KIBUBURA GIRLS’ SECONDARY SCHOOL

MID-TERM ONE EXAMS 2011

S.2 BIOLOGY

TIME: 1½ Hours.

Name:………………………………………………………… Form…………………
Signature……………………………………

Answer all questions in section A and B plus one question in section C.

SECTION A

Choose the most correct option and write the letter representing it in the space
below.

ANSWERS FOR SECTION A.

1- 6- 11- 16-
2- 7- 12- 17-
3- 8- 13- 18-
4- 9- 14- 19-
5- 10- 15- 20-

1. Which of the following is not an instruction for collecting living specimens?

A. Label carefully to show where it was collected.
B. If the specimen is a plant, keep it damp.
C. Make no effort to return the specimen to its habitat.
D. Handle all living organisms with respect.

2. What types of organism are most likely to be caught in a pit – fall trap?
A. arthropods B. mammals
C. birds D. crustaceans.

3. If you are asked to carry out some quantitative sampling, which of the
following would you use?
A. net B. microscope
C. quadrat D. pooter.

4. Which of the following is not a function of plant root system?

A. support B. up take of water
C. photosynthesis D. up take of minerals.

5. Which of the following would you expect to see in a monocotyledonous leaf?

A. parallel veins B. Reticulate veins.
C. many leaflets D. toothed edges.

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6. Which of the following tissues is not found in a vascular bundle in a monocot
plant?
A. Xylem B. Phloem C. Cambium D. Pith

7. Which of the following best describes reproduction in a flowering plant?

A. Pollination , flowering, seed and fruit formation, seed dispersal.
B. Flower formation, pollination, fertilization
C. Flower formation, pollination, fertilization, fruit formation, seed dispersal
D. Flowers, fruits seeds.

8. The fruit of a bean contains many seeds. When nature it splits down both
sutures (both sides). Such a fruit is called
A. Legume B. Follicle C. capsule D. Schizocarp.

9. The term androecium refers to the :

A. Female part of a flower
B. Hermaphrodite flowers
C. Male part of the flower
D. Reproductive parts of a flower.

10. Each pollen grain normally contains:

A. one nucleus B. Two nuclei
C. Pollen tube D. Anti podal cells.

11. Which one of the following types of fruits has an example that is not correctly
given after it.
A. indehiscent fruit e.g pawpaw
B. False fruit e.g maize
C. Drupe e.g mango
D. Berry e.g orange.

12. Which of the following is a caryopsis?

A. Soya bean pod B. Maize grain fruit
C. Tomato fruit D. Egg plant fruit.

13. Fertilization is said to have occurred when

A. a sperm has reached the ovum.
B. Pollen grains of the same species have reached the stigma.
C. a pollen tube nucleus has reached the ovule.
D. Nuclei of the male and female gametes have fused.

14. Fertilization in a plant takes place in the :

A. Pollen tube B. Stigma C. Style D. Ovule.

15. A young plant in a seed is :

A. Embryo B. cotyledon C. Endosperm D. Radicle.

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16. The distinguishing characteristics between a seed and a fruit are:
A. A seed has two scars namely helium and micropyle while a fruit has one.
B. A seed is hard while a fruit is soft and juicy.
C. A fruit has two scars, for attachment to main plant and for the style while
a seed has one.
D. A fruit is formed from a fertilized ovary where as a seed is formed from
pollination.

17. Which of these is the best definition of cross – pollination?

A. The transfer of pollen grains from the stigma to anther.
B. The transfer of pollen grains from anther to stigma.
C. The transfer of pollen grains from anthers to stigma of the same flowers.
D. The transfer of pollen grains from anthers to stigma of different flowers
but of the same species.

18. The arrangement of ovules within the ovary is :

A. Inflorescence B. Pollination
C. Placentation D. Fertilization.

19. Which one of the following fruits is not a drupe?

A. Mango B. Coconut C. Avocado D. Tomato

20. A scar on the seed that was left by the funicle which attached the ovule to
the ovary wall is called:
A. Plumule B. Radicle
C. Micropyle D. Helium

SECTION B

Write answers in the spaces provided.

Work outside the available space will not be marked.

21. (a) Column A has descriptions of some of the words in column B.

Write the correct word next to the number of the correct description.
Number one is done for you.

NUMBER COLUMN A COLUMN B

1. PLACENTA A part where the blood Micropyle Endosperm.
……………………………… supplies of mother and
foetus are close
together
2. A fine outgrowth of a Radicle
……………………………… root cell
3. ……………………………. The scar made when a Helium
seed falls from the fruit. Placenta

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NUMBER COLUMN A COLUMN B

A root of an embryo Testa

4……………………………… Plant.

The part where food is Stoma

5……………………………… stored in grains.

6. A small pore which Root cap

admits water to the embryo
plant.

Water proof covering of

7. …………………………… a seed.

(b) In the space below make a well labelled diagram of a drupe of mango.

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22. Figure 1 below shows a longitudinal section of a flower.

(v)
(vi)

(i) (viii)

(vii)
(iv) (ii)

(iii)

(ix)
(x)

(xi)

(xii)

(a) Name the parts labelled (i) to (xii)

(i)………………………………….. (vi)…………………… (xi)………………………
(ii)………………………………. (vii)…………………….. (xi)………………………
(iii)………………………………. (viii)…………………….. (xii)…………………….
(iv)………………………………..(ix)……………………….
(v),……………………………….. (x)………………………………………

(b) Give the label number and name of the part that:
(i) develops into a seed………………………………………………………………….
………………………………………………………………………………………………
(ii) grows into a fruit ……………………………………………………………………...
………………………………………………………………………………………………
(iii) protects the flower in the bud stage.
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………
(iv) Produces the male gametes.
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………

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 SECTION C

Answer only ONE question on a separate sheet of paper.

Separate sheet of paper.
23. (a) Name the three main groups of fruits.
(b) Draw any one type fruit and explain how it is dispersed.
(c ) Explain why it is important that seeds are dispersed away from their
parent plant.
24. (a) What is placentation.
(b) Name any four types of placentation and in each case give one example.
(c ) (i) Draw a well Labelled diagram of a transverse section of a tomato
fruit.
(ii) Name the type of placentation shown by the tomato.

25.(a) What is pollination.

(b) Mention any six characteristics of insect pollinated flower.

(c ) How is self pollination prevented in flowering plants.

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