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CSEC Biology June 2011 P1 PDF
CSEC Biology June 2011 P1 PDF
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1. This test consists of 60 items. You will have 75 minutes to answer them.
3. Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item
you are about to answer and decide which choice is best.
4. On your answer sheet, find the number which corresponds to your item and shade the space
having the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look at the sample item below.
I Sample Item
The best answer to this item is "Anaemia", so answer space (D) has been shaded.
5. If you want to change your answer, erase it completely and fill in your new choice.
6. When you are told to begin, turn the page and work as quickly and as carefully as you can.
If you cannot answer an item, omit it and go on to the next one. Your score will be the total
number of correct answers.
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Item 2 refers to the following animals
which were classified using the visible 3. Which of the following pairs of organisms
characteristics listed below. is at the same trophic level?
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I. Shape.
t& ~ (A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Beetle, caterpillar
Dog, beetle
Bird, rabbit
Dog, rabbit
IL Number of wings
III. Number of legs 4. When does respiration occur in plants?
TV Number of eyes
V. Number of antennae (A) All the time
(B) Only at night
2. Which characteristics could be used to (C) When photosynthesis stops
.divide the animals into two groups? (D) Only while photosynthesis is taking
place
(A) I and III only
(B) II and V only
(C) III and N only
(D) IV and V only
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Decomposers Sheep Grass
(C)
(D)
respiration
nutrition
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which shows a cross-section through a
dicotyledonous leaf.
Function Organelle
(A) Osmotic control Membrane
(B) Protein synthesis Chloroplast
(C) Hereditary materials Nucleus
(D) Release of energy Mitochondrion
10. Plant cells differ from animal cells in their 13. Which of the following teeth would
abiiity to be MOST suitable for peeling cane or
removing tough meat from a bone?
(A) control the intake of ions
(B) control the outflow of ions (A) Incisors
(C) resist tugor pressure (B) CanU.
(D) resist plasmolysis (C) Premolars
(D) Molars
(A) ileum
Green pawpaw with (B) ciiecum
epicarp (skin) removed (C) stomach
(D/ duodenum
Distilled water
(A) Vein
(B) Epidermis
19. The site of gaseous exchange is (C) Guard cells
(D) Mesophyll layer
(A) I
(B) III
(C) IV
(D) v
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I;em 36 refers to the following diagram o: Item 31 refers to the following diagrams (I
a longitudinal section through the human and II) representing the iris in bright and
eye. dim light respectively.
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,____ IV
(A) I II
(B) II
(C) III 37. What causes the appearance in I and II to
(D) IV be different?
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Dry ma•s -- - -.... Embryo
Skin of ""
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"- ~ndosperm
38. When the skin of the hand touches a hot
object, the sequence of impulse flow is Time
40. From the graph, it is true to say that
(A) I ~ II ~ III
(A) as the embryo grows, the food
(B) I ~ III ~ II reserves are gradually depleted
(B) the embryo and the endosperm
(C) .II ~I ~III decrease in mass at the same rate
(C) the embryo and the endosperm
(D) II~ III~ I increase in mass at the same rate
(D) the embryo begins to grow as the
endosperm increases in mass
39. The numbered structures are
Item 41 refers to the following diagram of
I II m a vertical section through human skin.
(A) I only
(B) II and V only
(C) I, III and IV only
(D) IV, V and VI only
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Hem 42 refers ro :he :fo}i{h-;.ri::g diagram 44. During pregnancy, the developmg foetus
which show-s the position of some endocf..ne receives from.its mother protection against
glands in humans. infections, a perfectly balanced diet, warmth
and oxygen. Which of the following can a
mother no longer provide for her new-born
infant?
(A) Food
(B) Oxygen
(C) Warmth
(D) Antibodies
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47. Seeds from the same pod were planted Item 48 refers to the following information,
under the same conditions. The plants
which grew from them appeared to be Sdme fowls (called Erminette) have black
very similar. What is the MOST likely and white feathers evenly distributed over
explanation for this occurrence? the body, A breeder crosses two of these
fowls and finds that there are pure white,
(A) The seeds had been formed pure black and Erminette among the
asexually after fertilisation. offspring,
(B) The plant from which the seeds
came became vegetatively 48, What would be the expected ratio of
propagated, b!ack:white:Erminette?
(C) The same pollen grain had been
responsible for fertilisation of (A) 1: 1: 1
the seeds, (B) 1: 1:2
(D) The plant may have been self- (C) 1 : 2: 1
pollinated, (D) 3:1:1
(A) Phloem
(B) Xylem
(C) The region behind the root hair
(D) The region behind the roottip
Item 50 refers to the following diagrams, plotted from data collected on a survey of human
characteristics.
x y
(A) variation
(B) selection
(C) inheritance
(D) reproduction
51. To which of the following groups does a 55. The following statements were made by a
disease caused by a pathogen belong? number of drug users.
Q 18 21 36 3 10 3 1 5 5 6
.R 10 18 46 0 12 10 8 2 16 4
s 1 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 21 2
59. The area in which the quadrat on the third throw fell is MOST
probably
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