell 2 after half-an-
hour in distilled water.

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[2 marks]
Total 15 marks
TOTAL 40 MARKS

SECTION B
Answer ALL questions from this section.

4. (a) (i) Using ONLY a fully annotated diagram of the internal structure of a leaf, explain the role of
the parts involved in photosynthesis. Include in EACH annotation the name of the structure and
its function.

(ii) Write a balanced equation that effectively summarises photosynthesis.

[11 marks]
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(b) (i) One effect of hurricanes is the complete removal of foliage (leaves) from trees. Many trees seem
to readily survive the loss of all their leaves, even though they are the main photosynthesizing
organs. Explain how this is possible.

(ii) Gardeners sometimes remove leaves and branches from trees with the expectation of improving
their yield. Suggest why this is a good practice.
[4 marks]
Total 15 marks

5. (a) (i) Describe the structure of a typical mammalian tooth.

Use a simple diagram to show what you would see if an incisor were cut in half horizontally.
[7 marks]

(b) Old people sometimes lose all their teeth. How might the loss of all the teeth affect their diet?
[4 marks]

(c) How do plants use the many digestive enzymes that they have? Do you think these enzymes are
as important to plants as they are for animal nutrition?
Explain your answer fully. [4 marks]
Total 15 marks
TOTAL 30 MARKS
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TOTAL 100 MARKS

END OF TERM EXAM
Ms. Indira C.
Have great holiday Boys!!!