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ST.JAMES SS- DZAIPI.

COMPETENCE BASED CURRICULUM ASSESSMENT-2023.

S.3 BIOLOGY.

TIME: 2 HOURS.

INSTRUCTIONS

Answer all questions in section A and two from section B.

Neat handwriting is highly needed.
Any drawing must be done in HB sharp pencil.
SECTION A
1) A laboratory assistant accidentally poured common salt on grass and he
observed that over time, the grass dries up. Explain this observation in relation
to osmosis. (03 marks)
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b) Name any other two processes in which materials are moved in and out of the
cell (01 mark)
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 2a) A well-watered plant had one of its leaves covered with tinfoil. After three
days, the leaf was detached from the plant, boiled in water, decolourized with
ethanol and treated with iodine solution.
i) What was the aim of the experiment? (𝟎𝟏𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌)
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ii) What was the purpose of the tinfoil in the experiment? (𝟎𝟏𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌)
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b) Some areas of the leaf were stained black with iodine while others stained
brown. Name the substance that caused this black stain and explain.
Substance (𝟎1𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔)
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Explanation (02marks)
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c) Name the substance removed by ethanol. (01marks)

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3) The apparatus below is used to demonstrate the mechanism of gaseous in human

beings.

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 a) State the parts of the human breathing system that correspond to;
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ii) Bell jar……………………………………………..

iii) Balloons…………………………………………….

iv) Rubber sheet……………………………………… (02 marks)

b) The figure below shows a structure in the mammalian lung.

i) Describe how gaseous exchange occurs at the structure shown above. (03
mks)

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ii) Explain how the structure above is suited to perform its function

efficiently. (03 marks)

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iii) State two differences between the air that goes into the structure and that
which goes out of the structure. (02 marks)
Air that goes in Air that goes out

4) The following data was obtained by a student while determining the percentage
of humus in a given soil sample.
Weight of the crucible= 100g
Weight of the crucible containing fresh soil= 156g
Constant weight of the crucible containing soil after heating at 105oC= 143g
Constant weight of the crucible containing soil after heating to redness= 128g
Calculate;
(i) weight of the fresh Soil. (01 mark)

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(ii) Weight of dry soil. (01mark)
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(iii) Weight of the Humus. (01 mark)
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(iv) Percentage of humus in the soil sample. (02 marks
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(v) How can one identify a fertile soil (01 mark)

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b) The diagram shows part of the nitrogen cycle.

Name processes A to D in the space below. (4 marks)

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5) Some cells of living things perform unique functions
a) What is meant by the term modified cell? (01 mark)
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 b) Below are small modified cells of plants and animals

(i) Describe one way how each of the cell is adapted for its functions (08mark)
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c) Cells K and N are both found in plants. Describe how the two cells are
different from each other (01 mark)
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6. Below are some organisms belonging to same phylum

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 a) What name is given to the phylum to which the above animals belong. (01
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b) Describe three unique characteristics that define the above phylum (3 marks)

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c) Using only observable characteristics on the body surface, make a

dichotomous to identify these animals (03 mark)
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d) Explain the differences between the organisms in terms of their response to

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SECTION B
(ATTEMPT ANY TWO QUESTIONS)

7a) Describe the relationship between aerobic respiration and photosynthesis (04
mks)
(b) Explain the economic importance of anaerobic respiration (04mks)
(c) Under which conditions do organisms use anaerobic respiration? (03mks)
(d) How is the energy obtained from respiration used by the body? (04mks)

8. Excretion is a crucial process in organisms. In human beings it leads to the

formation of urine which comprises of both nitrogenous and non-nitrogenous
materials. The process of urine formation has two main processes i.e. ultra-
filtration and selective re absorption
(a) Describe the process of ultra-filtration (04mks)
(b) What is the main reason for selective reabsorption (02mks)
(c) Ultra-filtration leads to the formation of the renal filtrate (glomerular filtrate)
which contains many molecules. Some of these molecules are taken back to blood
while some are excreted in urine.
(i) Which molecules are taken back and how are they taken back to the blood
(03mks)
(ii) What is the importance of the re absorbed molecules to the body (02mks)
(iii)Which molecules are not filtered from the glomerulus and why? (02mks)
(d) Why is build-up of sweat and urinary places become smelly? (02mks)

9) Mr Kyaligonza’s lives on a diet, mainly comprising of meat and cassava. He lives

in the borderline of a huge national park, where he usually traps some small rodents
for his daily meal. Some of his children have got little education up to primary

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seven, though he has never been to school. The first-born child understands the role
of enzymes in breakdown of food.
a) What is meant by the term enzyme? (01 mark)

b) Describe the effect of temperature on enzymes (03marks)

c) Mention any other factors that affect the enzyme activity (04 marks)
d) Using Mr. Kyaligonza’s feeding, describe how his meal is digested
from the time he eats it to its final entry into the blood stream. (07 mark)

10a) How is the root hair adapted for absorption of water and mineral salts? (05
marks)
b) Why is circulation of blood important in human body? (7 marks)

c) Using your knowledge of blood transfusion, explain why it is not possible for a
person of blood group B to donate blood to one of blood group A. (3 marks).

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