SECTION C

BIOLOGY PRACTICAL
S.S 1
Instructions: Answer all the questions from this part.
Specimen C is KMnO4 crystals
Ai. Half fill a 250cm3 beaker with distilled water or clean water
ii. Place the beaker of water on a flat table
iii. Using spatula/small spoon introduce/drop gently a crystal of the permanganate into the
beaker with water undisturbed.
iv. Observe the colour of the contents in the beaker at the following intervals.
- Immediately after dropping the crystal
- 05 minutes later
- 15 minutes later
- 30 minutes later
v. Make your recording of time (minutes) and observation / inference as shown in the format
below.
TIME OBSERVATION/INFERENCE
1. Immediately after dropping
crystal
2. 05 minutes later
3. 15 minutes later
4. 30 minutes later
vi. Make a labelled diagram of a 8cm – 10cm of the beaker and its contents as it appears after
15 minutes
b. What physiological process does the experiment demonstrate?
c. Suggest a suitable title for the experiment?
di. In what medium did the experiment take place? Name any other medium that can be used
for this experiment?
ii. Give two conditions that can speed up the rate of the process mentioned above?
e. State two instances in human, where the above process is significant.
2a. Identify the parts of microscope numbered below
b. State the functions of the part numbered 1-5
 SECTION C
BIOLOGY PRACTICAL
S.S 2
Instructions: Answer all the questions from this part.
1. Identify Specimen A, B and C
a. Classify specimens A, B and C according to the following criteria
i. Agricultural classification
ii. Botanical Classification
iii. Life cycle
bi. State two ways in which specimen C is important to human nutrition
ii. State the classes of food Specimen A and C belong
ci. Give 5 differences between Specimen A and B
ii. State the digestive enzyme that work on specimen C when eaten by man and where the
digestion takes place.
d. Give the botanical names of Specimen A, B and C

2a. Identify the parts of microscope numbered below

b. State the functions of the part numbered 1-7
 SECTION C
BIOLOGY PRACTICAL
S.S 3
Instructions: Answer any two questions from this part.
1. Specimen C is KMnO4 crystals
Ai. Half fill a 250cm3 beaker with distilled water or clean water
ii. Place the beaker of water on a flat table
iii. Using spatula/small spoon introduce/drop gently a crystal of the permanganate into the
beaker with water undisturbed.
iv. Observe the colour of the contents in the beaker at the following intervals.
- Immediately after dropping the crystal
- 05 minutes later
- 15 minutes later
- 30 minutes later
v. Make your recording of time (minutes) and observation / inference as shown in the format
below.
TIME OBSERVATION/INFERENCE
1. Immediately after dropping
crystal
2. 05 minutes later
3. 15 minutes later
4. 30 minutes later
vi. Make a labelled diagram of a 8cm – 10cm of the beaker and its contents as it appears after
15 minutes
b. What physiological process does the experiment demonstrate?
c. Suggest a suitable title for the experiment?
di. In what medium did the experiment take place? Name any other medium that can be used
for this experiment?
ii. Give two conditions that can speed up the rate of the process mentioned above?
e. State two instances in human, where the above process is significant.
f. State 3 differences between diffusion and osmosis

2. Identify Specimen A, B and C

a. Classify specimens A, B and C according to the following criteria
i. Agricultural classification
ii. Botanical Classification
iii. Life cycle
bi. State two ways in which specimen C is important to human nutrition
ii. State the classes of food Specimen A and C belong
ci. Give 5 differences between Specimen A and B
ii. State the digestive enzyme that work on specimen C when eaten by man and where the
digestion takes place.
d. Give the botanical names of Specimen A, B and C

3. Specimen D is onion bulb

Peel off the thin skin from the inner (concave) surface of a fleshy leaf of an onion bulb. Place
this on a clean microscope slide, taking care not to fold it upon itself. Stain it with one drop
of iodine solution and gently lower a cover slip over it. After about one minute, examine the
specimen under a microscope. Draw what you see and label the parts of the cell.