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Duration : 2 hours
1. This examination has TWO (2) sections – A and B, and comprises SIX (6) printed
pages.
3. Answer all questions in section A. Indicate your answers on the answer paper
provided. Each question carries 2 marks. Marks will not be deducted for wrong
answers.
4. Answer any THREE (3) questions in section B. Write your answers on the answer
paper provided. Begin each question with a fresh sheet of paper. Write the
question number clearly. Each question carries 20 marks.
5. At the end of the examination, attach the cover paper on top of your answer
script. Complete the information required on the cover page and tie the papers
together with the string provided.
6. Do not take any paper, including the question paper and unused answer paper,
out of the examination hall.
SECTION A (40 Marks)
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6. Chlorophylls are plant pigments that absorb light optimally in the
(a) green and yellow wavelengths.
(b) green and blue wavelengths.
(c) blue and red wavelengths.
(d) blue and infrared wavelengths.
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12. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
(a) Most of the energy in an animal comes from the aerobic
breakdown of carbohydrates.
(b) In all respiratory systems of animals, the exchange of gases
needs a lot of energy.
(c) In the respiratory systems of animals, gases cannot be
transported in the gaseous form.
(d) Seals have more heamoglobin than humans.
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17. Most of our important crop plants come from the _________ family of
plants.
(a) grass
(b) orchid
(c) rose
(d) bromeliad
19. Impulses can travel very rapidly along the nerves in our leg muscles
because
(a) there is a high concentration of sodium ions inside these nerve
cells.
(b) there is a high concentration of chloride ions inside these nerve
cells.
(c) the nerve cells contain a high concentration of calcium ions.
(d) the nerves are insulated by thick myelin sheaths.
20. You have to weigh out 155 mg of sodium bicarbonate salt for an
experiment on photosynthesis. Your weighing machine shows weight
in terms of g (grams) only. How many g of sodium bicarbonate
powder do you need to weight out?
(a) 155 g
(b) 15.5 g
(c) 1.55 g
(d) 0.155 g
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SECTION B (60 Marks)
Answer not more than THREE (3) questions in this section. Each question carries 20 marks.
5. What does the term ‘biological nitrogen fixation’ mean? Describe how
plants fix nitrogen.
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