166 M09 Write your Examination ‘Number here AN ROINN ODEACHAIS LEAVING CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION, 1975 BIOLOGY—ORDINARY LEVEL ‘THURSDAY, 19 JUNE—AFTERNOON, 2 to 445 Answer six questions from Part I and four questions from Part IL. ‘Yon should not spend moro than 45 minutes on Part J, leaving about 120 minutes for Part TI, PART I (120 marks) Answer six of the questions (1-7). Each question carries 20 marks. ‘Write your answers in the spaces provided below. ‘Keep your answers short. Write your examination number at top. oe sur fo return this Part ofthe examination paper; enclose it in the answer-book you use for answering Part IL 1. Answer five of the following. (@) Namo the group of plants to which Fucus belongs. (©) The hepatic portal vein carries blood from the intestine to the . (c) Name the principal photosynthetic pigment in plants, (@_ Name an organism which can respire anaerobically (©) Rickets ean result from a deficiency of a vitamin, Name the vitamin, (A) What is the usual number of chromosomes in a human gamete (ogg or sperm) t (9) Tn what part of the eye are the rods and cones located f«... 2 Using the ae Sand H, indioato which of the following organisms are parasitic (P), saprophytio (8) or sytio (1). Oltamydomonas Mucor (or Rhizopus) Liver fluke (or Tapeworm) Phytophthora infestans (Potato blight fungus) [ese fe Tay is Butteroup Pro.156 4. The diagram shows a pieve of epidermis from an onion us seen through « mieroscope. ‘Name the parts S ond‘. as pcr iiracaaeaes ‘Draw a similar dingram to show the appearance of a pieco of onion epidermis after it becomes plasmolysed. ‘Diagram: State how you would cause plasmolysis in a pioco of onion epidermis. 4, (a) Name the onganism shown in the diagram... Name the strneture KR... ‘i Indicate on the diagram which part is the gamotophyte generation. (6) Nemo tho organism shown in the dingram.. Give one function for each of the structures labelled. G.Lo 8, (@) ‘The diagram shows a motor nerve cell. Statewhat is meant by “motor” in relation to nerve ells, {asert an arzow in the diagram to show the divetion in which the nerve impulse travels (b) The diagram shows an external view of the hnman brain. Insert the letters X, Y, and Z in the diagram to show in each case the area of the brain oon. comed with Vision (X) Hearing (¥) Spoech (Z) Name the structure V.... 6. What is the biological purpose for each of the following? (a) including very little carbohydrate in the diet of a person trying to lose weight:156 M. 68 7. Make a simple drawing in the outline diagram of the animal coll below to illustrate tho following statement “and a are allelic genes on one pair of chromosomes while B and b are alleles on another pair of chromo. somes. ‘The allelos Q and q occur in the seme Tinkego group aa B and b.”” cell membrane nuclear membrane Genes A and a are concerned with coat colour and Ais flly dominant over a. Ifthe animal is homo- zygous for A it has red fur, if homozygous fora it has white fur. What is the phenotype of the animal from ‘which the cell above was taken?Lot M. 6H(a) AN ROINN OIDEACHAIS LEAVING CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION, 1975 BIOLOGY—ORDINARY LEVEL ‘THURSDAY, 19 JUNE—AFTERNOON, 2 to 4.45 Answer six questions from Part I and four questions from Part II. Part 1 is on a separate sheet which provides spaces for your answers. ‘The completed shect should be enclosed in your answer-book. Oooo ‘Part II (280 marks) ‘Write your answers to this part in your answer-book. Answer any four quostions.” Hadh quando catsiog 70 marks, 8. (0) State briefly whut is meant by the living (biotic) environment and the nom-living (abiotic) en- Yironmont of an organism. Give one example of the dependence of a flowering, plant on the living environment. ‘What is hibernation? Explain briefly how it is an adaptation to the environment, (©) In an experiment some soil was mixod with distilled water; the mixture was filtered and tho solution qollected was evaporated to dryness. Tt was observed that some material remained in the evaporating ‘What, in your opinion, is the nature of this material? 9. Describe, with the aid of labelled diagrams, the life ayole of a named insect. {ist the extemal fostures which enable you to casi an organism () aa an arthropod, (i) as an insot, State two ways in which the activities of insocts are useful to man and two ways in which they are harmfal, 10. Deseribe what: happens to starch from the timo it enters tho mouth until itis finally converted to glucose. State briefly the route taken by glucose from the time it enters the blood stream until it reaches & nucclo cell ia the arm. iL (@) Draw a labelled diagram of tho reproductive system of the female mammal. Indicate clearly on the diagram the region ‘whero sperms are liberated by the male. ‘What is the essential foaturo of all sexual methods of reproduction ? () Draw labelled diagrams to show the strusture of a dicotyledonous seed. 32. (i) Desoribe with the aid of labelled diagrams the procoss of mitosis in a cell. (i) A pea plant with tho ERTT was crossed with a plant of genotype rr. Show the genoty of tho gametes and of the progeny of the cross, ae 18. Write brief notes on four of the following: (i) endocrine glands, (ii) corm, (ii) food vacuole and contractile vacuole, (iv) translocation, (v) white blood cells, 14, Explain how transpiration occurs, with the aid of a labelled diagram of a section through a leaf. ‘Under what environmental conditions will transpiration be greatest ? Stato two ways by which plants living in very dry situations are modified to reduce tranepitation, (©) Describe an experiment to test the hypothesis that carbon dioxide is nocossary for photosynthesis,