ASJA BOYS’ COLLEGE CHARLIEVILLE

END OF TERM EXAMINATION

TERM 1
FORM 4AN & 4SIA
BIOLOGY
Nov/Dec 2013
General proficiency – Paper 02
2 ½ hours

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY

1. There are THREE SECTIONS in this booklet. Answer ALL questions.

Section A is 30 marks, Section B is 40 marks and Section C is 30 marks.

SECTION A
2. Section A contains 30 multiple choice questions. Write your answer in the answer sheet
provided and return it at the end of the examination.

SECTION B
3. Section B contains TWO structured type questions. Answer each question in the spaces
provided on the question paper.

SECTION C
4. Section C contains TWO essay type questions. Answer each question on a separate page in
your answer booklet and attach to the question paper.

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Question Section
Mark
Number Total
NAME: ______________________________________
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DATE: __________________
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FORM: _________________ 2 B
SUBJECT TEACHER:______________________________
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 SECTION A 4. The following food web is from a tropical
There are 30 multiple choice questions in this forest.
section. Answer ALL questions.

1. The following diagrams show organisms

found in the school garden.

The list of herbivores in the food web

includes
(A) Iguana, parasitic vine, larva,
butterfly
(B) Iguana, beetle, larva, butterfly
(C) Iguana, caterpillar, larva, bird
(D) Iguana, squirrel, snake, bird

5. The following list shows relationships

Which of the following characteristics could
between some organisms.
be used to classify these organisms into two
groups? I. Barnacles on a shark’s back
(A) Number of wings II. Shark/man
(B) Segmented body III. Man/malaria protozoan
(C) Number of legs Which of the following correctly identifies
(D) Antennae these relationships?
I II III
2. The distribution of crickets in the school
garden could be studied using (A) Commensalism Predator/prey Mutualism
(A) Quadrats (B) Commensalism Predator/prey Parasitism
(C) Predator/prey Commensalism Mutualism
(B) Sieves
(D) Predator/prey Mutualism Parasitism
(C) Line transects
(D) Nets
6. Which group of waste materials is likely to
be decomposed most quickly by the action
3. Which of the following is NOT true about
of micro-organisms?
sampling methods for ecology
(A) Glass and building blocks
(A) Quadrats can be used to estimate the
(B) Shredded paper
density of a population of stationary
(C) Mouldy food
organisms for example plants.
(D) Toxic chemicals
(B) A line transect can be used to show
the change in distribution of species
across a habitat.
(C) Mark-release-recapture is a sampling
method used to study the population
size of animals in a defined area.
(D) Nets are used to trap and count the
number of leaves on a tree.
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7. Which of the following statements about a 11. Climate change is of particular concern to
food chain is true? the vulnerable small island states of the
(A) Energy from the sun is transferred Caribbean. Below is a list of some effects of
from one organism to subsequent climate change
organisms I. Increase in greenhouse gases
(B) Each of its members depends on heat II. Rising global temperatures
energy obtained directly from the III. Rising sea levels
sun IV. Ocean acidification
(C) Energy changes from heat to light to
chemical Which of the effects above have a negative
(D) The sun traps light energy at the start impact on coral reefs?
of the food chain. (A) I only
(B) I and II only
8. Which human activities have the least (C) I, II and III only
negative impact on the environment (D) I, II, III and IV
(A) Ecotourism
(B) Monoculture over wide areas 12. The diagram represents an animal cell as
(C) Oil exploration in the virgin forests seen under an electron microscope.
(D) Dumping garbage on abandoned
sites.

9. The presence of high concentrations of

nitrogen-containing fertilisers in a pond can
lead to the death of fish. The following
events occur
I. Increase in algae
II. Algae die
III. Increase in bacteria
IV. Drop in oxygen
What is the correct sequence of events
leading to the death of the fish? Which of the structures is responsible for
(A) IIIIIIIV energy production?
(B) IIV III II
(C) IIIIV I II 13. Which of the following pairs of phrases does
(D) IIII II IV NOT distinguish between plant and animal
cells?
10. Which of the following pairs of function and Plant cells Animal cells
organelle is NOT accurately matched? (A) Have Do not have
chloroplasts chloroplasts
Function Organelle (B) Contain large Have few
(A) Osmotic control Membrane vacuoles vacuoles
(B) Polypeptide chain (C) Have no cell Have cell
Chloroplast
synthesis membranes membranes
(C) Hereditary (D) Contain Do not have
Nucleus
materials cellulose cell cellulose cell
(D) Release of energy Mitochondrion walls walls

