Biology Paper 3 Supamojet 2015

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BIOLOGY
Paper 3
(PRACTICAL)
JULY/AUGUST 2015
1 ¾ HOURS
SUPAMO JET MOCK EXAMINATION

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
BIOLOGY
Paper 3
PRACTICAL
1 ¾ HOURS
Instructions to Candidates
a) Write your name, Admission and Index Numbers in the provided spaces.
b) Answer all the questions.
c) You are required to spend the first 15 minutes of the 1¾ hours allowed for this paper reading
the whole paper carefully before commending your work.
d) Answers MUST be written in the spaces provided in the question paper.
For Examiner’s use ONLY
QUESTION MAXIMUM SCORE CANDIDATE’S SCORE
1 15
2 14
3 11
TOTAL SCORE 40
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1. During an ecological tour, students collected animals some of which are shown below:-
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The teacher provided a dichotomous key (shown below) to enable them identify their family
names:-
Dichotomous keys.
1a With wings ………………………………………………………………………………………………… Go to 2
b Without wings ………………………………………………………………………………………….. Go to 3
2a With broad abdomen …………………………………………………………………………… Muscidae
b With slender abdomen…………………………………………………………………………… Anisoptera
3a With three pairs of legs…………………………………………………………………………… Go to 4
b With more than three pairs of legs………………………………………………………… Go to 5
4a With a constriction between the thorax and abdomen………………………… Formicidae
b Without a constriction between the thorax and abdomen Cimicidae
5a With antennae…………………………………………………………………………………… Go to 6
b Without antennae……………………………………………………………………………… Argasidae
6a Animal with carapace Cambaridae
b Animal with carapace Go to 7
7a Body dorso-ventrally flattened Lithobiidae
b Body cylindrical Spirostreptidae
a) Using the key provided above, identify the families of specimens. A, B, C, D, E and H.
(12 marks)
SPECIMEN IDENTITY STEPS
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b) Name the phylum to which the animals belong:- (1 mark)
c) Using observable features only, state two reasons for your answer in 9 (b) above.
(2 marks)
Q.2. You are provided with specimens labeled K and Q which were obtained from different
living organisms.
a) Examine specimen K carefully.
i) Name the agent of pollination of specimen K. (1 mark)
ii) How is the specimen adapted to its agent of pollination? (3 marks)
iii) Using mounting needle, place the specimen K on the white tile and carefully remove the
female part of the flower and make a well labeled drawing of the female part. (3 marks)
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b. Make a transverse section of the specimen labeled Q.
i) Draw and label the section. (5 marks)
ii) With a reason, what type of fruit is specimen Q? (2 marks)
Type of fruit ___________________________________________
Reason.
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Q.3. You are provided with specimen X push a cork borer through specimen X to remove
6 cylinders of potato tissue. Cut off one end of each cylinder. From the cut end measure
40 mm length and cut the cylinder of the extra length.
a) Record their lengths and the average length in the table below: - (1 mark)
Place three cylinders in the solution labeled S1. Place the other three in the solution
labeled S2. Allow the pieces to remain in the solutions for 30 minutes.
b) Remove the cylinders form the solutions, dry them with blotting paper and measure
their lengths. Record the final lengths and the averages in the table below:- (2 marks)
Potato Cylinder Original Length (cm) Length in S1 after 30 Length in S2 after 30

minutes minutes
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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Average
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c) Account for the results in (b) above. (6 marks)
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d.i) What would happen if potato cylinders in S2 had been boiled? (1 mark)
ii) Give a reason for your answer in d.i) above. (1 mark)

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NAME___________________________________________ADM.NO.__________INDEX NO.

SUPAMO JET MOCK EXAMINATION

b) Answer all the questions.

d) Answers MUST be written in the spaces provided in the question paper.

For Examiner’s use ONLY

QUESTION MAXIMUM SCORE CANDIDATE’S SCORE

1a With wings ………………………………………………………………………………………………… Go to 2

b Without wings ………………………………………………………………………………………….. Go to 3

2a With broad abdomen …………………………………………………………………………… Muscidae

b With slender abdomen…………………………………………………………………………… Anisoptera

3a With three pairs of legs…………………………………………………………………………… Go to 4

b With more than three pairs of legs………………………………………………………… Go to 5

4a With a constriction between the thorax and abdomen………………………… Formicidae

b Without a constriction between the thorax and abdomen Cimicidae

b Without antennae……………………………………………………………………………… Argasidae

6a Animal with carapace Cambaridae

b Animal with carapace Go to 7

7a Body dorso-ventrally flattened Lithobiidae

b Body cylindrical Spirostreptidae

SPECIMEN IDENTITY STEPS

a) Examine specimen K carefully.

i) Name the agent of pollination of specimen K. (1 mark)

ii) How is the specimen adapted to its agent of pollination? (3 marks)

i) Draw and label the section. (5 marks)

ii) With a reason, what type of fruit is specimen Q? (2 marks)

Type of fruit ___________________________________________

Potato Cylinder Original Length (cm) Length in S1 after 30 Length in S2 after 30

c) Account for the results in (b) above. (6 marks)

ii) Give a reason for your answer in d.i) above. (1 mark)

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