END OF TERM EXAMINATION

BIOLOGY
DURATION: 1 ½ HOURS
NAME: ____________________________________________

FORM CLASS: ______________________________________

TEACHER; _________________________________________

DATE: _____________________________________________

INSTRUCTION: This paper consists of two sections: SECTION A and B. Attempt ALL
questions in both sections.

SECTION SECTION B

Knowledge and

comprehension (KC)
/20

Use of Knowledge /24

(UK)

Experimental skills /6
(XS)

Total Marks /20 /30 /50 %

Received

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 SECTION A

Each question has four choices. Read each question carefully and select the correct
answer and indicate by CIRCLING the corresponding letter. Any answer that is not
circled WILL NOT BE MARKED.

1. Which of the following pairs of phrase does NOT distinguish between plant and
animals cells?

Plants Cells Animals Cells

(a) Have chloroplast Do not have chloroplasts

(b) Contain large vacuole Have few vacuoles
(c) Have no cell membrane Have cell membrane
(d) Contain cellulose cell walls Do not have cellulose cell walls

2. Which of the following instruments would you use to look closely at the
structures of plant cells?

(a) Stethoscope (b) Microscope

(c) Telescope (d) Binocular

3. Tissues are groups of:

(a) similar cells doing the same job

(b) different cells doing the same job
(c) similar cells doing different jobs
(d) different cells doing different jobs

4. The part of the cell that is said to be fully permeable is the

(a) nucleus (b) cell membrane

(c) cell wall (d) cytoplasm

5. The widening of the hips in teenagers during puberty is an example of which

characteristics

(a) Growth (b) sensitivity

(c) Development (d) reproduction

6. Which of the following best describes the study of Biology?

(a) The study of living and non-living things

(b) The study of organisms
(c) The study of non-living
(d) The study of the environment
7. Which of the following is defined by the power to respond to a stimulus?

(a) Excretion (b) Irritability

(c) Nutrition (d) Reproduction

8. Photosynthesis in plants is an example of

(a) breathing (b) secretion

(c) locomotion (d) nutrition

9. Which of the following can only reproduce in living cells?

(a) algae (b) bacteria

(c) fungi (d) virus

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10. Which cell parts contain the most ATP?

(a) chromosomes (b) cell membrane

(c) mitochondria (d) ribosome

11. The process by which energy is released from glucose and oxygen is called ____

(a) osmosis (b) diffusion

(c) photosynthesis (d) respiration

12. Which of the following is a tissue?

(a) arm (b) blood

(c) brain (d) heart

13. Which cell organelles make protein?

(a) mitochondria (b) nucleus

(c) ribosome (d) vacuoles

14. Which structure is responsible for controlling the substances that enters the cell?

(a) cell wall (b) nucleus

(c) cell surface membrane (d) vacuole

15. The vacuoles of plants cells contain

i. chloroplast ii. water iii. salts iv. starch grains

(a) i, ii and iii only (b) ii and iii only

(c) ii and iv only (d) i, iii and iv only

16. All living organisms carry out certain activities which make them different from
inanimate objects.
Which one of the following lists shows three activities of all living organisms?

(a) Movement, decay, synthesis

(b) Respiration, nutrition, preservation
(c) Exercise, irritability, metabolism
(d) Reproduction, excretion, growth

17. Which is a feature of all viruses but not all bacteria?

(a) contain RNA (b) contain enzymes

(c) contain protein (d) are parasites

18. The basic unit to which an organism can be classified is called a

(a) phylum (b) species

(c) genus (d) family

19. This man came up with the Binomial naming system used in Biology today

(a) Carl Marx (b) Carl Roberts

(c) Max Linnaeus (d) Carl Linnaeus

20. The Binomial system makes use of these two names

(a) Family and species (b) genus and species

(c) Class and species (d) family and genus

(20 marks [KC])

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 SECTION B

Answer all the questions in this section in the spaces provided.

1. (I) Each of the following statements describes characteristics of a particular group of

living things. After reading the example, identify the group described.
Example: The organism has a constant body temperature, forelimbs adapted
for wings, a backbone, lays shelled eggs. It is a BIRD.

(ARACHNID, MAMMAL, BACTERIUM, INSECT, FISH)

(a) Has no backbone, three parts to its body and six jointed legs.___________

(b) Has a backbone, gills, no legs, lay many eggs. ______________________

(c) Has hair, a constant body temperature, suckles its young.______________

(d) Has no backbone, two parts to its body, eight jointed legs._____________

(e) Has a body made up of only one cell, no nucleus. ___________________

(5 marks) [UK]

1. (II) Susana, a curious Grade 8 student, wants to know about scientific names, so she set
about collecting some. She wrote this in her book “homo sapiens”. Her teacher
says it is not written properly. Use your knowledge of writing scientific names and
help Susana by rewriting it correctly in the space below and then identify which
part of the name is the genus and which part is the species.

(4 marks [UK])

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1. (III) Use the following visible features to classify the organisms below: number of legs
and body segments (6 marks) [UK]

A B C

D E F

Organisms Number of legs Number of body

segments
A
B
C
D
E
F

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2. The diagrams below show demonstrations of two simple processes.

DIAGRAMS SHOWING TWO SIMPLE PROCESSES.

(a) Name the processes demonstrated at A and B.

A ______________________________________________________

B ______________________________________________________
(2 marks [UK])

(b) (i) State two changes visible in B after one hour.

1.____________________________________________________

2.____________________________________________________
(2 marks [UK])

(ii) Explain FULLY how the change in A and B are brought about.

A. _________________________________________________________
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_________________________________________________________
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B. _________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
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(6 marks [XS])
(iii) List two (2) ways in which process A differs from process B above.
____________________________________________________________
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(2 marks [UK])

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 (iv) Say what process is responsible for each of the following:

(3 marks [UK])

X. Movement of oxygen into the lungs. ___________________

Y. Movement of water into plant roots. ___________________
Z Movement of water from inside a June plum when salt is added _____________

END OF EXAMINATION!!
TOTAL = 50 MARKS

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