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14. Which of the following organisms has the
LEAST need for a transport system? 18. In an ecosystem, the organisms which make
solar energy available to all other organisms
(A) Amoeba
are the
(B) Honey bee
(A) producers
(C) Seedling
(B) decomposers
(D) Tadpole
(C) primary consumers
(D) secondary consumers
15. The diagram shows the structure of a leaf.
19. Which of the following statements is NOT
true about a decomposer?
(A) They release nutrients for recycling
(B) They prevent the accumulation of
dead organic matter.
(C) They are more abundant in damp
places.
(D) They are favoured by low
temperatures.
Which letter identifies a cell, a tissue and an
organ? 20. Which of the following cell structures are
Cell Tissue Organ associated with energy transfer?
(A) 3 2 4 I Chloroplast II Mitochondrion
(B) 1 4 3 III Nucleus IV Cell membrane
(C) 4 1 2
(A) I and II only
(D) 2 3 1
(B) I and III only
(C) II and III only
16. The variation in cellular structure found in (D) II and IV only
any complex organism is due to a process
called 21. Which of the following structures found in
(A) Growth the leaves of a flowering plant contain
(B) Elaboration chloroplasts?
(C) Metabolism I. Epidermis
(D) Specialization II. Mesophyll layer
III. Guard cells
17. The apparatus below was set up in a school IV. Vein
yard on a sunny day.
(A) I and II only
(B) I and III only
(C) II and III only
(D) II and IV only

After 20 minutes, movement of water should

have occurred in the direction(s) of
(A) I only
(B) I and II only
(C) I and III only
(D) I, II and III
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22. The diagram shows an experiment to
investigate the volume of gas produced by
an aquatic plant under different conditions
of light intensity and temperature.
26. If students wanted to measure the number of
colonies of coral per square meter of reef
surface, it would be BEST to use
(A) Weighted lines, graduated in metres set
across the slope of the reef
(B) Weighted lines, graduated in meters set
down the slope of the reef
(C) Meter quadrats dropped randomly
(D) Transects, both across and down the reef

27. Which of the following procedures is MOST

important when investigating a natural
Which conditions will result in the greatest habitat?
production of gas by the plant?
(A) Moving quickly in order to catch fast-
Light intensity Temperature. oC moving animals
(A) High 5 (B) Collecting as many of each organism as
(B) Low 5
possible
(C) High 25
(C) Making sure to label all containers after
(D) Low 25
returning from the area
23. Two soil components that are derived from (D) Returning objects to the exact positions in
the parent rock material are which they were found.
(A) Humus and mineral salts
(B) Sand and humus
28. Which of the following is NOT indicated by
(C) Sand and mineral salts
the direction of the arrows in a food chain?
(D) Clay and microorganisms
(A) The direction of the flow of energy
24. Which of the following is NOT true of (B) The amount of food each animal eats
clayey soils? (C) The fact that plants start every food chain
(A) The spaces between the particles are small (D) Which animals are predators
(B) Water rises easily in the soil by capillarity
(C) Water is absorbed onto the particles 29. The sum total of all living and physical
(D) Water reacts chemically with the soil factors with which an organism interacts
particles during its lifetime is
(A) Habitat (B) Population
25. Which of the following soil types will retain (C) Community (D) Environment
the most water?
(A) Clay 30. A rainforest may BEST be described
(B) Loam ecologically as a/an
(C) Sand (A) Environment (B) Habitat
(D) Silt (C) Population (D) Ecosystem

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SECTION A - TOTAL 30 MARKS

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 SECTION B
This section contains 2 structured questions.
Answer ALL questions.

1. (a) The pie chart in figure 1 shows the results of an investigation by a student on equal volumes of
TWO samples of soil.

Figure 1. Constituents in two samples of soil

(i) Calculate the percentage of air in Sample A. Show your working.

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[2 marks]

(ii) How do you account for the difference in the proportion of air in Samples A and B?

