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CANDIDATES SIGN.
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231/1
BIOLOGY
PAPER 1
JULY/AUGUST 2013
TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
Maximum score
1-29
80
Candidates score
This paper consists of 7 printed pages. Candidates should check to ascertain that all papers are printed as indicated and that no
questions are missing
Form Four 1
Biology 1
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Study the structure drawn below and answer the question that follows.
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State the effect that will have on the quality of urine produced by the rat.
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The lungs and ileum are adapted for absorption. State three features they have in common which
facilitates absorption.
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Form Four 2
Biology 1
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Explain why food is stored in an insoluble form in the cells of living organisms.
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Name the site where gaseous exchange takes place in terrestrial plants.
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Sunken stomata
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Leaf drooping
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An animal was found to have a large glomeruli and short loop of henles.
Account for the presence of:
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Large glomeruli.
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Form Four 3
Biology 1
13.
The diagram below represents a set-up that was used to investigate a certain process in a plant.
Gas
Test tube
Sunlight
Elodea
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Primary growth.
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Secondary growth .
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Using diagram similar to the one above, illustrate the changes that the above chromosome would
undergo if the following mutation occurred on gene C and D
(a) Deletion
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Muhoroni District 2013
Form Four 4
Biology 1
(b) Inversion
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(c) Duplication
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State two ways in which genetic engineering is applied in the field of medicine.
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Form Four 5
Biology 1
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Colour vision.
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A person was not able to see far objects clearly but could view near objects clearly. Name the
eye defect the person had.
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Active transport
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Luteinising hormone.
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Oxytocin.
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Progesterone.
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An organelle was magnified 800 times by an electron microscope. Its diameter was 2 millimeters.
Calculate the actual diameter in micrometers.
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The scientific name for a domestic cat is felis Catus. Outline the rule that were never followed in
writing the name.
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Form Four 7
Biology 1