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NAME……………………………………………………….. INDEX NO……………………............
231/1 CANDIDATE’S SIGN………….……
BIOLOGY PAPER 1 DATE……….………………………... (THEORY) JULY/AUGUST, 2015 TIME: 2 HOURS
CENTRAL KENYA NATIONAL SCHOOLS JOINT MOCK - 2015
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
BIOLOGY PAPER 1 (THEORY) TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: 1. Write your name and index number in the spaces provided. 2. Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided. 3. Answer all the questions in the spaces provided. 4. Answers must be written in the spaces provided in the question paper. 5. Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as indicated and that no questions are missing. 6. The paper consists of 10 printed pages.
FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY:
Question Maximum Candidate’s Score Score 1 – 28 80 Biology Paper 1 Turnover 1. (i) What biological knowledge or study is required in dealing with locusts that infest a maize crop. (1 mark)
(b) The set up shows an experiment to investigate photosynthesis.
Gas collected
Water containing sodium
hydrogen carbonate
At the start Aquatic plants After the
experiment
(a) What gas was collected in the test tube? (1 mark)
___________________________________________________________ Biology Paper 1 2 Cekenas Joint Mock (b) What was the role of sodium hydrogen carbonate in the experiment? (2 marks)
_________________________________________________________________ (b) What name is given to the gap between the sensory neurone and intermediate neurones. (1 mark)
_________________________________________________________________ (c) Name the transmitter substance found in the gap named in (b) above. (1 mark)
7. Name two enzymes and one metal ion that are needed in the blood clotting process. (3 marks) Enzymes. ______________________________________________________________
Metal ion ______________________________________________________________
Biology Paper 1 3 Cekenas Joint Mock 8. Name causative agents of each of the following diseases.
_________________________________________________________________ (b) The table below gives information about an aquarium community which is ecologically balanced. Type of organism Dry weight (g) Insect larvae 500 Fishes 5000 Water plants 5000 Bacteria 10 (c) What do you understand by term ecologically balanced? (1 mark) _________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________ 11. List the changes that takes place during inhalation in the breathing cycle of mammal in the following. (4 marks) (a) Ribcage and thoracic cavity. _________________________________________________________________
(b) Write the types of gene mutation represented by the following analogues. (2 marks) (i) Intended message BRING THERMOS ON OUTING Actual message BRING MOTHERS ON OUTING
Type _______________________________________________________
(ii) Intended message PLEAS SAY WHERE YOU ARE
Actual message PLEASE STAY WHERE YOU ARE
Type _______________________________________________________ Biology Paper 1 5 Cekenas Joint Mock 14. Use the diagram below to answer the questions that follow. Hooks
_________________________________________________________________ Biology Paper 1 6 Cekenas Joint Mock 16. Name the type of response shown by: (3 marks) (a) Leaves of Mimosa pudica when they fold after being touched.
19. The leaf of a potted green plant which had been kept in dark for 24 hours was smeared with petroleum jelly on its lower surface and then exposed to sunlight for 6 hours. Starch test on the leaf was negative. Account for the observation. (2 marks)
______________________________________________________________________ Biology Paper 1 7 Cekenas Joint Mock 20. State the importance of the structure given below in a seed. (a) Endosperm. (1 mark)
23. Two populations of the same species of birds were separated over a long period of time by an ocean. Both populations initially fed on insects only but later it was observed that one population fed entirely on fruits and seeds although insects were available. Name; (a) The type of isolation. (1 mark)
_________________________________________________________________ Biology Paper 1 8 Cekenas Joint Mock (b) The type of evolutionary change. (1 mark)
24. Eight potato cylinder of the same size were used to investigate a certain physiological process. Four of the potato cylinders were placed in solution S. The other four potato cylinders were placed in solution T. After 2 hours, the potato cylinders from solution S were found to longer and stiff, while those from solution T were found to be shorter and flexible. Explain the results in solution S and T. (2 marks)
______________________________________________________________________ Biology Paper 1 9 Cekenas Joint Mock 26. List two enzyme that are secreted in their precursor forms. (2 marks)
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