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BIOLOGY

(Theory)

2024

2 Hrs.

MEBU EXAMINATIONS CONSULT

END OF TERM 1 ASSESSMENT 2024

SENIOR TWO

BIOLOGY PAPER 1

2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

 This paper consists of two sections; A and B. It has four examination items.

 Section A has two compulsory items.

 Section B has two items. Answer one item from each this section

 Answer three items in all.

 Answers to Section A must be written in the spaces provided while those of Section B
must be written on the answer booklet(s) provided.

 Any additional item(s) answered will not be scored.

SECTION A

Item 1.

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Mosquitoes spread different pathogens including those which cause malaria. Malaria is a
deadly disease that causes a number of deaths every year in Uganda.

(a) Your village is infested with mosquitoes. Using your knowledge of the life cycle of the
mosquito, outline to the villagers TWO methods they can use to decrease the number of
Female Anopheles mosquitoes, and explain how these methods would reduce the
mosquito population. (4 scores)
Method 1

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(b).Scientists from Metropolitan international University have discovered a species of

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release the spiders in your village where malaria is common. Explain the possible
advantages and disadvantages of releasing the spiders. (06 scores)

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Item 2.

“ The modifications in structure of specialized human cells for example sperm cell; nerve
cell; white blood cell; red blood cell; ciliated cell and ovum cell are related to their functions
“ As a S.1 student; discuss the statement. (15 Scores)

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SECTION B

Item 3.

Ministry of Health (MoH) NOTED that of recent there disease that have emerged and have
no cure. Some of them have killed many people all over the world and the World Health
Organization (WHO) has declared them pandemic. On further investigations, the MoH
discovered that these diseases have been identified worldwide. Among these include: HIV,
Ebola, and Hepatitis B and of recent, COVID-19. Many communities in our society are not
aware of the causes and how these diseases are transmitted, their symptoms and prevention.

Task.

If the Ministry of Health appoints you as one of the people to sensitize the community about
these diseases.

Design a message you would use to inform the community on the causes, transmission,
symptoms and prevention of these viral diseases so that they are not widely spread in the
communities. (20 Scores).

Item 4

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Byansi lives in the slums of Mbale city near namatala village. His house is bordered by a
water drainage channel that floods with sewage, especially during rainy seasons. One day, he
noticed that in the water channel there were many mosquito larvae and that is why he was
suffering from malaria time and again. His neighbor, Anthony, had also created a rubbish pit
in front of his house besides the water channel where jack fruit and banana peels were
dumped regularly. These attracted many houseflies that fed on rotting organic matter .The
houseflies visited their houses and at times rested on their cold food that was left exposed
which later would be eaten. During rainy seasons, his family members would experience
diseases like malaria, dysentery and cholera occasionally.

Besides the water channel opposite his house, makonzi had a maize garden there. As he was
wedding his maize plants, he noticed that army worms (caterpillars) were destroying the
shoots of his maize. He as well found out that some maize plants were being destroyed by
termites from the nearby anthill. He became so disappointed and didn’t know to do next

Task.

a) As a student who has studied about insects, what advice you can give to makonzi who
lives in namatala to overcome the challenges is facing. (10 Scores)

b) Help makonzi identify the organisms disturbing them using a dichotomous key.( 10
Scores)

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