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    STANDARD HIGH SCHOOL – ZZANA

    SENIOR THREE 553/1: BIOLOGY SET TWO 2020


    TIME: 1 Hour 40Minutes

    NAME…………………………………………………………….STREAM……...
    - Forward scanned answer sheets to [email protected]
    SECTION A (Circle the best Alternative)

    1. A diet most suitable for strengthening of teeth and bones should be rich in
    A. Iodine and Vitamin K
    B. Calcium and Vitamin D.
    C. Magnesium and Vitamin C.
    D. Iron and Vitamin B.
    2. Fig 1 shows the effect of relative humidity on transpiration rate.

    From the figure, transpiration rate,

    A. Increases with decreased relative humidity.


    B. Increases with increased relative humidity.
    C. Decreases with decreased relative humidity.
    D. Remains constant with increased relative humidity.
    3. The mode of nutrition used by spirogyra
    A. Is Heterotrophism
    B. Is autotrophism
    C. Is parasitism
    D. Is saprophytism
    4. What would happen to an enzyme if the temperature of its medium was
    increased to above 500C? The enzyme would be
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    A. Killed
    B. Activated
    C. Denatured
    D. Inactivated
    5. Which of the following cells in the leaf contain the least number of
    chloroplasts?
    A. Epidermal cells
    B. Palisade cells
    C. Guard cells
    D. Spongy mesophyll cells
    6. What is the normal blood sugar level in an adult person?
    A. 140mg/100cm3
    B. 100mg/100cm3
    C. 80mg/100cm3
    D. 90mg/100cm3
    7. A group of cells with similar structure and function form
    A. System
    B. Tissue
    C. Organism
    D. Organ system
    8. The following are all dry indehiscent fruits except?
    A. Achene
    B. Cypsela
    C. Follicle
    D. Nut
    9. When a plant cell is surrounded by a hypertonic solution, it loses water by
    osmosis. Its cytoplasm loses contact with cell wall. This sate of cell is
    termed:-
    A. Turgidity
    B. Plasmolysis
    C. Osmotic pressure
    D. Flaccidity
    10.Which one of the following substances are believed to contain no energy
    value?
    A. Fats
    B. Vitamins
    C. Carbohydrates
    D. Proteins

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    11.Insects and worms are the main diet of most frogs. This means that frogs are
    A. Carnvorous
    B. Omnivorous
    C. Insectivorous
    D. Parasitic
    12.Fig 2 below shows a section of fruit.

    Which one of the following is the type of placentation of the fruit shown
    above?
    A. Basal
    B. Axile
    C. Marginal
    D. Pariental
    13.A reaction that breaks down compounds by the addition of water is called:-
    A. Dehydration
    B. Endothermic
    C. Condensation
    D. Hydrolysis
    14.Which one of the following classes has the highest number of species?
    A. Crustacea
    B. Arachnida
    C. Insect
    D. Myriapoda
    15.Clay soil has a high water retention capacity because it
    A. Has small air spaces
    B. Contains little amount of humus
    C. Is sticky when wet.
    D. Has good capacity attraction.
    16.Which of the following groups of organisms usually colonise bare rock first?
    A. Grasses
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    B. Linchens
    C. Mosses
    D. Herbs
    17.Strips A, B, C and D of same size and shape were cut from a raw potato
    whose sap has a sugar concentration of 28%. The strips were then placed in
    sugar solution of different concentration as shown below.

    Strip Sugar concentration of solution (%)


    A 15
    B 25
    C 28.5
    D 48

    Which strip would be longest after 4 hours?


    A. A B. B C. C D. D
    18.The following conditions are all a result of deficiency of vitamins of the B
    group except:-
    A. Night blindness
    B. Beri beri
    C. Pellagra
    D. Pernicious anameria
    19.What is meant by nitrogen fixation?
    A. The changing of nitrates to nitrogen.
    B. The conversion of nitrites to nitrogen.
    C. Conversion of nitrogen to nitrates.
    D. The use of salts containing nitrogen by plants.
    20.Which one of the following enzymes is not found in the duodenum?
    A. Pepsin B. Trypsin C. Lipase D. Amylase

    SECTION B
    Write your answers in the spaces provided.
    21.(a) What is an enzyme?
    ………………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………………

    (b) State the factors that affect enzyme activity.

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    (i)
    ………………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………………
    (ii)……………………………………………………………………………
    ……………………………………………………………………………….
    (iii)……………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………………..
    (iv)……………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………………..
    (v)……………………………………………………………………………
    ……………………………………………………………………………….
    (c) Study the experimental set up in figure 3 below and answer the questions
    that follow.
    Fig 3

    (i) What is being investigated?


    …………………………………………………………………………
    …………………………………………………………………………
    (ii) Suggest what was observed in each of the test tube.
    A………………………………………………………………………
    B………………………………………………………………………
    C……………………………………………………………………….
    (iii) Explain the observation suggested in b(ii) above.
    A………………………………………………………………………
    …………………………………………………………………………
    B………………………………………………………………………
    …………………………………………………………………………
    C………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………..

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    22. S.3 Students carried out a practical as illustrated below. Study it carefully
    and answer the questions that follow.

    (a) What would be the suitable title for the above experiment?
    ……………………………………………………………………………
    ……………………………………………………………………………
    (b) The experiment was left to stand for two days. There was a change in A
    and no change in B.
    (i) How would you explain such a change in A and no change in B?
    ………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………
    (ii) What was solution S?
    ………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………
    (iii) What would be the best conclusion for their experiment?
    ………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………
    SECTION C
    23.(a) What is transpiration?
    (b)Outline the factors affecting the rate of transpiration.
    (c) Describe an experiment to show that more transpiration occurs in the
    lower epidermis than the upper epidermis than the upper epidermis of a plant
    leaf.
    END

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