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NAMIBIA SENIOR SECONDARY CERTIFICATE

BIOLOGY ORDINARY LEVEL 6116/3

PAPER 3 Alternative to Practical 1 hour 15 minutes
Marks 40 2022

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1 Fig. 1.1 shows a photograph of an insect. The actual length of this insect is 1.3 cm. Use

thorax

abdomen

Fig. 1.1

(a)  (i) Make a large labelled drawing of the head of this insect.

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(ii) Calculate the ratio of the length of the thorax to the length of the
abdomen in Fig. 1.1.

length of thorax ...........................................

length of abdomen ......................................

ratio ............................................................. [2]

(iii) Calculate the magnification of the photograph of the insect in Fig.1.1.

Include the formula used.

magnification ............................... [3]

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(b) Identify one feature of arthropods in Fig. 1.1 which helps prevent water Use
loss from an insect body.

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2 Fig. 2.1 shows an apparatus that was set up by groups of students. Use

damp red litmus paper

1 2 3 4 5 6
4 cm

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SCALE
cotton wool soaked in
rubber bung ammonia solution glass tube

Fig. 2.1

A glass tube was set up by some students with small squares of damp red litmus
paper spaced at 4 cm intervals along its length as shown in Fig. 2.1. Ammonia
solution was added to some cotton wool and a pin was used to place the cotton
wool on a rubber bung which was placed at one end of the glass tube. The other
end was already closed by a rubber bung.

Ammonia solution gives off ammonia gas which is alkaline. This changes the
colour of the litmus paper to blue. The time taken for each of the pieces of red
litmus papers 1 to 6, to go blue after the cotton wool was placed into the tube was
recorded.

The experiment was carried out three times using separate tubes and three
different concentrations of ammonia. The results are shown in Table 2.1.

Table 2.1

concentration of time taken for the litmus paper to

ammonia solution change colour/seconds
4 cm 8 cm 12 cm 16 cm 20 cm 24 cm
low 7 13 19 26 32 37
medium 3 7 10 13 16 20
high 1 5 7 9 11 13

(a) Explain why the pieces of litmus paper changed one after another along
the tube.

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(b) On the grid below, plot the data shown in Table 2.1 for the low and high Use
concentrations of ammonia, as two curves on one set of axes.

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(c) Describe the results shown by the graph.

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(d) Use the results for the medium concentration of ammonia to calculate the
rate of diffusion of the ammonia as it travels between litmus papers at 4 cm
and 24 cm. Show your working.

Answer ..................................... cm/s [2]

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3 The apparatus shown in Fig. 3.1 was used to find out if nitrate ions helped plants Use
to grow.

seedling

air

black paper covering flask

solution containing nitrate ions

Fig. 3.1

(a) Give reasons why

(i) the solution have air bubbled through it,

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(ii) the apparatus was covered in black paper.

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A similar apparatus was set up in which distilled water was used in the place of Use
nitrate ion solution.
(b) Fig.3.2 shows the two plants A and B. One of these plants has been
grown in a solution containing nitrate ions and the other in distilled water.
A B

Fig. 3.2

(i) Identify with reasons the plant which was grown in a solution without
nitrate ions.

plant .......................................................................................................

reasons...................................................................................................

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(ii) Suggest how the results of the investigation can be made more reliable.

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(iii) Name two factors that should be kept the same for both plants during
the investigation.

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2..............................................................................................................

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4 Fig. 4.1 shows the apparatus used to demonstrate that carbon dioxide is Use
necessary for photosynthesis.

C D

bell
jar

potassium hydroxide

Fig. 4.1

(a) Explain why potassium hydroxide was used.

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(b) The two potted plants were initially placed in a dark cupboard for 24 hours
before they were placed in the bell jars. Give a reason for this step.

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(c) Explain the need for a control in an experiment.

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(d) Outline the practical procedure to be followed to decide whether the leaves
from plant C and D contained starch.

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(e) Suggest the results, explanation and conclusion for this experiment. Use

result .............................................................................................................

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explanation ...................................................................................................

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conclusion......................................................................................................

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