THIRD YEAR BIOLOGY TEST On the 17th September, 2013

BIOLOGY TEST FOR YEAR THREE STUDENTS ON September

17th, 2013
Instructions:
The test consists of three sections A, B and C.
Answer all the questions of the section A, three questions of section B
of your choice and one question of section C (a compulsory question)
SECTION A: answer all the questions
Question 1: Define the following terms:
a) Excretion
b) Incontinence
c) Cryptogam
d) Frond
e) Gametophyte
f) Sporophyte
g) Thallus
h) Sporulation
Question 2: Reproduce the life cycle of pteridophytes
Question 3: Complete the following table:
Excretory organ Product of excretion
1. Lungs
2. bile
3. Skin
4. urine
Question 4: The urinary system is mainly made up of the kidney and the
urinary canals. List 3 urinary canals of your choice and state their
respective functions.
Question 5: The main function of the kidney is the production of urine.
a) Name a structure of the kidney that ensures the formation of urine.
b) Describe/explain the 3 steps of formation of urine
Question 6: Give the 3 main kingdoms of non-flowering plants plus a (1)
example for each.
Question 7:
a) Explain the term “gaseous exchange”.
b) Name a structure of the lungs in which the gaseous exchange takes
place
c) Name a structure of the brain which is responsible of the
movement and equilibrium of the body
Question 8: The figure below shows one of the stages of mitosis.

a) Which stage is represented in the figure?

b) Describe the behavior of chromosomes in this stage?
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Question 9:
a) Name at least one disease which is spread by houseflies
b) Explain how houseflies can spread diseases
Question 10: Describe the difference between each of the following pairs
of biological terms:
a) Ureter and urethra
b) Motor neuron and sensory neuron

SECTION B: 3 QUESTIONS OF YOUR CHOICE

Question 11:
a) Complete the following table related to the blood transfusion. Use
a tick (v) if the transfusion is safe and use a cross (x) otherwise.
A B AB O
Recipient
Donor
A v v
B x
AB x
O v v
b) State the blood group of:
i. A universal donor. Why is this so called?
ii. A universal recipient. Why is this so called?
c) Define the term “blood transfusion”.

Question 12: The diagram below shows a pyramid of energy for the
following food chain:
Grass cow man

a) Write the names of the organisms in the food chain on the correct lines
next to the diagram
b) Where does the grass get its energy from?
c) Explain why the energy decreases from one trophic level to the next?
Question 13: The diagram below shows a section through the human eye
(Figure)
a) Label the parts A, B and C.
b) Give the letter of the part which:
i. Changes the shape to help focus the light rays.
ii. Adjusts the amount of light entering the eye.
Question 14: In a table, state the difference between:
a) An animal and a plant cell
b) Mitosis and meiosis
c) Spermatogenesis and oogenesis
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d) Red blood cells and white blood cells

Question 15: The diagrams below show the reproductive system in
humans

(Figures)
a) Which, among the 2, is the female reproductive system?
b) Complete the table below

Letter
The place (organ) where female gametes are formed
The place where the fetus develops
The place where male gametes are formed

c) Give the name of the:

i. Female gamete
ii. Male gamete
iii. Process by which the male and the female gametes fuse
together

Question 16:
a) With a help of well designed and labeled diagram, draw the life
cycle of a fern (a pteridophyte).
b) State the role (s) of the following extra-embryonic membranes:
i. Placenta
ii. Amnion
SECTION C: One compulsory question
Question 17:
a) The diagram below shows a part of food web/chain:
Octopus

Periwinkle
Seal
Seaweed
Crab
\
Limpet Seagull

Starfish
Use the organisms in the web to fill in the table below:
FEEDING HABIT ONE ORGANISM
Herbivore
Producer
Secondary consumer
Top carnivore
Primary consumer
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b) Some students made the notes below about the relationships in a wood:
 A greenfly got its food from Oak tree leaf
 The ladybird ate the greenfly
 A moth larva also ate part of the Oak tree
 A spider ate the ladybird
 The wood pecker ate the moth larva and the spider
 A fluerit ate the moth larva and greenfly
Complete the following food web to show these relationships. Note that one
relationship is already done for you!

………………….

…………………. ………………….
..
………………….
…………………. Greenfly

Oak

ALL THE BEST!!!!!!

THIRD YEAR BIOLOGY TEST On the 17th September, 2013
THIRD YEAR BIOLOGY TEST On the 17th September, 2013