NACHINGWEA DISTRIC COUNCIL

AMANDUS CHINGUILE SECONDARY SCHOOL

FORM ONE TERMINAL EXAMINATION

BIOLOGY

INSTRUCTIONS
1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of ten (10) questions.
2. Answer all questions in sections A, B and C.
3. Section A carries 16 marks section B carries 70 marks and section C carries14
marks
4. All writings must blue or black ink except for diagrams which must be drawn in pencil.

SECTION A (16)

1: Choose the most correct answer

i. Which of the following fields of study is not related to Biology?

A. Agriculture B. Astrology C. Medicine D. Nutrition

ii. The branch of biology deals with microbes is called:

A. Zoology B. Microbiology C. Botany D. Cytology

iii.Which of the following is one of the main branches of biology?

A.Agriculture B. Anthropology C. Sociology D .Botany

iv. A scientist who discover the cell is

A. Jakaya Kikwete B. Robert Hooke C. Carl Linnaeus D. Anthony Davis

v. Which of the following is the functional unit of life?

A. Organ B .cell C. System D. Tissue

A. Amoeba B. Bacteria C. Plants D. Paramecium

Vii.one of the following is not a characteristic of prokaryotic cells.

A. They have no nuclear membrane B. They reproduce by binary fission

C. They have circular DNA D. They have mitochondria

Viii. A person who deals with the study of plants is:

A: Botany B. Biologist C. Scientist D. Botanist

ix. Microscope is an instrument used to see:

A: Small particles B. Small things that cannot be seen with naked eyes

C. Basic unit of life D. Sensitivity

x. The study of structure and function of cells

A. Ecology B. Cytology C. Anatomy D. Genetics

2. Match the following items in A with its corresponding item in column B

LIST A LIST B

i. Kingdoms A. Classification

ii.Classification ranks B. Carl Linnaeus

iii. Maize plants C. Order, family, genus

iv.scientific naming D. Binomial nomenclature

v. Farther of classification E. Zea mays

vi. Human being F. Homo sapiens

G. monera , Animalia, plantae

3. a) Starting from highest rank, outline the hierarchial ranks of classification

b) Explain why a chicken and a duck cannot interbreed even if they are kept in the
same coop.

4. Living things have seven main characteristic. Identify the characteristic responding to
each of the following sentence.
i. All living things have to take in food around them to continue living
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ii. Living things have to get waste out of their bodies in some ways
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iii. Living things respond to things like light, touch and sound……………………………
iv. Living things always reproduce. For example, humans have babies; plants make
seeds which produce new plants………………………………….
v. Living things take in and give out air …………………………………….

5. a) Identify five life process that occur in all living things that make them different from
non-living things
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(b) “Teaching Biology in secondary school is the wastage of time” do you agree?
Support your side with six (6) points.
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6. Zubeda and Bertha were taught by their Biology teacher that Biology has good
relationship with other subjects. By using five (5) subjects briefly explain the relationship
between Biology and those subjects.
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7. Draw the well labelled diagram of plant cell and animal cell

8. Define the following terms

i. Biology …………………………………………………………………………………………

ii.Classification…………………………………………………………………………………

iii.Cell………………………………………………………………………………………………

iv.Ecology…………………………………………………………………………………………
v.zoology …………………………………………………………………………………………

vi. Botany…………………………………………………………………………………………

9. Differentiate animal cell from plant cell (5 [points)

SECTION C (14)

10. AS a biologist explain the rules of giving scientific name to an organism