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Success: Uace Biology

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UACE BIOLOGY – SUCCESS

©2022 Dongo Shema F [WHATSAPP: +256 782 642 338]


P530/2
BIOLOGY
(Theory)
Paper 2
NOV. 2022
2½ Hours
UACE BIOLOGY

SUCCESS
(THEORY)
Paper 2

2 Hours 30 Minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

This paper consists of six questions.

Answer question one in section A plus three others from section B.

Candidates are advised to read the questions carefully, organise their answers and
present them precisely and logically, illustrating with well labelled diagrams where
necessary.
UACE BIOLOGY – SUCCESS
©2022 Dongo Shema F [WHATSAPP: +256 782 642 338]

SECTION A (40 MARKS)


1. Figure 1 shows oxygen-haemoglobin dissociation curves indicating the
relationship between the partial pressure of oxygen dissolved in blood plasma,
oxygen content in blood and percent saturation of haemoglobin with oxygen.
Various blood conditions were considered:
Normal blood – 0% Carboxyhaemoglobin level (0% HbCO);
Carbon monoxide poisoning – 50% Carboxyhaemoglobin level (50% HbCO);
Anaemia patient – (50% reduction in haemoglobin).

Fig. 1
(a) What is meant by oxygen-haemoglobin saturation? (02 marks)
(b) Describe the effect of oxygen partial pressure on percent saturation in normal
blood. (05 marks)
(c) With reference to fig. 1, compare the patients with carbon monoxide poisoning and
those of anaemia. (08 marks)
(d) Explain the biological implications of the two physiological conditions on oxygen
transport:
(i) 50% Carboxyhaemoglobin (07 marks)
(ii) 50% Anaemia (05 marks)
(e) How do other physiological factors affect the percent oxygen-haemoglobin?
(10 marks)
(f) Suggest the common risk factors associated with carbon monoxide poisoning.
(03 marks)
UACE BIOLOGY – SUCCESS
©2022 Dongo Shema F [WHATSAPP: +256 782 642 338]

SECTION B (60 MARKS)


2. (a) How does plasma membrane structure relate to the movement of
materials across the cell? (08 marks)
(b) Describe the role of cytoskeletal elements and cell organelles in skeletal
muscle contraction. (12 marks)

3. Describe the contribution of the following adaptations to the evolutionary success


of organisms that possess them.
(a) Seeds. (06 marks)
(b) Mammalian placenta. (06 marks)
(c) C4 metabolism. (08 marks)

4. (a) Compare DNA transcription and translation. (10 marks)


(b) Describe the steps of synthesising a polypeptide, beginning with the
attachment of messenger RNA to ribosomal small subunit. (10 marks)

5. (a) For an organism that is heterozygous at two genetic loci on different


chromosomes, explain how these alleles are:
(i) Transmitted by mitosis to daughter cells. (05 marks)
(ii) Distributed by meiosis to gametes. (05 marks)
(b) Show how the behaviour of these two pairs of homologous chromosomes
during meiosis provides the physical basis for Mendel’s two laws of
inheritance. (10 marks)

6. (a) Compare life forms of flowering plants and mosses. (10 marks)
(b) Explain life strategies in bryophytes for coping with land life. (10 marks)

END.

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