Life Science Paper 1

FOUNDATION LEARNING ACADEMY
GRADE 10
LIFE SCIENCES PAPER 1
DURATION: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION:
• This question paper consists of 2 sections. Answer all questions.

• Start each question on a new page.
• Number your answers according to the numbering system used in the question
paper.
• You may use a non-programmable calculator.
• Round off all your numerical answers to 2 decimal places.
• Write neatly and legibly.
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS (150 MARKS)
1. Which one of the following is not a biological role of water?
a) prevents deficiency diseases
b) dissolves biochemical compounds
c) provides a medium in which chemical reactions take place
d) involved in the hydrolysis of foodstuffs (2)
2. Which combination of the following substances is best to prevent rickets?
a) magnesium, phosphorus and carrots
b) phosphorus, calcium and fish liver oil
c) iron, calcium and liver
d) iodine, iron and oranges (2)
3.Name 2 types of :
a.) monosaccharides (2)
b) disaccharides (2)
c) polysaccharides (2)
4. Study the diagram below and answer the following questions:

a) What is the polymer A that is found in an animal cell? (2)
b) What is the function of polymer A in the body? (3)
5. The table below gives nutrients present in various dry seeds.
The following histogram shows the different amounts of nutrients found in one of the four
seeds. The chart shows the nutrients found in:
a) green peas (2)
b) sunflower seeds (2)
c) maize (2)
d) peanuts (2)
6. State 5 properties of an enzyme (5)
7.What is an enzyme ? (2)
8. Draw a lock and key hypothesis illustrating an enzyme (3)
9. Explain briefly how you would test for glucose. (7)
10. Study the graph below. The graph shows total protein (in grams) present in a 100 grams
of different food items. Use the graph to answer questions below
a) Name the two foods from which vegetarians would obtain the most protein.
b) Which foods contains only 2% protein? (2)
c) Which food would be the best for a non-vegetarian person who is suffering from
kwashiorkor and anaemia? (2)
d) Name and explain the process which proteins undergo when heated excessively. (2)
11. Study the information in the following diagrams and the table below, for three different
meals X, Y and Z.
Meals Energy (in kJ) Vitamin C (in mg) Calcium (in mg)
X 2900 25 70
Y 2100 47 265
Z 2600 40 170
a) Name three polysaccharide carbohydrates in meal X. (3)
b) Giving one reason for each answer, which meal will:
i. provide the greatest source of energy? (2)
ii. be most suitable for the development of healthy bones and teeth? (2)
iii. be least suitable for people who are prone to scurvy? (2)
c) Meal Z is relatively low in lipids (fat) yet high in energy content.
Which of the food components in Z provides the energy? (2)
d) Which of the three meals can be regarded as the healthiest? (3)
Give three reasons for your answer.(3)

12 . The following information (given in the table below) appeared on a box of breakfast
cereal. Use this information in the table to assist you in answering the questions that
follow.
a) How many servings does a person need to provide the RDA of energy? (3)
b) Which organic compounds are the most important energy providers? (2)
c) How much energy do the vitamins in the cereal provide? (2)
d) What deficiency disease could result if a person does not obtain adequate amounts of
vitamin B1? (2)
e) Explain the role of iron in the diet. (3)
13. The histograms below show the percentage of carbohydrates, fats, proteins and water
in eight types of foods.
From the information provided in the histograms above, name two types of food that:
a) Contain more than 25% of a nutrient that is involved in the formation of an insulating
layer (2)
b) Would best help to prevent kwashiorkor (2)
c) Will form only monosaccharides and amino acids after digestion (2)
d) Are not involved in the formation of cell membranes (2)
e) Contain more than 50% of a nutrient which is the primary source of energy (2)
14. The diagram shows the apparatus used in various organic food tests. Study it and
answer the questions that follow:
a) Name the nutrients tested for in each of the experiments numbered A, B, C & D. (4)
b) Identify the chemicals numbered 1, 2 and 3. (3)
c) State the colour change for a positive reaction in each of the test-tubes used in the
experiments numbered B, C and D. (6)
d) Identify each of the compounds A, B and C. In each case give a reason for your answer(6)
15. Draw and label the structure of an animal and plant cell (12)
16. State all the functions of each organelle of the structures drawn in the question above
(12)Describe the process of mitosis (12)
TOTAL(150 MARKS)

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FOUNDATION LEARNING ACADEMY

LIFE SCIENCES PAPER 1

INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION:

• This question paper consists of 2 sections. Answer all questions.

1. Which one of the following is not a biological role of water?

a) prevents deficiency diseases

b) dissolves biochemical compounds

c) provides a medium in which chemical reactions take place

d) involved in the hydrolysis of foodstuffs (2)

2. Which combination of the following substances is best to prevent rickets?

a) magnesium, phosphorus and carrots

b) phosphorus, calcium and fish liver oil

c) iron, calcium and liver

d) iodine, iron and oranges (2)

a.) monosaccharides (2)

4. Study the diagram below and answer the following questions:

b) What is the function of polymer A in the body? (3)

5. The table below gives nutrients present in various dry seeds.

b) sunflower seeds (2)

6. State 5 properties of an enzyme (5)

7.What is an enzyme ? (2)

8. Draw a lock and key hypothesis illustrating an enzyme (3)

9. Explain briefly how you would test for glucose. (7)

b) Which foods contains only 2% protein? (2)

a) Name three polysaccharide carbohydrates in meal X. (3)

b) Giving one reason for each answer, which meal will:

i. provide the greatest source of energy? (2)

c) Meal Z is relatively low in lipids (fat) yet high in energy content.

Which of the food components in Z provides the energy? (2)

d) Which of the three meals can be regarded as the healthiest? (3)

Give three reasons for your answer.(3)

c) How much energy do the vitamins in the cereal provide? (2)

e) Explain the role of iron in the diet. (3)

b) Would best help to prevent kwashiorkor (2)

d) Are not involved in the formation of cell membranes (2)

b) Identify the chemicals numbered 1, 2 and 3. (3)

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