DRILL 2

SCIENCE 55

1 (a) (i) The diagram below shows a few types of plants.

What are the similarities between the plants shown above? Tick () in the
boxes provided.
These plants have true roots, stems and leaves
These plants reproduce by seeds
These plants produce cones and seeds
[2 marks]
(ii) Which class do the plants shown above belong to? Write TRUE of FALSE in
the boxes provided.
Flowering plants Non-flowering
plants
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(b) Which of the following plants have network veins? Tick () in the boxes provided.

Balsam Hibiscus Sugar

cane
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2 (a) Match the terms with the correct definitions.
Terms Definition
Species Consists of several communities that interact
with one another and the environment
Population The organisms which are the same in shape and
structure and they can breed together
Ecosystem A group of organisms of the same type that live
together in a habitat.
[3 marks]
(b) The diagram below shows the interaction between two organisms. Write mutualism,
commensalism or parasitism in the boxes provided.

[3 marks]

3 (a)

Diagram 3.1

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Diagram 3.1 above, shows sugar cane and maize plant that are herbaceous plants.
Both plants have prop roots.
Why do these plants have prop roots?
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(b)

Diagram 3.2
Diagram 3.2 shows a tapeworm
(i) How do tapeworms obtain their support in the human intestine?
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(ii) The Diagram 3.3 below shows the human intestines where tapeworm lives.

Diagram 3.3
Explain the interaction between tapeworm and human.
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4 The diagram below shows some of the organs involved in digestion.
(a) (i) Organ Q of a person is removed because of a disease, what class of food
should the person avoid taking?
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[1 mark]
(ii) Give one reason for your answer in (a) (i).
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(iii) Name organ Q.
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(b) Organ P is stomach. Name the enzymes that are involved in digestion and its end
products?
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[3 marks]
5 Diagram 5.1 shows the apparatus set-up to study the composition of water

Diagram 5.1
(a) (i) At the end of the experiment, name the gases collected in the boiling tube P
and Q
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(ii) State the test to identity the gas collected in the boiling tube P and Q.
Boiling tube P :
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Boiling tube Q :
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(b) Name the process in Diagram 5.1.
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[1 mark]
(c) Based on the experiment, why is water classified as a compound?

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6 Diagram 2.1 shows four legs chair found in the laboratory

(a) State two ways to make the chair more stable.

(b) Explain why table fan look stable even their position is high
(c) How can you feels stable when you stand in the moving bas ?