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[2 marks]

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(b) The student carried out a further investigation on the soil in which 100cm3 of water was
poured on each of the samples A and B. The water which drained from each soil sample
was collected in measuring cylinders. Figure 2 shows diagrams of the two cylinders in
which the water that drained through each soil sample was collected.

Cylinder 1 Cylinder 2

Figure 2. Cylinders showing volume of water from soil samples.

(i) What is the volume of water in EACH cylinder as shown in figure 2?

Cylinder 1: _______________________________________________________________

Cylinder 2: _______________________________________________________________
[2 marks]

(ii) Which measuring cylinder represents drainage from Sample B? Give a reason for your
answer.

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[2 marks]
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 (iii) Calculate the volume of water retained in EACH sample of soil.

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[2 marks]

(iv) Identify ONE source of error in the investigation of soil drainage.

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[1 mark]

(v) Explain why it is important to investigate water retention properties of soils.

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[2 marks]

(c) A student set up the experiment shown in Figure 3 to investigate movement of water in plant
tissue.

Figure 3. Apparatus set up for an investigation

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 (i) State an aim for the experiment illustrated in Figure 3.

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[2 marks]

(ii) Explain the results of the investigation after 20 minutes, as shown in Figure 3.

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[3 marks]

(iii) Identify TWO precautions that should be taken in carrying out the investigation.

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[2 marks]

(iv) Describe how you would set up a control for the investigation.

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[3 marks]

(v) How would the control confirm the results of the investigation?

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[2 marks]
Total 25 marks

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2. (a) The diagram shown in Figure 4 represents a typical plant cell.

Figure 4. Diagram of a typical plant cell

Identify the parts labeled A and B and state the function of EACH part.

A:_________________________________________________________________________

Function of A:_______________________________________________________________

B:_________________________________________________________________________

Function of B:________________________________________________________________

[4 marks]

(b) The cell in Figure 4 was left in a concentrated salt solution for one hour. In the space below,
draw an annotated diagram to show the appearance of this plant cell after one hour .[6 marks]

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(c) If all the cells in a plant appear like the one drawn in (b) on page 10, the plant’s ability to
photosynthesize will be reduced. Explain why photosynthesis will be reduced.

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(d) Complete the table below to show THREE differences between plant and animal cells.

Feature Plant cell Animal cell

(i) Vacuole

(ii) Chloroplast

(iii) Cell wall

[3 marks]

TOTAL 15 MARKS
SECTION B – TOTAL 40 MARKS

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 SECTION C
Answer ALL questions from this section.

3. (a) (i) Using ONLY a fully annotated diagram of the internal structure of a leaf, explain the role
of the parts involved in photosynthesis. Include in EACH annotation the name of the
structure and its function. [9 marks]

(ii) Write a balanced equation that effectively summarises photosynthesis.

[2 marks]

(b) (i) One effect of hurricanes is the complete removal of foliage (leaves) from trees. Many
trees seem to readily survive the loss of all their leaves, even though they are the main
photosynthesizing organs. Explain how this is possible.

(ii) Gardeners sometimes remove leaves and branches from trees with the expectation of
improving their yield. Suggest why this is a good practice.
[4 marks]
TOTAL 15 MARKS

4. (a) Using an example in EACH case, distinguish between the following pairs of terms used in the
study of ecology.
(i) Biotic and physical
(ii) Food chain and food web
(iii) Community and population
(iv) Habitat and environment [8 marks]

(b) Wildlife reserves have become popular tourist destinations in several Caribbean territories.
Wildlife authorities must protect plants and animals while providing opportunity for people to
benefit from the natural beauty of the reserve.

Suggest TWO biological factors that wildlife authorities should consider before giving the public
access to a wetland (swamp) reserve.
For EACH factor you identity, suggest what precautions the authorities may take in allowing
public access. [4 marks]

(c) In one Caribbean territory, visitors to the coral reef were allowed to experience its beauty by
snorkeling, swimming and walking on the reef with plastic shoes. Within two decades, the reef
deteriorated drastically and visitors were no longer allowed to walk on the reef.

What are THREE main lessons to be learnt from this example? [3 marks]
TOTAL 15 MARKS

SECTION C - TOTAL 30 MARKS

TOTAL 100 MARKS

END OF TERM EXAM
Ms. Indira C. and Ms. Amy H.
Have great holiday Boys!!!
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