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BIOLOGY
Paper 2
Jun/Jul 2015
2 Hours

MUKONO EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

Uganda Certificate of Education
BIOLOGY PRACTICAL
Paper 2
Time: 2 Hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
 This paper consists of three questions.
 Answer all questions.
 Drawings should be made in the spaces provided.
 Use sharp pencils for your drawings.
 Coloured pencils or Crayons should NOT be used.
 No additional sheets of writing paper are to be attached.
 Work on additional sheets will NOT be marked.

FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY

QUESTION MARKS EXAMINER’S SIGNATURE
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1. You are provided with a test tube and a boiling tube. Fill the boiling tube
and test tube with hot water at a temperature of 77oC and place the tubes
in a test tube rack.
a) Record the temperature of the water in each tube after every 5 minutes
for 20 minutes in table 1. (05marks)
Table 1
Temperature oC
Time
Boiling tube Test tube
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20
b) In the space provided, plot two graphs of temperature against time for
boiling tube and test tube using the same axes (08marks)

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c) From your graph, determine the average rate of cooling in the:
(i) Test tube (02marks)
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d) Explain changes in temperature for the boiling tube and test tube
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e) State:
(i) two ways by which heat is lost from the tubes. (02marks)
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(ii) one way of reducing heat loss from the tubes. (01marks)
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2. You are provided with specimens S and M which belong to the same class.
a) Giving three reasons, state the phylum of the specimens. (2 ½ marks)
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b) Using a hand lens, observe specimen M. State how the structure of the
head of M is suited for the habitat in which the specimen lives. (5marks)
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c) Observe the thorax of both specimens S and M and state the structural
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d) From your observation of specimen S, state the structural characteristics

which make the specimen suitable as a vector. (03marks)
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 e) In the space provided, draw and label the head of specimen M from the
anterior view. (06marks)

3. You are provided with specimen V, W, X, Y and Z which are plant organs.
a) (i) Which plant organ are the specimens? (01mark)
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 (ii) Outline two reasons for your answer in 3 a) (i) above. (02marks)
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b) Using observable features, state how the specimens are adapted to

perform their functions. (03marks)
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c) From the structure of specimen W, suggest the habitat it grows best and
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d) (i) Examine the petioles of the specimens and state three characteristics
of petiole of each specimen. (7 ½ marks)

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(ii) Using the characteristics of the petioles stated in d(i), construct a
dichotomous key to identify the specimens. (04marks)
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