HERITAGE SCHOOL Term 4

2020-2021
Final Exam : Biology Grade 9

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (Total score: 30)

Read the instruction carefully. Give your answer in the answer sheet.

1. Which substance is transported by xylem vessels?

A. carbon dioxide
B. oxygen
C. sugar
D. water

2. The diagram shows a cross-section through a plant stem.

Q shows the part that is stained red when the stem is placed in water containing a red dye.
What is found at Q?
A. guard cells
B. palisade cells
C. phloem
D. xylem

3. The diagram shows a cross-section through a plant root.

Q shows the part that is stained red when the root is placed in water containing a red dye.
What is found at Q?
A. guard cells
B. palisade cells
C. phloem
D. xylem

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4. A celery stalk is placed in a beaker of blue dye. Once the dye reaches the leaves, the stalk is taken out
and cut in half.

Which diagram shows the appearance of the cut end of the stalk?

5. Some liquid is collected from the xylem in the stem of a plant.

What is present in the liquid?
A. amino acids
B. inorganic ions
C. starch
D. sugar

6. Which processes produce a continuous space for the flow of water in xylem vessels?

7. What are the features of a xylem vessel?

side wall end wall
A. thick absent
B. thick present
C. thin absent
D. thin present
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8. Which statement about xylem is correct?

A. It carries sucrose.
B. It converts light energy to chemical energy.
C. It divides actively to help the plant to grow.
D. It is no longer living.

9. In a section through a plant, a student found a group of long, microscopic structures. The structures
lacked end walls, cytoplasm and nuclei.
Which identification and reason best matches the student’s observations?

Use this diagram, which shows a section through a leaf, to answer questions 35 and 36.

10. What takes place in the structures indicated?

11. What is a description of transpiration?

A. exchange of gases between the leaf and the atmosphere
B. loss of water vapour from the leaves and stems of a plant
C. movement of water from the roots to the leaves
D. movement of water through the cells of the leaf

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12. Which words correctly complete the following sentence?

‘Transpiration is the ……1…… of water at the surface of the ……2…… cells followed by the ……3……
of water vapour from the plant ……4…… .’

13. The diagram shows how water is lost from a leaf.

By which process is the water lost?

A. osmosis
B. photosynthesis
C. translocation
D. transpiration

14. The bar chart shows the average number of chloroplasts in each of three different types of leaf cell.

What are the three types of cell?

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15. The diagram represents part of the human circulatory system. Where is the blood pressure highest?

16. Which description correctly applies to blood in the pulmonary circulation?

17. The diagram shows a section through the heart.

While chambers X and Y are emptying of blood, which valves are open and which are closed?

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18. The diagram represents blood flow through the human body.

At which stages does the blood contain the most oxygen?

A. 1 and 2
B. 2 and 3
C. 3 and 4
D. 4 and 1

19. The diagram shows the circulatory system of a mammal.

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What describes the blood in vessels R and S?

20. The diagram shows the directions of blood flow through a heart. Which chamber of the heart
receives blood directly from the lungs?

21. Which of the following describes a vein?

22. Double circulation of the blood means that for every complete circuit of the body

A. atria and ventricles contract alternately.

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B. blood flows through the arteries and veins.

C. blood flows through atria and ventricles.
D. blood flows twice through the heart.

23. The arrows in the diagram show the movement of oxygen and carbon dioxide between body cells
and the blood in capillaries.

By which process does this movement occur?

A. diffusion
B. excretion
C. osmosis
D. respiration

24. The blockage of which blood vessel causes a heart attack?

A. aorta
B. coronary artery
C. pulmonary artery
D. pulmonary vein

25. The diagram shows an external view of the human heart.

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Which vessels contain oxygenated blood?

A. 1, 2 and 4
B. 1, 3 and 4
C. 2, 3 and 5
D. 3, 4 and 5

26. The diagram shows a section through the heart.

The ventricles contract and blood is forced into the arteries.

What is the state of valve 3 and 4 when this happens?

27. The diagram shows a section through a human heart.

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In which order does oxygenated blood pass through the heart?

A. 1 → 2 → 3 → 4
B. 4 → 3 → 2 → 1
C. 5 → 6 → 7 → 8
D. 8 → 7 → 6 → 5

28. Which description correctly applies to blood in the pulmonary circulation?

29. Double circulation of the blood means that for every complete circuit of the body

A. atria and ventricles contract alternately.

B. blood flows through the arteries and veins.
C. blood flows through atria and ventricles.
D. blood flows twice through the heart.

30. The photograph shows two blood cells, X and Y. What are the functions of cells X and Y?

cell X cell Y
A carries out carries oxygen
phagocytes
B carries oxygen produces
antibodies
C carries oxygen carries carbon
dioxide
D produces carries oxygen
antibodies

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Answer Sheet. Fill the coloumn in the number by your choice.

No A B C D No. A B C D
1 16
2 17
3 18
4 19
5 20
6 21
7 22
8 23
9 24
10 25
11 26
12 27
13 28
14 29
15 30

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STRUCTURED QUESTIONS (Total score: 40)

Read the instruction carefully. Answer all questions.
The number of marks is given in the brackets [ ] at the end of each question/part question.

1. The diagram below shows a transverse section of a root.

a. On the diagram label A,B,C, D and E. [5]

.
b. Water moves into plants from the soil and exits through the leaves. Explain how water moves from
the soil into the root [3]
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c. Explain the function of xylem [2]
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d. Explain the function of phloem [2]
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2. Fig. 2.1 shows a vertical section of a human heart.

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Fig. 3.1

a. Identify the blood vessels labelled J to M.

J _____________________________
K _____________________________
L _____________________________
M ___________________________ [4]

b. Sensors that detect changes in blood pressure were placed into the blood vessels surrounding the
heart. Recordings were taken at the times when the ventricles contracted and when they relaxed.
The blood pressures recorded are shown in Table 2.1.
Table 2.1

Explain why the pressure in blood vessel J is greater than the pressure in blood vessel M.
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______________________________________________________________________________[2
]

c. Explain how the valves at N and O maintain one-way flow of blood through the heart.
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_______________________________________________________________________________
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]
d. Other than in the heart, state where valves similar to those at O are found in the circulatory system.
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]

3. a. Blood contains red cells, white cells and platelets.

i. Describe how you can recognise red blood cells, apart from their colour, if you are
looking at a blood sample using a microscope.
_____________________________________________________________________________[2]
ii. What is the function of platelets?
_____________________________________________________________________________[1]

b. Fig. 3.1 is an outline of the human double circulatory system.

Fig.3.1

i. On the diagram, write the letter O where the blood becomes oxygenated; write the letter A on a vein
which carries deoxygenated blood. [2]
ii. The oxygenated blood goes back to the heart before it travels to the other parts of the body. Suggest
why this is an advantage to the body.

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________________________________________________________________________________
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______________________________________________________________________________[2]

4. The diagram shows sections through an artery and a vein.

to u g h o u te r la y e r
m u s c le

lin in g o f v e s s e l

lu m e n

a rtery v e in

b. (i) Describe one similarity, shown in the diagram, between an artery and a vein.
____________________________________________________________________[1]

(ii) Describe one difference, shown in the diagram, between an artery and a vein.
____________________________________________________________________[1]

(iii). Describe the function of the muscle in the artery.

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____________________________________________________________________________[2]

5. Mammals have a double circulation system.

a. Explain what is meant by a double circulation system.
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b. State one advantage of a double circulation.
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c. Fig. 6.1 shows a section across part of an artery.

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With reference to Fig. 6.1, explain how the structure of an artery is related to its function.
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