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2. There are 60 multiple choice questions. Each question has 4 corresponding answers.
Choose only ONE answer and shade in the corresponding letter on the answer sheet
provided.
NAME: ________________________________________
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1. The relationship between which of the 6. Which of the following cell structures
following provides an example of are associated with energy transfer?
mutualism? I Chloroplast
a. Man and mosquito II mitochondrion
b. Hen and chick III nucleus
c. Dog and flea IV cell membrane
d. Cattle and egret a. I and II only
b. I and III only
2. Leguminous plants can contribute to c. II and III only
soil fertility because they d. II and IV only
a. Remove toxic substances
b. Contain nitrogen-fixing bacteria 7. Which of the following processes is
c. Add trace elements responsible for the movement of water
d. Maintain the moisture content out of a plant cell?
a. Filtration
3. The bush pig which has been observed b. Dehydration
to feed on a diet of plant roots as well c. Osmosis
as birds’ eggs, is d. Capillarity
a. A herbivore
b. A carnivore 8. How does oxygen pass out through the
c. An omnivore stomata of leaves?
d. A detritivore a. Diffusion
b. Evaporation
4. Which of the following is NOT c. Osmosis
indicated by the direction of arrows in d. Transpiration
a food chain
a. The direction of energy flow 9. The oxygen released during the
b. The amount of food each animal process of photosynthesis comes from
eats the
c. That plants start every food chain a. Carbon dioxide
d. The animals that are predators b. Water
c. Degraded glucose molecules
5. In multicellular organisms, cells d. Air spaces within the leaves
become different from one another in
order to carry out particular functions. 10. A mature plant cell is different from a
This is called mature animal cell because it has
a. Adaptation a. A large permanent vacuole
b. Selection b. Mitochondria
c. Specialization c. A nucleus in the cytoplasm
d. Evolution d. A cell membrane
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Glucose
Polypeptides
11. In which of the following cells of a
16. The aveoli of the lungs of a mammal
green leaf does photosynthesis occur?
a. Keep the lungs filled to capacity
I Phloem
continuously
II Palisade mesophyll
b. Serve to increase the absorptive
III Spongy mesophyll
surface of the lungs
IV Guard cells
c. Are filled with oxygen to keep
a. I, II and III only the lungs in an expanded state
b. I, III and IV only d. Prevent the lungs from collapsing
c. II and III only
d. I, II, III and IV
17. Which of the following would MOST
likely occur if enzymes were NOT
12. Plants give off oxygen in the day present in living cells?
because
a. Slow rate of reaction
a. Respiration does not take place b. High rate of reaction
b. Respiration takes place faster c. Reaction requiring higher
than photosynthesis temperatures
c. Photosynthesis takes place faster d. No reaction
than respiration
d. Transpiration takes place 18. A mixture of food gives the following
results on testing
13. Magnesium is an essential element for A purple colour with the biuret test
a. The formation of cell walls. A blue colour when heated with
b. The formation of chlorophyll. Benedict’s solution
c. The formation of proteins. A yellow colour with iodine
d. The process of cell division. A white emulsion with ethanol
What does the mixture contain?
14. One of the problems with nutrition for
a vegetarian is that a. Fat and protein
b. Protein and reducing sugar
a. Fats and oils are not produced
c. Reducing sugar and starch
by plants
d. Starch and fat
b. Large quantities of food are
needed to supply essential amino
Items 19 and 20 refer to the following
acids
enzymes found in the human digestive
c. Vitamins produced by plants
system
are of inferior quality
d. Large quantities of food are a. amylase
needed to supply essential minerals b. pepsin
c. lipase
15. What is the end product of digestion of d. trypsin
protein?
19. Which enzyme would work best in an
a. Amino acids
acid pH?
b. Fatty acids
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20. Which enzyme is concerned with the
breakdown of fat?
21. Which equation represents anaerobic respiration?
a. 6CO2 + 6H2O C6H12O6 + 6O2 + Energy
b. C6H12O6 + 6O2 6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy
c. C6H12O6 2C2H5OH + 2CO2 + Energy
d. 6C6H12O6 + 6O2 6CO2 + 6H2O + Energy
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22. The following diagrams are being used to b. The diaphragm muscles relax
demonstrate the action of a model of the c. The external intercostals muscles relax
human breathing system. d. The volume of the thorax decreases
Which diagram correctly indicates what
happens during exhalation?
a. b.
c. d.
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25. Which of the following are likely effects of
cigarette smoking?
Lung cancer
Inhibition of gaseous exchange
Addiction
IV. Hallucination
a. I and II only
b. I, II and III only
c. II, III and IV only
d. I, II, III and IV
27. The diagram shows a section of the a Valves present Valves absent
heart from the front. b Blood flows in Blood flows
pulses smoothly
c Have thick Have thin
muscular walls walls
d Blood low in Blood high in
CO2 CO2
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31. Which of the following are necessary 35. Which substances are found in the
for germination to take place? glomerular filtrate in the kidneys of a
mammal?
I. Air
II. Food supply Glucose Protein Salts
III. Light a
IV. Moisture b
a. I and II only c
b. III and IV only d
c. I, II and IV only
d. II, III and IV only 36. How is a working kidney dialysis machine
similar to a healthy kidney?
32. The following diagram shows an insect
a. It takes sugar molecules out of the
feeding on a plant.
blood
b. It regulates the concentration of the
blood
c. It deaminates amino acids to urea
d. It removes large molecules form the
blood
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39. The diagram shows a section through Item 41 refers to the diagram below.
human skin
Between which two parts is a ball and 43. The diagram shows a section of the brain.
socket joint formed?
a. 1 and 3
b. 1 and 5
c. 2 and 5
d. 3 and 4
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44. The diagram show the working 46. If an object is thrown towards you,
of a synapse between two your eyes blink. The receptors and
neurones effectors for this reflex action are
the
a. Retina and eyelid muscles
b. Retina and ciliary muscles
c. Pupil and eyelid muscles
d. Pupil and ciliary muscles
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47. The diagram shows a section
through the human eye.
Where will an image be
detected when a person looks
at an object?
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51. Refer to the following apparatus 52. The following are observations about a
shown below potato plant
I. There is one parent plant
II. The tubers are attached to the parent
plant
III. The tubers are genetically identical to
the parent plant
IV. The tuber store food
Which of these observations describe asexual
reproduction?
a. I and III
b. I and IV
c. II and III
The initial temperature of the beans was d. II and IV
noted and readings were taken at regular
intervals twice daily for four days. The data 53. The diagram shows the carpel of a flower
obtained were used to plot the graph below soon after pollination.
Temp./
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54. The diagrams show four different Items 56 and 57 refer to the following diagram of
fruits. a Tullgren funnel which is used for collecting
small soil animals
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58. What is an advantage of feeding a a. 1 and 2 b. 1 and 3
baby with bottled milk rather than c. 2 and 1 d. 2 and 3
breast milk?
60. The diagram shows part of the male
a. Breast milk contains antibodies
reproductive system and urinary system.
b. It is easier to keep the milk free
of pathogens
c. The baby’s intake of food can be
measured
d. The milk is always at the right
temperature
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