First Term Examination 2016-17

Biology
Form Three Short Answer

Multiple Choices

Short Questions

1.
2. a) Calcium ion b) Calcium ion c) Magnesium ion d) Calcium ion e) iron ion
3. a) 3 b) 4 c) 1 d) 4 or 1 and 4
4. 1 mark for correct matching bases; 1 mark for sugar / deoxyribose; 1 mark for phosphate; 1 mark for
antiparallel; 1 mark for correct drawing of phosphodiester bond

5. a) organelles > cell > tissue > organ > system > organism (1)
5. b) (i) Organ, (ii) Tissue, (iii) System
6. a) It does not have true nucleus / membrane-bound nucleus
6. b)
Structure Bacterium Ox corneal cell
Ribosomes  
Cellulose cell wall X X
Genetic materials (DNA)  
Cytoplasm  
6. c) Advantage: Produce image with higher magnification and resolution (1)
Disadvantage: Only dead specimen can be viewed/ Can only produce black and white image, the
original colour of specimen cannot be observed. (1)

Structural Questions
7. a) Transfer 2 mL apple extract and Benedict’s solution into a labeled test tube (1) (Must be equal volume)
Put the tube into a boiling/hot/any temperature higher than 60C water bath for 5 minutes. (1)
Let the tube stand for 10 minutes (Any specific period of time) (1)
There should be formation of brick-red precipitate. (1)
7. b) Test for reducing sugars. (1)
 Measure the mass/height of brick red precipitate formed in the test tube. (1)
7. c) Any two from: same temperature of water bath, time for incubation, volume of Benedict’s solution,
volume of apple extract, same apple (2)
7. d) The amount of reducing sugar increases with the storage days. (1)
7. e) The amount of starch decreases as the storage days increase. (1)
7. f) During storage, starch is slowly broken down (1) into reducing sugars. (1)
7. g) Possible answers (should not be able to be minimized by increasing replicates of experiment):
The wounds created in the apple may cause infection or growth of microorganisms (1), this may affect
the breakdown rate of starch into reducing sugars. (1)
The apple cylinder obtained are kept being frozen for different period of time/days (1), this may affect
the breakdown rate of starch into reducing sugars. (1)
8. a) i) Controls all activities/the movement of the white blood cell (1)
8. a) ii)
Organelle Name Function
Q Rough endoplasmic Helps in synthesis and transport of
reticulum (1) proteins (1)
(X ribosome)

R Mitochondrion (1) Site of respiration / Site of ATP

production during aerobic
respiration (1)
8. a) iii) Both are surrounded by/have a double membrane (1)
8. a) iv) 10.3 or 10m (Only accept roundup of values in m) (1+1)
9. a) (d) > (a) > (b) > (e) > (c) (1)
9. b) i) Iodine solution/ methylene blue solution (1)
9. b) ii) To increase the contrast between different structures, so more details of cell can be observed.
9. c) Possible Answers:
To reduce the chance the epidermis dries up by evaporation/
To prevent the epidermis from drying up because of evaporation /
To flatten the epidermis so that they can be seen easily in one plane of focus for the objective lens.
To prevent the objectives from getting dirty by touching the epidermis or the stain. (1)
9. d) i) Correct Title (0.5), Correct magnification 400x (0.5); Four labels (0.5 x4), Drawing (2)
Noted: Unable to spot corresponding cells in micrograph (-4); Lack of resemblance (-1); Poor
Drawing (-0.5)
9. d) ii) Placing the cover slip on the epidermis gently and slowly.
9. d) iii) Chlorophyll (1); Chloroplast (1)
9. d) iv) It contains chlorophyll which absorbs light energy (1) for photosynthesis/to make food (1).