MARKING SCHEMES

Exercise 03/02/2021
1. Mosses are ………………
a) Nonvascular seed plants
b) Seedless vascular plants
c) Nonvascular seedless plants
d) Vascular seed plants (1 mark)

2. Which generation is dominant in mosses?

Ans: Gametophyte. (1 mark)

3. The first stage of gametophyte generation in mosses is the protonema.

(1 mark)

4. The female gametophyte of mosses and ferns is called archegonium.

(1 mark)

5. What do mosses and ferns require for reproduction?

Ans: Water (1 mark)

6. Ferns differ from mosses in that they contain/produce ……………

a) Spores
b) Vascular tissue
c) Antheridia
d) Gametophyte (1 mark)

7. The spore of a fern germinates into a prothallus. (1 mark)

8. The sporangia of ferns are contained in the sori. (1 mark)

9. What is alternation of generation?

 Ans: This is the type of life cycle of an organism in which there is an alternation of two
generations: the gametophyte- the sexual gamete- producing generation and the
sporophyte- the asexual spore- producing generation. (3 marks)

OR
It is a type of life cycle in which a haploid gamete- producing generation and a diploid
spore- producing sporophyte generation are distinct and alternates with each other.

10. Spores are produced by meiosis. (1 mark)

CLASS TEST 18TH MARCH, 2021

Answer all the questions on the question paper.
Part I (Essay)
1. a. Below are two columns of words. Each of the words in one column is related to one of
the words in the other column. Match the words in the correct pairs.

Caudal fin filter

Swim bladder smell
Lateral line locomotion
Gill rakers vibrations
Nostril buoyancy (1 mark for each correct pair)

b. What is the meaning of the following terms in fish movement?

i. yawing
Ans: This is the tendency of the body of the fish to zig-zag from side to side.

ii. rolling
Ans: This is the rotation of the body around its longitudinal axis.

iii. pitching
Ans: This is the tendency of the head to rise and fall.
(1 mark for each correct definition)

2. a. Name the classes of vertebrates in order of their evolutionary trend. (5 marks)

Ans: Pisces, Amphibia, Reptilia, Aves, Mammalia

b. Give one example each of the classes of vertebrates named in 2(a). (5 marks)
Ans: Pisces – Salmon, Tilapia, shark, herrings, etc.
Amphibia – toads, frogs, newt, etc.
Reptilia – snakes, lizards, tortoise, etc.
Aves – domestic fowl, eagle, parrot, etc.
Mammalia – man, dog, cat, whale, etc.

3. a.i. What are social insects? (2 marks)

Ans: Social insects are specialized group of insects; which live in organized communities
or colonies; distinguished by structural; and functional differences or show division of
labour.

ii. State three common features of social insects. (3 marks)

• live together or form colonies
• display division of labour
 • show distinct castes
• communicate with one another within or outside the colony.

b.i. Describe the structure of the soldier termite. (3 marks)

• Hard brown head
• Powerful or strong jaws or big mandibles
• No wings
• Snout-like structure on the head of the nasute

iii. State one function each of the members of the various termite castes. (4 marks)
• Queen - lays the eggs
• King - mates with the queen to fertilize the eggs
• Worker - repair nest; provides for the colony; nurses nymphs; tends the fungus
garden.
• Soldier - defends the colony against invaders.

PART II: OBJECTIVE TEST 6. On which leg of the worker bee is the
From the options lettered A – D, choose the comb?
best answer by circling the letter. a) The middle leg
b) The fore leg
1. Grains in storage are destroyed by: c) The hind leg
a) Cotton stainers d) All the legs
b) Grasshoppers
c) Termites 7. Which one of the following is not found
d) Weevils on the head of Tilapia?
2. In the colony of bees, the worker bee a) Lateral line
may carry out the following duties b) Nostrils
except: c) Opercula
a) Cleaning the nest d) Teeth
b) Feeding the young larvae
c) Foraging for food 8. In toads or frogs, waste, in the form of
d) Laying eggs urine is excreted from the body through:
3. Which of the following insects destroy a) The buccal cavity
Kapok? b) The cloaca
a) Cotton stainers c) The nictitating membrane
b) Grain weevils d) The skin
c) Grasshoppers
d) Termites 9. Toads and Frogs are amphibians. This
4. The snout of the grain weevil is called… means they:
a) Antennae a) are able to live on land and in water
b) Mandible during parts of their life cycle
c) Proboscis b) breathe by means of lungs during their
d) Rostrum life cycle
5. Which of the following statements best c) eat plant and animal food during parts of
Explains why termites swarm at night? their life cycle
a) Light destroys their wings d) lay their eggs in water during their life
b) Light is not necessary cycle
c) They avoid day – lying birds 10. Which of the following is not a termite
d) They can only see in the dark caste? a) Drone
b) Queen
c) Soldiers
d) Workers

ANSWERS TO OBJECTIVES
1. D
2. D
3. A
4. B
5. C
6. B
7. A
8. B
9. A
10. A (10 marks)

ASSIGNMENT 23/02/2021
Differentiate between Osteichthyes and Chondrichthyes.
 Osteichthyes
Bony skeleton
Mouth is terminally positioned
Operculum present
Swim bladder present
Presence of lateral line
Claspers are absent
Cloaca absent
Undergoes external fertilization
Rayed bony fins
Body covered with bony overlapping
plate-like scales/cycloid scales
Tail is homocercal
Skin is soft
Chondrichthyes
Cartilaginous skeleton
Mouth is ventrally positioned
Operculum absent
Swim bladder absent
Absence of lateral line
Paired pelvic fins are provide with
claspers in males
Cloaca present
Undergoes internal fertilization
Fleshy fins
Body covered with tooth-like
scales/sharp pointed scales/placoid
scales
Have heterocercal tail
Skin is tough

Any 10 (10 marks)