PACE COLLEGE 2022

MIDYEAR EXAMS
FORM 3 BIOLOGY PAPER 1
1 Why does the energy needed by a human increase during the first ten years of life?

A Coordination and responses improve.

B Energy is needed for gamete formation.
C The body is growing.
D The diet is more balanced.

2 Which feature is characteristic of both annelids and arthropods?

A compound eyes
B jointed limbs
C segmented bodies
D wings

3 Which features do animal cells share with plant cells?

chloroplast cytoplasm nucleus

A



B


C 


D   

4 The diagram shows an animal.

Use the key to identify the animal.

1 wings present ........................................ go to 2

wings absent ......................................... go to 3
2 one pair of wings visible ........................ A
two pairs of wings visible ....................... B
3 three pairs of legs .................................. C
four pairs of legs .................................... D
5 Which pair of statements about a plant cell is correct?

outer surface of the cell position of sap vacuole

A cell membrane outside the cytoplasm

B cell membrane surrounded by the cytoplasm
C cell wall outside the cytoplasm
D cell wall surrounded by the cytoplasm

6 The diagram shows a cell.

Which structure is not present?

A cell membrane
B cell wall
C cytoplasm
D nucleus
7 The diagram shows a section through a root.

P
Q

What are the levels of organisation of the labelled structures?

cell organ tissue

A P Q R
B P R Q
C Q R P
D R Q P

8 Which structures contain a cell nucleus?

red blood cell root hair cell xylem vessel

A    key
B    = nucleus
C    = no nucleus
D   
9 The diagram shows a cell.

Which type of cell does the diagram show?

A an animal cell in a concentrated solution of salts

B an animal cell in pure water
C a plant cell in a concentrated solution of salts
D a plant cell in pure water

10 Two identical cylinders, 40 mm long, are cut from a potato. One (W) is placed in water and the
other (X) is placed in a concentrated sugar solution.

What are the lengths of the cylinders after two hours?

length of cylinder / mm
W X

A 38 40
B 38 42
C 40 42
D 42 38

11 What is a characteristic of all catalysts?

A They are broken down in the reaction.

B They are made of protein.
C They are not changed by the reaction.
D They do not change the rate of the reaction.
12 The bar chart shows the average number of chloroplasts in each of three different types of leaf
cell.

average number
of chloroplasts
in each cell

1 2 3
type of cell

What are the three types of cell?

1 2 3
A guard cell palisade mesophyll spongy mesophyll
cell cell
B palisade mesophyll spongy mesophyll guard cell
cell cell
C spongy mesophyll guard cell palisade mesophyll
cell cell
D spongy mesophyll palisade mesophyll guard cell
cell cell
13 The diagram shows two food tests carried out on solution X.

test 1 test 2

biuret Benedict’s
solution solution
red
colour

heat

solution X purple solution X

colour

Which nutrients are present in solution X?

A protein and starch

B protein and sugar
C starch and fat
D starch and sugar

14 A person has their gall bladder removed.

Which statement is correct?

A They cannot eat carbohydrates.

B They can eat fat only in small amounts.
C They can eat only liquid food.
D They must not eat more than one large meal a day.

15 Which blood vessel contains valves?

A arteriole
B capillary
C renal artery
D renal vein
16 When blood is flowing through a vena cava, which main blood vessel will it flow through next?

A hepatic portal vein

B hepatic vein
C pulmonary artery
D pulmonary vein

17 How does insulin move from the pancreas, where it is produced, to the cell where it acts?

A along nerves
B in the blood
C through the digestive system
D through the pancreatic duct

18 The graph shows the energy released by two animals through respiration as the external
temperature changes.

20

animal 2

15

rate of
energy released 10
/ arbitrary units animal 1

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60

external temperature / °C

Which conclusion can be drawn from the graph?

A Animals 1 and 2 release the least energy at 23 °C.

B Animal 2 always respires faster than animal 1.
C As the temperature rises, respiration always increases.

D The rate of respiration is the same for both animals at 23 °C.

19 The graph shows changes in the volume of air in the lungs of a person at rest, over a period of 30
seconds.

2
volume
of air in
lungs 1
/ dm3
0
0 30
time / s

Which graph shows changes in the volume of air in the lungs of the same person immediately
after they have done five minutes of vigorous exercise?

A B

2 2
volume volume
of air in of air in
lungs 1 lungs 1
/ dm3 / dm3
0 0
0 30 0 30
time / s time / s

C D

2 2
volume volume
of air in of air in
lungs 1 lungs 1
/ dm3 / dm3
0 0
0 30 0 30
time / s time / s
20 Four word equations are shown.

P carbon dioxide + water → glucose + oxygen

Q glucose + oxygen → carbon dioxide + water

R glucose → lactic acid

S glucose → alcohol + carbon dioxide

What are the equations for anaerobic respiration in humans and anaerobic respiration in yeast?

anaerobic anaerobic
respiration respiration
in humans in yeast

A Q P
B Q S
C R P
D R S

21 Which organs remove excretory products from the blood?

A bladder and liver

B bladder and lungs
C kidneys and bladder
D lungs and kidneys