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Bishop’s College
Colombo
First Term Examination - 2020
Grade 14 Subject Biology – II Time 3 hours
Prepared By - Mrs. G. Siriwardena Medium - English Index No.
Translated By - Mrs. M. Pieris Date - 2020-03-

Structured Essay
Answer all questions.

01. (A) (i) State four important characteristics of water to maintain life.
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(ii) Give the names (according to the number of carbons) for each
monosaccharide.
Erythrose - _________________________________________________
Ribulose - _________________________________________________

(iii) (a) Mention two types of electron microscopes?

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(b) What is the major advantage of using transmission electron microscope

over scanning electron microscope?
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(iv) State the compounds included in cell walls of following organisms?

E coli - _______________________________________________
Penicillium - _______________________________________________

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 (v) Draw and labell the cross section structure of the basal body of eukaryotic
flagellum.

(vi) Mention one difference between prokaryotic flagellum and eukaryotic

flagellum.
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(vii) Mention the most abundant cell organelle present in human sperm?
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(B)

(i) Name the process shown as A, B and C.

A - _____________________________________________________
B - _____________________________________________________
C - _____________________________________________________

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 (ii) Where do process A, B and C occur in the living cell.
A - _____________________________________________________
B - _____________________________________________________
C - _____________________________________________________

(iii) Name the two products formed from glucose in animal cell in the absence of
O2.
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(iv) What is meant by respiratory quotient (RQ)

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(v) Arrange the biomolecules carbohydrates, fats and proteins according to their
RQ value. (ascending order)
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(vi) Mention the nitrogenous compound formed in aerobic respiration of

proteins?
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(c) (i) What are conidia?

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(ii) Which phylum of kingdom fungi in produce comidia.

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(iii) Name the other type of spore found in phylum B (ii) and state the function.
Type of spore Function
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 (iv) Indicate which of the plants A - E, exhibit the characteristics given below.
A - Poganatum B - Nephrolepis C - Selaginella
D - Cycas E - Angiosperm
(a) Autotrophic gametophyte ______________________________
(b) Bi flagellated male sperms ______________________________
(c) Heterospory ______________________________
(d) Spores dispersed by wind ______________________________

(02) (A) (i) An organism with two antennae, segmented body and jointed legs could be
observed from a home garden.
(a) Mention the domain, kingdom and phylum which this organism
belongs to
Domain ____________________________________________
Kingdom ____________________________________________
Phylum ____________________________________________

(b) Give one adaptation which might be showed by the organisms to

prevent desiccation.
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(c) Mention the type of blood circulatory system of this organism.

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(ii) State four characteristic features which could be seen only in phylum
chordata
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(iii) State two characteristics features of organisms belong to class osteichthyes.

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 (iv) State three ways how reptilians adapt toe terestrial environment.
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(B) (i) (a) State five passive transport mechanism occur in plants?
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(b) Out of them which transport mechanism is used for long distance
transportation.
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(ii) (a) What is water potential?

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(b) What are the units use to measure water potential?

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(iii) Plants show some adaptations in order to reduce transpiration. State two
such adaptations.
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(iv) State two differences between transpiration and guttation.

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(C)

(i) (a) Identify the above diagram.

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(b) Name the structures indicated by following letters.

P - _____________________________________
Q - _____________________________________
R - _____________________________________
S - _____________________________________

(c) Descrive the structure of R tissue when it is matured.

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(d) How does it relate to its function.

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(ii) State two secondary tissues formed from following meristems.

1. Vascular cambium - __________________________________
2. Cork cambium - ____________________________________

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(03) (A) (i) What is meant by heterotrophic nutrition?
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(ii) State two nutritional mechanisms of animals and mention one example, one
animal's adaptation for each.
(a) mechanism - __________________________________________
example - __________________________________________
adaptation - __________________________________________

(b) mechanism - __________________________________________

example - __________________________________________
adaptation - __________________________________________

(iii) Mention the three types of cells present in gastric glands.

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(iv) State two vitamins synthesized by colon with the aid of microorganisms.
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(v) In which forms the digested products of fats are absorbed in man.
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(vi) In which forms absorbed digested products of fats are transported in human
body
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(vii) State two water soluble vitamins and their deficiency symptoms.
water soluble vitamin deficiency symptom
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(B) (i) What is the importance of coordination in an organism.
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(ii) State two differences between the nervous and endocrine coordination.
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(iii) (a) What are neurotransmitters.

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(b) Give one example for neurotransmitter?

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(iv) Mention the parts that make bain stem?

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(v) (a) Name 2 parts in human bain that are related with reflex actions?
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(b) State the function of corpus callosum in human brain?

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(vi) (a) What is meant by adaptive immunity?

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 (b) State how human skin acts against foreign invasive agents.
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(C)

(i) Name the given diagram.

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(ii) Label the part A - D.

A ________________________ B _____________________________
C ________________________ D _____________________________

(iii) (a) State 3 unique features of bone labelled as "A".

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(b) Mention how bone "A" has positioned to bear the body weight?
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 (iv) Mention the disorders explained by following symptoms.
(a) The bodies of adjacent vertebrae are separated by invertebral discs
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(b) Reduction of bone density

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(v) What is the bone articulation with the bone B and C at ankle joint.
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(04) (A) (i) What is the charge of DNA molecule?

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(ii) Give one reason for your answer (i)

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(iii) What is the monomer of DNA?

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(iv) Mention three components of monomer you mentioned in (iii)

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(v) State two features of DNA that are important to act as genetic material of
organisms.
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(vi) What is the unit located on DNA molecule responsible to determine a

definite character of an organism.
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(B) (i) Define following terms.
(a) Allele
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(b) Heterocygote
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(ii) What is a test cross?

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(iii) State whether following features are dominant or recessive.

(a) Dimples -
(b) Straight thumb -

(iv) Following is a pedigree prepared related with the inheritence of rolling

ability of the tounge of man (Rolling ability of tongue is a dominant trait (R)
while homozgyous recessive are unable to roll the tounge) (r)

(a) Which character bearing people are indicated being shaded in above
pedigree?
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 (b) State the genotypes of following people.
A _____________________ B ________________________
C _____________________ H ________________________

(C) (i) What is DNA replication?

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(ii) Mention 2 functions of heterochromatin?

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(iii) Give one enzyme responsible for following functions

(a) Unwind the double helix
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(b) Bind to exposed single stranded DNA to prevent re-pairing of the

separated DNA strands.
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(c) Add deoxyribonucleotides to the 3 end of primer.

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(iv) Fill the blanks.

Electrophoresis is a technique that separates DNA molecules according to
their ______________________________ _______________ molecules
move slowly _____________________ molecules move faster in agarose
ge. The separated DNA can be stained with ______________________ and
can be risalised by exposing to _____________________

(v) Mention two types of gene mutations.

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