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BIOLOGY FORM 3,4 TERM 2

CAT 1 (THEORY)

JUNE, 2024 - 2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

(a) Write your name, admission number and school in the spaces provided above

(b) Sign and write the date of the examination in the spaces provided above

(c) Answer ALL the questions in the spaces provided on the question paper

(d) Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as

indicated and that no questions are missing.

(e) Candidates should answer the questions in English

FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY

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This paper consists of 11 printed pages

Answer all the questions in the spaces provided.

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1. During an experiment, it was found that germinating bean seeds released 9.0 cm3 of

Carbon (IV) Oxide while 8.8cm3 of Oxygen was consumed.

i) Calculate the RQ. (2 marks)

ii) Identify the respiratory substrate. (1 mark)

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2. Identify the parts of the mammalian heart that plays the following roles.

i) Slows down the heart beat. (1 mark)

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ii) Keeps the heart in position and checks on overstretching.

(1 mark)

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iii) Prevents backflow of blood during contraction of the ventricles. (2 marks)

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3. The cardiac muscles are said to be myogenic. What is the meaning of the term myogenic.

(1 mark)

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4. A student mixed a sample of urine from a patient with Benedict’s solution and boiled the

mixture.the colour changed to orange.

i) Name the food substance that was present in the urine. (1 mark)

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 ii) Identify the disease that the patient was suffering from

(1 mark)

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iii) Name the organ in the patient may not be functioning properly? (1 mark)

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5. Name three plant leaf excretory products. (3 mark)

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6. State three adaptations of gills to their function. (3mks)

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7. The diagram below shows a vertical section through a mammalian heart

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 i) Name the parts labeled A and B (2mks)

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ii) Give a reason why the wall of chamber C is thicker than chamber D. (2mks)

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(b) State how a guard cell is adapted to its function.

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8. List three applications of anaerobic respiration. (3mks)
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9. State the significance of sunken stomata in plants.
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10. Highlight three importance of transpiration in plants.
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11. Define the following terms. (2 mks)

(i) Excretion

(ii) Egestion

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12. (i) Tannins are excretory substances from a certain plant. Name the plant and give the use of
tannins. (2 mks)

Plant –

Use –

(6) The diagram below shows the structure of the mammalian skin ` ` ` `
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a) Name the parts labeled B and D. (2 mks.)

B–

D–

b) How is the part labeled D important to the body? (1 mk)

c) Explain how part A help in thermoregulation? (1 mks)

d) How does part B help in osmoregulation? (1mk)

13. (i) Define the term respiration? (1 mk)

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(ii) Distinguish between gaseous exchange and respiration. (2 mks)

14. Explain the meaning of the following terms. (3 mks)

(i) Respiration quotient

(ii) Oxygen debt

(ii) Basal metabolic rate.

15. State three structural differences between arteries and veins. (3 mks)

Arteries veins

16. Name three defect of the circulatory system in human beings. (3 mk)

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17. State three functions of the mammalian blood other than transport (3mks)

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18. State three characteristics features of an efficient respiratory surface (3mks)

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19. State three environmental factors that affect the rate of transpiration (3mks)

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20. Distinguish between guttation and transpiration (2mks)

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21. (a) Name the antigens that determine human blood groups ( 2 mks)

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(b) State the adaptation that enables the red blood cells to move in blood Capillaries ( 1mk)

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22. (a) what is a single circulatory system ( 1 mk)

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(b) Name an organism which has single circulatory system( 1mk)

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(c) Name the opening to the chamber of the heart of an insect( 1mk)

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23. Explain why is not advisable to be in a poorly ventilated room with a burning charcoal.
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24. The diagram below represents a transverse section of a young stem

a. Name the parts labeled A and B ( 3mks)

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b. State the functions of the parts labeled C, D and E ( 3mks)

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25. List the importance of water in plants ( 2mks)

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