Biology

Final Examination

Grade IX

Max. Marks: 52

Time: 1 hour 15 minutes

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST.

 Answer all questions.

 For each question in section A, there are four possible answers A, B, C, and D. Choose the one
you consider correct and record your choice on the stencil.

Section A Marks [20]

Q1. Choose the best answer:

1. Which name is given to a group of individuals that can reproduce to produce fertile offspring?
A. a genus
B. a kingdom
C. a species
D. an organ system

2. Which group includes animals with four legs and a dry, scaly skin?
A. Amphibians
B. Birds
C. Mammals
D. Reptiles

3. Which process removes the waste products of metabolism from the body?
A. excretion
B. nutrition
C. reproduction
D. respiration

4. Starch is digested by the amylase in the mouth, but it is not digested in the stomach. What is
the reason for this?
A. All of the starch digestion is completed in the mouth
B. The pH in the stomach is not suitable for the amylase to work.
C. The starch does not stay in the stomach long enough to be digested
 D. The temperature in the stomach is not suitable for the amylase to work.

5. Which animal is not an arthropod?

6. How is the rate of transpiration affected by decreasing temperature and by decreasing light
intensity?

decreasing decreasing
temperature light intensity

A slower slower
B slower faster
C faster slower
D faster faster

7. The fig. shows an animal.

Use the key to identify this animal.

1. rounded ears ………………………………………. A

pointed ears ………………………………………. go
to 2
2. spots on the body ………………………………. B
no spots on the body ………………………….. go to 3
3. straight tail …………………………….. C
4. curly tail ……………………………. D
 8. Growth is a characteristic feature of living organisms. Which process provides the energy for
growth?
A. excretion
B. movement
C. respiration
D. sensitivity

9. Cobalt chloride paper is blue when dry but turns pink when wet. Some blue cobalt chloride
paper was fastened to the upper and lower surfaces of a leaf on plant X and a leaf on plant Y.
The diagram shows the results of the experiment.

Through which leaf surface was water lost more quickly?

A. plant X, upper surface

B. plant X, lower surface
C. plant Y, upper surface
D. plant Y, lower surface

10. A decrease in which factor normally causes transpiration rate to increase?

A. humidity
B. light intensity
C. stomata opening
D. temperature

11. The graph shows how the rate of transpiration is affected by X.

What is X?

A. humidity
B. light intensity
C. soil moisture
D. temperature

12. The diagram shows an experiment to find the rate of photosynthesis in an aquatic plant in
different conditions. Which plant produces the most bubbles per minute?

13. A plant absorbs water and oxygen into its roots. How are these substances absorbed?

water Oxygen

A diffusion Transpiration
B osmosis Diffusion
C transpiration Osmosis
D transpiration Transpiration

14. The diagram shows a plant in a flask of water. It is left for six hours on a warm and windy day
in bright sunshine.
Which process explains the result shown in the diagram?

A. Active transport of water into the root hairs

B. Evaporation of eater from the flask
C. Photosynthesis in the leaves of the plant
D. Transpiration from the leaves of the plant

15. The diagram shows a villus. The arrows show the direction of flow within the vessels
associated with the villus. Which vessel carries blood to the liver?

16. In which order do these events occur in human nutrition?\

A. digestion → ingestion → absorption → assimilation
B. digestion → ingestion → assimilation → absorption
C. ingestion → digestion → absorption → assimilation
D. ingestion → digestion → assimilation → absorption

17. What is the function of bile?

A. to acidify the food entering the duodenum
 B. to emulsify starch
C. to increase the surface area of fats for digestion
D. to provide enzymes for fat digestion

18. The diagram shows the human gut.

Which numbered structures secrete digestive enzymes?

A. 1, 2, 3, and 4
B. 1, 2, 3, and 6
C. 2, 3, 4, and 5
D. 2, 3, 5, and 6

19. The diagram shows part of the alimentary canal.

Which row correctly identifies the structures labelled J to M?

 20. What is the correct way of naming an organism using the binomial system?
A. Common buttercup
B. ranunculus acris
C. Ranunculus acris
D. Ranunculus sp

Section B [Marks 32]

Q1.

1 (a) Scientists classify organisms into groups. State one feature that is used to identify vertebrates. [1]

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

(b) Vertebrates are classified into five groups. Fig. 1.1 shows three vertebrates found in Australia.
The emu, the saltwater crocodile, and the duck-billed platypus each belong to a different vertebrate
group. All three animals lay eggs that develop and hatch on land.

(i) State the name of the vertebrate group to which emus belong and give one feature of this
group that is visible in Fig. 1.1.

group ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

visible feature …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. [2]

(ii) State the name of the vertebrate group to which crocodiles belong and give one feature of
this group that is visible in Fig. 1.1.

group ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

visible feature …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. [2]

(iii) The duck-billed platypus is classified as a mammal. Give evidence from Fig. 1.1 for and
against classifying the duck-billed platypus as a mammal.

evidence for ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

evidence against …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. [3]

(b) There are two groups of vertebrates which lay eggs that develop in water. State the name of these
two groups of vertebrates.

1 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

2 …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… [2]

Q2. A) Potatoes contain starch. Describe and explain what happens to a piece of potato that has been
fried in oil as it passes through the mouth (buccal cavity), stomach, and small intestine.

Mouth (buccal cavity) [3]

Stomach [2]

Small intestine [5]

b) Name the process that causes food to move through the alimentary canal. [1]

[Total: 11]

Q3. Flowering plants can be divided into two groups: monocotyledons and eudicotyledons
(dicotyledons). Complete Table 1.1 to state the differences between these two types of flowering
plants. An example has been done for you.

[4]
Q4 (a) Name the plant cell that is specialized to absorb water from the soil.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. [1]

(b) Fig. 4.1 shows a section through a plant root and a plant stem.

Label the xylem tissue in the root and the stem on Fig. 4.1.

Use label lines and the letter F. [2]

(c) A student carried out an investigation into the rate of transpiration. Fig. 4.2 shows three identical
shoots and the way the leaves were treated in the investigation. Petroleum jelly is greasy and
waterproof. All three shoots were kept in the same conditions for one hour.

Table 4.1 shows the results of the investigation.

Shoot rate of transpiration/

arbitrary units per hour
L 16
M 2
N 14

(i) Suggest why shoot M lost water (transpired) more slowly than shoot L.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. [2]

(ii) Suggest why the rate of water loss was similar for shoots L and N.

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. [2]