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ASJA BOYS’ COLLEGE CHARLIEVILLE

END OF TERM EXAMINATION

TERM 1 /FORM 5FK


BIOLOGY
December 2010
Paper 01 - General proficiency
75 minutes

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1. Candidates MUST attempt ALL questions on this paper

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.

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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.

23. Which feature of alveoli decreases the


distance over which oxygen and carbon
dioxide molecules diffuse?
a. Each alveolus has a large blood supply.
b. Each alveolus is only 0.1-0.2 mm in
diameter.
c. There are approximately 150 million
alveoli in each lung.
d. The walls of the alveoli are only one cell
thick.

24. Which of the following does NOT occur


when an animal breathes out?
a. The pressure in the thorax decreases

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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

26. The diagram below shows the location of


some major endocrine glands in humans.
The secretion from which of these glands
would be associated with preparation of the
body for rapid escape from danger?

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

29. The valve between the left atrium and left


ventricle is called the
a. pulmonary semi-lunar valve
b. aortic semi-lunar valve
Which blood vessels carry oxygenated c. tricuspid valve
blood? d. bicuspid valve
a. 2 only b. 1 and 3 30. The process responsible for the movement
c. 4 only d. 3 and 4 of water upwards in xylem vessels is
28. Which of the following comparisons a. Evaporation
between arteries and veins is NOT b. Transpiration pull
correct? c. Osmosis
d. Active transport
Arteries Veins

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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

37. Which of the following functions are


performed by a rib?
I Blood formation
The insect MOST likely obtains its II Protection
nutrients from the III Locomotion
a. Cambium IV Support
b. Epidermis a. I and II only
c. Phloem b. I and IV only
d. Xylem c. II and III only
d. I, II and IV only
33. When a complete ring of bark is
removed from the trunk of a tree, it 38. Which organ controls the concentration of
will eventually die because this action sugar in the blood?
cuts off the supply of a. Brain
a. Mineral salts to the leaves. b. Kidney
b. Nutrients to the roots. c. Pancreas
c. Oxygen to the roots. d. Stomach
d. Water to the leaves.

34. The ureter carries urine from the


a. Kidney to bladder
b. Collecting tubule to the pelvis
c. Nephron to the collecting tubule
d. Bladder out of the body

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39. The diagram shows a section through Item 41 refers to the diagram below.
human skin

41. The stem at Q is turned upward because


a. auxins accumulated on the lower side
of the shoot
b. the tip can only grow if it is pointing
upwards
Which two structures help to increase c. auxins accumulated on the upper side
heat loss from the body? of the shoot
a. 1 and 2 d. it was attracted to light
b. 2 and 3
c. 3 and 4 42. A finger that touches a hot object is quickly
d. 4 and 5 taken away from the source of heat.
What is the role of relay neurones in this
40. The diagram shows three bones from response?
the forelimb of a mammal.
a. To carry nerve impulses within the
spinal cord
b. To generate impulses in the receptors
of the finger
c. To link the sense organs to the sensory
neurons
d. To pass nerve impulses out to the
neurones

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

In the diagram, which part produces


hormones?

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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

What do the arrows 1 and 2


represent?
1 2
a. Chemic Slow acting
al hormone
transmit
ter
b. Chemic Chemical
al transmitter
transmit
ter
c. Nerve Chemical
impulse transmitter
d. Nerve Slow acting
impulse hormone

45. In a reflex action, after the


hand touches a hot object,
what is the role of the brain?
Receives Initiates the
informati withdrawal
on response
a.  
b.  
c.  
d.  

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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?

48. The eye is sometimes referred to as an


effector organ because
a. The pupil constricts in the
presence of bright light
b. The rods and cones are
stimulated by light
c. Images which fall on the retina
are sent to the brain
d. Neurons from the eye lead to the
central nervous system

49. What happens to these structures when


focussing on an object near the eye?
Ciliary Suspensory
muscles ligaments
a. Contract Tighter
b. Contract Looser
c. Relax Tighter
d. Relax Looser

50. Which of the following statements


confirms that the coconut is a fruit?
a. It can be eaten
b. It is dispersed by water
c. It has a plumule and a radicle
d. It has a three layered pericarp

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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./
0
C 60

50

40

30

20

10

0
0

0
00

00

00

00
:0

:0

:0

:0
9:

3:

9:

3:
15

21

15

21

Time (hr) What are the labelled structures?


X Y Z
a. Ovule Stigma Filament
The increase in temperature in the vessel is b Ovule Stamen Pollen
BEST explained by the fact that the seeds . tube
are c. Pollen Stigma Pollen
a. numerous grain tube
b. placed close together d Pollen Stamen Filament
c. taking in water . grain
d. using their food stores

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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

Which two fruits are dispersed by


animals?
a. 1 and 2 b. 1 and 3
c. 2 and 4 d. 3 and 4

55. The diagram shows a section through a


56. The purpose of the light bulb is to
fruit containing a seed
a. Enable the investigator to see the small
organisms
b. Provide warmth for the soil organisms
c. Drive animals to the base of the funnel
d. Keep the alcohol at a constant
temperature

57. Which of the following explains why the


apparatus works well?
I soil organisms show a positive
response to gravity
What are the labelled parts? II soil organisms show a negative
response to light
1 2 3 4 III soil organisms are killed by alcohol
a. cotyledon radicle pericarp testa IV soil organisms move away from dry
b. cotyledon radicle testa pericarp areas
c. radicle cotyledon pericarp testa a. I and II only
d. radicle cotyledon testa pericarp b. III and IV only
c. I, II and III only
d. II, III and IV only

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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

59. The diagram shows the female


reproductive system.

A cut is made at X on both sides of the body


and the tubes are sealed. Which process would
be prevented?
a. fertilisation b. meiosis
c. ovulation d. urination
In which parts are the eggs and the
zygote formed respectively?

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