PANAM ACADEMY

END OF TERM III JULY 2021

MODULE BEGINNER MORNING BIOLOGY PAPER

NAME ………………………………………………………………………………………………… TIME: 2HOURS

Instructions to candidates
Write your name in the spaces provided above. Answer ALL the questions in the spaces provided.
1. What is meant by the term biology? (1mks)

2. State the functions of the following organelles (5mks)

a. Centrioles

b. Rough endoplasmic reticulum

c. Nucleolus

d. Lysosomes

e. Ribosomes

3. Name the parts of a light microscope which perform each of the following functions.

i. Controlling the amount of light entering the specimen. (lmks)

ii. Magnifies the object. (1mks)

iii. Used for focusing image under high power. (lmks)

1
4. State the name given to the study of; (2mks)
a) Microorganisms

b) Viruses

c) The parasites

d) Micro-organisms.

5. State the ways by which plants compensate for lack of ability to move from one place to another
(2mks)

6. Motor vehicles move, use energy and produce carbon dioxide and water. Similar characteristics
occur in living organisms. State two reasons why motor vehicles are not classified as living.

(2mks)

7. Explain two reasons why a motor vehicle qualifies to be called a living thing.
(2mks)

8. State the branch of biology that deals with the study of the relationship between organisms and
their environment (2mks)

2
9. State one function of the plasma membrane. (1mks)

10. Name the cell organelles that are responsible for the formation of the following organelles.
(3mks)

i) Lysosomes_________________________________________________

ii) Cilia and flagella_____________________________________________

iii) Ribosomes__________________________________________________

11. A biologist found a new organism. Using a light microscope, state two structures that can be
used to distinguish whether the organism was of plant or animal origin. (1mks)

12. Which organelle would be abundant in (2mks)

(i) Skeletal muscle cell

(ii)Palisade cell

13. State at least two activities of the cell that are controlled by the nucleus (1mks)

3
14. (a) A drawing of 6cm in length, was made of a grass beetle whose actual length was 2cm.
Calculate the magnification of drawing. (2mks)

15. How do plant cell walls differ from cell membranes? (1mks)

16. A scientific space craft brought a material to earth from outer space. Explain how we would
establish if the materials are Living or non-living (2mks)

17. An experiment set-up shown below was to investigate a certain physiological process.

Distilled water
Concentrated glucose solution

Visking tubing
Glass beaker

a) Name the physiological process being investigated. (1mks)

b) After 30 minutes, a student made some observation. State the observation.

(2mks)

c) Explain the observation stated in (b) above. (3mks)

d) Name one structure in living organisms represented by the visking tubing.

(1mks

4
18. List the use of the energy obtained from the process of respiration. (1mks)

19. A bacteria whose actual size was 0.5ʮm was observed using a x250,000 electron microscope.
Find the image size of the bacteria in millimeters. 1mm = 1000ʮm (2mks)

20. State three difference between light microscope and electron microscope. (3mks)

21. The diagrams below show a red blood cell that was subjected to a certain treatment

Certain treatment

At start At the end of experiment

a) State the type of solution the cell had been subjected to (2mks)

b) Account for shape of the cell at the end of the experiment (2mks)

c) State the term used to describe a plant cell subjected to the same treatment
(1mks)

d) Name two structures present in plant cells but absent in animal cells. (2mks)

5
22. The scientific name of maize is Zea mays while that of a Lion is Panthera Leo.
a) What taxonomic group does the word Zea and Panthera represent? (1mks)

b) VITEX is a genus name of a tree found in Mt. Kenya forest. The specific name has been Latinized
to KILIFIENSIS. Write the scientific name of the tree, observing all rules of binomial
nomenclature. (3mks)

23. The diagram below shows the graph of rate of enzyme controlled reaction against temperature.

D
Rate
of
reaction

Temperature X

a) Explain what happens to the rate (speed) of enzyme reaction between

i. A –B (2mks)

ii. C-D (2mks)

b) What is point X? (1mks)

c) Give a reason for your answer in (b) above (2mks)

6
24. a) Name a disease that affects human teeth. (1mks)

b) The following is a mammal’s dental formula. Study it and answer the questions that follow:

0 0 3 3
= 28
2 0 3 3

i. Name the type of food the mammal eats. (2mks)

ii. Give a reason for your answer in (a) above. (1mks)

25. What sugar is formed when the following simple sugars condense together?

a) Glucose + Glucose = (2mks)

b) Glucose + Fructose = (2mks)

26. Explain what happens during the light stage of photosynthesis. (2mks)

THE END.TOTAL:70MKS