KLM S1 Bio PP1 MS

KCSE REVEALED
BIOLOGY PAPER 1
MARKING SCHEME
1. (a) Vibrio cholerae; (1 mark) Rej. If binomial rules not applied.
2. (a) Mitochondrion rej mitochondria; (1mk)
(b) Cristae; (1mk)
(c) Site where respiration occur;
habours respiratory enzymes] (any one) (1mk)
3. (a) Concentrates light from the source and directs it to
specimen; (1mk)
(b) Aperture below the condenser that regulates amount of light passing
the condenser; (1mk)
4. (a) - Have biconcave disc shape which increases the surface area for exchange of
gases by diffusion;
Have haemoglobin which has high affinity for oxygen; (hence faster transportation
of oxygen).
- Lacks nucleus to provide more room for packaging of haemoglobin;
- Have thin plasma membrane that allows faster/rapid diffusion of
gases.
- Have carbonic anhydrase which accelerates loading and off loading
of carbon (IV) oxide for faster carbon (IV) oxide transport; (any three)
(3mks)
(b) - Carbamino haemoglobin;
- Carbonic acid; (1mk)
5. (i) - Helps in formation of spindle fibres;
- Helps in formation of cilia and flagella; (any one) (1mk)
(ii) Helps in formation of ribosome’s; (1mk)
6. (a) X – Guard cell;
W – Stoma; rej. Stomata
(b) - Have chloroplast that help in the process of photosynthesis;
- Have thin outer wall and thick inner wall to enhance bulging during
opening of stomata;
7. (a) Epigeal germination is that type of germination where the cotyledons emerge
above the ground; while hypogeal germination the cotyledons remain underground;
(b) - Presence of germination inhibitors; Acc. Abscissic acid

immature embryo;
- Absence of enzymes that facilitate germination;
8. (a) Presence of more than two sets of chromosomes in a cell; (1mk)

(b) Albinism;
- Haemophillia;
- Colourblindness;
- Sickle cell anaemia (any three) (3mks)
9. (a) Homologous structures are structures that have a common embryonic
but have
been modified to perform different functions; while analogous structures have
different embryonic origin but have evolved to perform similar functions; (2mks)
(b) The breaking up, drifting and separation; of the big land mass to
form the presents day different continents;
10. (a) Sensory neurone;

Cell body is off the axon;
(b) Q – Cell body
Z – Schwann cells
11. (a) - Collenchyma;
- Scherenchyma;
- Xylem;
- Tracheids; (any three) (3mks)
(b) Smooth muscles;
12. (a) Resolving power is the ability to distinguish two close parts as
separate entities; (1mk)
(b) Diameter of field of view =
3mm No of cells 20 cells
1mm = 1000m
3mm = 3000m;
Size of 1 cell = 3000 = 150m; (2mks)
20
13. (a) Transpiration is the loss of water inform of water vapour; while
guttation is loss of water in form of water droplets; (2mks)
(b) - Loss/removal of excess water;
- Enhances absorption of water; (2mks)
14. (a) - Have thin film of moisture to dissolve gases for efficient diffusion;
- Have a thin epithelium for faster diffusion of gases;
- Have a large surface area for maximum gaseous exchange;
- Have a network of blood capillaries for transportation of differing gases;
(any three) (3mks)
(b) Red blood cell; (1mk)
15. (a) Respiratory quotient is a relationship between oxygen consumed

and carbon (IV)
oxide produced; which oxygen debt is the amount of oxygen required to
breakdown lactic acid produced during anaerobic respiration; (2mks)
(b) Cytoplasm (1mk)
16. (a) Intermittent growth curve; (1mk)

(b) Moulting; (1mk)
(c) Allows growth to take place;
(d) Arthropoda; rej wrong spelling
17. (a) Process whereby nature selects those organisms that are well adapted
to the prevailing environmental conditions enabling them to survive to
reproductive maturity;
and rejects those poorly suited. (1mk)
(b) - Fossil records;
- Comparative embryology;
- Comparative serology;
- Comparative cell Biology;
- Comparative anatomy (any 3) (3mks)
18. (i) Have high concentration of cones for visual acuity; (1mk)
(ii) Have tough corrective tissues which helps to support and protect other
parts of eye ball; (1mk)
(iii) Have cilliary muscles whose contraction and relaxation alters the
tension exerted on suspensory ligaments; thus the curvature of lens. (1mk)
19. Intervertebral disc; (1mk)

20. (a) Gases exchanger is passage of respiratory gases across the respiratory
surface;
while ventilation is the process of bringing in air rich in oxygen and removing out
air rich in carbon (IV) oxide; (2mks)
(b) (i) Gill filaments; rej gills.
(ii) Tracheoles’
21. (a) - Arteriosclerosis;
- Coronary thrombosis;
- Heart failure;
- Hypertension
- Atherosclerelosis; (any 2) (2mks)
(b) The heat muscles is myogenic; capable of undergoing contraction
and relaxation
without nervous stimulation; (2mks)
22. - Botany;
- Zoology; (2mks)
23. (i) Attracts organisms using food as a bait; and traps them. (1mk)
(ii) Sucks small organisms from bark of a tree; (1mk)
24. - Presence of valves to prevent back flow of blood;
- Thin walled which are less muscular and have few elastic fibres and wide
lumen for blood
to flow under low pressure; (2mks)
25. Ultra filtration;
(1mk)
26. Serum is blood plasma whose plasma proteins have been removed;

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KCSE REVEALED

(b) - Presence of germination inhibitors; Acc. Abscissic acid

8. (a) Presence of more than two sets of chromosomes in a cell; (1mk)

10. (a) Sensory neurone;

15. (a) Respiratory quotient is a relationship between oxygen consumed

16. (a) Intermittent growth curve; (1mk)

19. Intervertebral disc; (1mk)

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