BIOLOGY PRACTICAL Answers 2024

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BIOLOGY PRACTICAL 2024

Q1a.

(i) Tapeworm

(aii)

I – Hook III – Sucker

II – Rostellum IV – Neck

(aiii)

I – Attachment to the intestinal wall of the host

III – Attach to the host’s intestinal lining, enhancing the tapeworm's ability to remain in position
in the digestive tract

IV - Contains reproductive organs, allowing the tapeworm to produce eggs and continue its life
cycle.

Q1b.

Habitat – Digestive tracts of vertebrates (humans and other animals)

Phylum – Platyhelminthes

Feeding habitat – Parasitic

Body symmetry – Bilateral symmetry

Type of reproduction – Sexually by Hermaphroditic cross-fertilization

1Qc.

 It has a scolex with hooks and suckers that attach to the host’s lining, allowing it to stay
firmly anchored in place.
 It possesses an absorptive surface which facilitates absorption of nutrients from the host.
1Qd. DIAGRAM OF TAPEWORM

Hook

Sucker

Neck

Froglittid

1Qe.

(i)
 Laver Flukes
 Planaria
 Blood fluke

(ii)

- Mistletole

- Yellow rattle

- Dodder

-Cuscuta

Q2a

(i) Housefly
(ii) Complete metamorphosis

Q2b.

(i) Phylum: Arthropoda


(ii) Class: Insecta

Q2c. (i)

 Presence of three body segmentation (the head, thorax, and abdomen)


 Presence of a hard, chitinous exoskeleton
 Has three pairs of jointed legs
2c(ii)

 Butterfly
 Cockroach

(iii)

 Arachnida
 Crustacea
 Myriapoda
 Diplopoda

Q2di.

A – Pupa stage

B – Adult stage

C – Eggs stage

D – Larva stage

(dii)

B – Contamination of food

D – use as bait for fishing

(2diii) D – Maggot

Q2e.
I – Antenna
II – Compound eye
III – Thorax
IV – Wing
V – Abdomen
VI – Jointed leg
2f.
(i) A – Pupa stage
(ii) C – Eggs stage
(iii) D – Larva stage
(iv) B - Adult stage
Q3a.

I – Sepal or remains of style V – Mesocarp

II – Locule VI – Seed

III – Mesocarp VII – Pappus

IV – Seed VIII – Fruit

Q3b.
Fruits Name of fruit Mode of dispersal of fruits
A Crotalaria or Cowpea Explosive dehiscence
B Drupe or Mango Animal consumption and
dispersal
C Coconut Water dispersal
D Cypsela or Tridax Wind dispersal

Q3c.
A - presence of sugtures which split opend to disperse seeds
B- has a fleshy, sweet outer layer attracting animals for consumption and dispersal.
C -Coconut has a fibrous husk and buoyant inner shell, aiding dispersal by water.
D - produces small, lightweight seeds with attached hairs for wind dispersal.

Q3d.

A - Marginal

B- Basal

C -Basal

Q3e.

(i) A – Cowpea
(ii) B – Mango
(iii) A – Cowpea
(iv) None
(v) C – Coconut
(vi) D – Tridax
(vii) A - Cowpea

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