979 5005 T & test cove 01207032 77 FORM TP 2019049 MAYAUNE 2019 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE* EXAMINATION BIOLOGY Paper 032 — General Proficiency Alternative to School-Based Assessment 2 hours 10 minutes READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CARFFULLY. ‘| 1. This paper consists of THREE questions. Answer ALL questions. 2. Write your answers in the spaces provided in this booklet. | 3. Do NOT write in the margins. | 4. You are advised to take some time fo read through the paper and plan your answers If you need to rewrite any answer and there is not enough space to do so on the | original page, you must use the extra lined page(s) provided at the back of this | 7 booklet. Remember to draw u line through your original answer. Ifyouuse the extra page(s), you MUST write the question number clearly in the box provided at the top of the extra page(s) and, where relevant, include the question part beside the answer Le Naparima Gils! Hf Schoo Ubrary DO NOTTURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. Copyright ©2018 Caribbean Examinations Couneil All rights reserved, 91207032/MJCSEC 2019Answer ALL questions. ‘You are provided with the following One slice of boiled potato One dropper ‘One slice of cheese ‘One bunsen burner Potassium iodide solution One test-tube holier Ethanol solution ‘One 10 cm? measuring eylinder Biuret reagent Distilled water Six test tubes “Test tube rack Spatula ere ‘Two petri dishes (2) Use the instructions in Table 1 and Table 2 to carry out foed tests on the slice of potato and the slice of cheese (@ Slice of potato ‘TABLE 1: OBSERVATIONS AND DEDUCTIONS FOR THE SLICE OF POTATO: Food Test Observation Deduction ‘Use a spatula to crush a small piece of potato. Place the piece of potato in a test tube; and add - 3 drops of the iodide solution, 3 a o Use a spatula to crush a sina piece of potato. Place the piece of potato in a test tube, add 2 ‘em of ethanol followed by 2 em? of water and shake the test tube vigorously. a @ ‘Use a spatula to crush a small pieve of potato. Place the piece of potato in a test tube; add 3 drops of biuret reagent and warm gently. * @ wo (marks) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01207032/MCSEC 2019T “5s 1 (i) Slice of Cheese TABLE 2: OBSERVATIONS AND DEDUCTIONS FOR THE SLICE OF CHEESE, Food Test Observation Deduction Use a spatula to crush a small piece of cheese. Place the piece of chesse in a test tube; and add 3 drops of the iodide solution, ® wo E Use a spatula to erush a small piece of cheese. 7 Place the piece of cheese in atest tube; add 2 os cm’ ofethanol followed by 2 om’ of water and e . shake the test tube vigorously. E a oy ] Lise aspatula to crush a smell pioce of cheese. : Place the piece of cheese in atest lube: add 3 drops of biuret reagent and warm gently. i a 0) q inarks) | (iii) Write « suitable aim for the experiment oT (iv) Write a suitable conclusion for the experiment. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 01207032/MNCSEC 2019 L TL TAL _lr (¥)) Name ONE food test which x is used to test for. ae Food t65t sss: ‘Nutrient tested for 01207032/MCSEC 2019 5 is not used in this experiment and state the nutrient it GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE4 (6) The following list of apparatus and materials were given to Biology students to investigate the average time taken for bean seeds to germinate. List of appacatus/materials: + Four Bean seeds soaked in water for 24 hours + Three Beakers (50 ml) + Boule of 50 ml of water + Several layers of damp tissue paper (i) Outline a suitable procedure that could be performed w carry out the experiment, using the list of apparatus and materials. (marks) GO ON TO THE NEX'T PAGE. 01207032/MJCSEC 2019oo Avot 4 (ii) Suggest THREE reasons why it is important to use damp tissue paper instead af dry tissue paper in performing this experiment. (@ marks) (iii) State TWO precautions that should be taken when carrying out this experiment, @ marks) {iv) Describe how the investigation outlined in (b) (i) could be modified to determine if light alfeets the cate of germination of bean seeds. @ marks) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01207032/MHCSEC 20194 After the bean seed germinated, it was observed that the shvat of the young seedling was bent in the direction af a window in the room where the experiment was being conducted, cl Suggest ONE external factor that may have contributed to the bending of the growing seedling. aw (1 mark) ‘State ONE way in which the type of movement by the growing shoot differs from. i) the type of movement in animals, (mark) ‘Total 32 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, 01207032/MINCSEC 2019ero age rc 2 -10- 4 Students of a Biology class visited a mangrove swamp on a field trip. They observed four types of mangroves and recorded the location of the roots of the mangroves in relation to their distance from the water in Fable 3. (a) TABLE 3: LOCATION OF EACH TYPE OF MANGROVE, ‘Type of Mangrove Location Red mangrove Roois in the water‘elosest to the water Black mangrove Roots in swarmpy soil White mangrove Roots in swampy soil Button mangrove Roots in drier soil/furthest from water Describe ONE sampling method the students could have used to estimate the distribution of the four mangrove species in the part of the swamp they visited. “(7 marks) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE. 01207032/MJ/CSEC 2019 L LLL RNA _l on aenweltr “0 7 (b) The seeds of the red mangrove begin to germinate while still attached to the parent plant, (Based on your knowledge of the conditions needed for germination, suggest why ‘germination begins before the seeds drop off into the water. @ marks) Gi) Suggest TWO reasons why the seeds dropping into the water is useful to the life eycle of the plant, “@ marks) (©) Name TWO picces of equipment that may be used to capture and collect small invertebrates from the shallow water in the swamp. ” e marks) ‘Total 13 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01207032/MNCSEC 2019 L ti eI _]ero oot -12- 4 Some Biology students conducted an investigation during which they collected information trom 10 classmates about their height and blood typé. The results are presented in Table 4 (ay (b> TABLE 4: RESULTS student SampleNomber | eight(emy — | anl Tyre 1 n A 65 A 3 0 AR 4 6 5 ; 37 6 75 ? 64 7 8 6 9 | 3 : AB io | 58 ° Outline the aim of the investigation. aw (2 marks) Use the grid on page 13 to plot the data relating to heights. Label the axes and state the title of the graph. 0120703MHCSEC 2019 Lt marks) GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE Ia g S| = g 5 2 2 | = 2 Zz 3 2 o = 3 = 3 = z | g a g E g 5ere L agua r “ 4 (ii) Use the grid on page 13 to plot a bar graph forthe data relating to blood groups, Label the axes and state the title of the graph, (4 marks) (©) Suggest ONF. precaution that should be taken when measuring the height ofthe students. (mark (€) What type of variation is shown by the distribution of (i) heights and (ii) biood groups? Heights Blood groups ..... Q marks) (e) State ONE reason for the difference in the two types of variation identified in (6). @ marks) Total 15 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01207032/MJICSEC 2019 TH tl01207032/MVCSEC 2019 = =, = = END OF TEST IF YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED, CHECK YOUR WORK ON TIS TEST.