REVISION YEAR 9

BIOLOGY

INSTRUCTIONS: Complete all the questions in your Science notebook. Don’t need to
copy the questions. Just state the question number.

1. State two differences between photosynthesis and respiration.

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2. Explain how iodine solution can be used to test the presence of starch in a leaf.
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3. Complete the table below by stating essential minerals required by plants, its function,
and its deficiency symptoms.

Mineral element Function Deficiency symptoms

Nitrogen

Potassium

Phosphorus

Magnesium

4. Explain how plants grown using aeroponics and hydroponics system receives
nutrients.
(a) Aeroponics:
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 (b) Hydroponics:
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5. Explain how the dangling roots of the plants in hydroponic system helps them to grow
faster.
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6. Draw the cross section of a flower and label them accordingly.

7. Explain how pollen grains are transferred from the anther to the stigma:

(a) by wind:
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(b) by insects
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8. Complete the table below by stating the features of seeds dispersed by different
methods.
One has been done for you.

Seed dispersal method Features

Wind -They have wings or parachute to help them
move

- Light weight

-Small

Water

Exploding

Animal (fur)

Animal (eat)

9. State three adaptations of naked mole rats.

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10. State three similar adaptations of prey and predator.

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11. State two features of ocean animals that allows them to move faster.

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(b) _____________________________________

12. State two features of animals that needs to fly.

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(b) _____________________________________

13. State two adaptations of organisms stated in the table below.

Artic plants a)

b)

Artic animals a)

b)

Desert plants a)

b)

Desert animals a)

b)

Animals living in ocean floor a)

b)
14. State four ways ecologists study animals in their environment.

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15. State three things’ chimpanzees did that we didn’t know before observing them.

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16. Which chimpanzee gets these specials treatments stated below:

• Best sleeping place

• More chances to mate
• Extra food

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17. State what laboratory tests on the faeces of an animal can show.

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(b) ________________________