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BIOLOGY END TERM-TWO
Instructions to Candidates
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
1. Give the function of the following parts of a light microscope. (2 marks)
i. Diaphragm.
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ii. Condenser.
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2. Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium ovale are transmitted by a mosquito. State with a reason whether two
organisms can interbreed. (2 marks)
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3. What is oxygen debt (2marks)
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4. An experiment was set up as shown in the diagram below.
The set-up was left for 30 minutes
a. Name the process that is being investigated. (1mark)
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b. State the expected results. (2marks)
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c. Explain your answer in (a) above. (2marks)
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5. In which ways are xylem vessels adapted to their function
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6. The diagram below show part of the respiratory system of a certain animal
(a).Name the structure labelled A and its function (2marks)
7. Explain how age as a factor determine the daily energy requirement in human. (2 marks)
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9. Calculate the respiration quotient (RQ) from equation below
i.2C51 H98+145O2 102CO2+98 H2O +energy(3marks)
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ii. Identify the substrate being respired in the above equation (1marks)
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10. Distinguish between transpiration and guttation. (2 marks)
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11. Name a disease that causes thickening and hardening of arteries. (1 mark)
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12. The diagram shows a section through a plant organ.
a. From which plant organ was the section obtained. (1 mark)
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b. Give two reasons form your answer in (a) above. (2 marks)
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c. How is the part labelled C adapted to its functions? (3marks)
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13. Explain what is meant by the term oxygen debt(2 marks)
a) Define the term respiration (1 marks)
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b).what are the end products of anaerobic respiration process in plants (3marks
16. Explain how red blood cells of mammals are adapted to their functions. (3 marks)
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17. The diagram below shows a vertical section through a
mammalian heart
i. Name the parts labelled A, B, C and D.
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ii. Use arrows to show the direction in which blood flows out of the heart. (2 marks)
iii. Explain why left ventricle has thicker walls than right ventricle. (2 marks)
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iv. Give three structural differences between arteries and vein. (3 marks)
Arteries Veins
19. State two ways in which the heart muscles are special. (2 marks)
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20. (i) Name the type of respiratory surfaces in insects. (1mark)
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(ii) Name the openings in the chamber of the heart of an insect. (1mark)
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21. Name the blood vessel that
i. Provides the heart with oxygenated blood. (1mark)
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ii. That initiate the rate of a heartbeat (1mark)
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23. Below is a diagram of an organelle that is involved in aerobic respiration
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[Link] the organelle(1marks)
ii. Name the parts labelled W,X and Y (3marks)
24. Give the function of the following structure of a gill from abony fish (3marks)
i. Gill bar
ii. Gill filament
ii. Gill rakker
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i. Guard cell
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iii. Mitochondria
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26. Define the following terms
i crenation
ii Hypotonic solution
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