BIOLOGY PRACTICAL Answers 2024
BIOLOGY PRACTICAL Answers 2024
BIOLOGY PRACTICAL Answers 2024
Q1a.
(i) Tapeworm
(aii)
II – Rostellum IV – Neck
(aiii)
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.
Phylum – Platyhelminthes
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.
Q2c. (i)
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
(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.
II – Locule VI – Seed
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