EKWANDA BOYS SECONDARY SCHOOL
BIOLOGY (231)
FORM TWO HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT
Name: …………………………………………………………. Adm No: ……………….
School: ……………………………………………………….. Class: …………………..
Instructions to candidates
a. Write your name, admission number, and stream in the spaces provided
above.
a. Answer ALL the questions in the spaces provided.
a. Candidates MUST answer all questions in English.
FOR EXAMINERS’ USE ONLY.
QUESTIONS MAXIMUM SCORE CANDIDATE’S SCORE
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1. a) Name the cell responsible for Carbon (IV) oxide transport in human beings.
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b) Give two advantages of Carbon (IV) oxide transport by the cells named in (a).
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2. How are the following structures important in the human body? (2 marks)
a) Pericardium
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b) Pleural membrane
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3. a) Name the part of the brain that influences gaseous exchange in human beings.
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b) Describe how intercostal muscles influence inhalation in mammals.
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4. Amina was given orange juice, reagent K, boiling tube, measuring cylinder, test
tube holder and source of heat. She was instructed to test for reducing sugar in the
juice.
a) Name reagent K …………………………...……………………………
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b) State the steps she was to follow in this experiment. (3 marks)
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c) State the observation she made for a positive result. (1 mark)
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5. The set up shown below was used to investigate a physiological process by Form 2
learners. P and Q represent solutions of different concentrations.
a) Name two materials in the school laboratory that can be used as R.(2 marks)
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b) Which term is used to describe solution P in relation to solution Q?(1 marks)
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c) Account for the observation made in Q after 1 hour. (3 marks)
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d) How is the process investigated in the experiment shown above important to
the function of chloroplast? (2 marks)
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6. The diagram shown below is a schematic representation of enzyme-substrate
interaction
a) i) Describe how temperature beyond optimum will affect product formation in
the reaction shown above.
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ii) List three factors that will increase the rate of reaction in the set up above
apart from temperature.
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b) Name the main product from the set-up above in a reaction where the
following enzymes are involved (3 marks)
i) Lactase
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ii) Carbonic Anhydrase
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iii) Catalase
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7. The diagram shown below represents a mammalian heart.
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E
a) State the difference in composition of blood found in blood vessels E and G in
terms of the following:
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Feature Blood Vessel E Blood Vessel G
Amount of Nitrogenous
Wastes
Oxygen Concentration
b) Name the valve that prevents backflow of blood:
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i) From G to D
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ii) From D to C
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c) What is the significance of the following?
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i) D having a thicker wall than B
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ii) Presence of part F
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d) Explain the advantage organisms with the heart structure above have over the
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8. The following is a schematic representation of the blood clotting process.
a) Identify the following components of the blood clotting process.
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i) C
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ii) D
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b) i) Name the component of blood that stops the process illustrated above.
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ii) Give two ways by which the compound mentioned in b(i) hinders the blood
clotting process. (2 marks)
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c) Name the vitamin that is useful in the process above. (1 mark)
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d) Give two ways in which the process illustrated above is important to the
mammalian body. (2 marks)
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9. Penina counted 10 onion epidermal cells along the diameter of field of view of a
light microscope. The field of view had a radius of 2.5mm.
a) Determine the diameter of one cell in micrometers. (2 marks)
b) If she used Eye piece lens magnification of X15 and Objective lens
magnification of X40, determine the following:
i) Total Magnification used. (2 marks)
ii) Actual diameter of one cell. (2 marks)
c) Give two reasons why this method of cell size estimation is not accurate.
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