CRACKIT_TERM 2
INTERNATIONAL GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY
EDUCATION
BIOLOGY FORM 5
PAPER 1
STUDENT NAME
Time = 45 minutes
Rule and regulation for this paper
Answer all questions
Use a blue or black pen
Marks = 40
1. A gene for insulin is taken from a human cell and placed in a bacterium. The
bacterium can then make human insulin.
What is this process called?
A artificial selection
B genetic engineering
C heterozygous inheritance
D natural selection
2. Why is yeast used in bread-making?
A to provide carbon dioxide
B to provide ethanol
C to provide lactic acid
D to provide oxygen
3. The diagram shows part of a protein molecule.
What does X represent?
A amino acid
B fatty acid
C glycerol
D sugar
4. What are the smaller basic units of starch and glycogen molecules?
5. What is the role of anaerobic respiration in bread-making?
A to produce alcohol to flavour the bread
B to produce gas to make the bread rise
C to release enough energy to bake the bread
D to release enough lactic acid to kill the yeast
6. The drawing shows a ground squirrel.
Which feature identifies this animal as a mammal?
A eye B four limbs C fur D tail
7. Which row shows the elements and basic units that are used in the construction
of large food molecules?
8. The diagram shows some cells.
Where are these cells found?
A alimentary canal
B blood
C bronchus
D plant roots
9. A human cell contains a length of DNA that carries the code for making which
substance?
A fat B glycogen C lipase D starch
10. Water is a good solvent.
What does this mean?
A It dissolves well in many other substances.
B It flows easily through vessels.
C It is permeable to gases.
D Many substances dissolve well in it.
11. The diagram shows how a seed changes after it is planted in soil and watered.
Which characteristics of living things are demonstrated by this sequence?
A excretion and growth
B growth and sensitivity
C nutrition and reproduction
D nutrition and sensitivity
12. Scientists have investigated the absorption of mineral ions by plant roots. They
believe that it needs energy from respiration.
Which observation best supports this idea?
A Carbohydrate is stored in the roots.
B Living roots give off carbon dioxide.
C Nitrate uptake is reduced in lower oxygen concentrations.
D The root hairs have a large surface area for gas exchange.
13. The diagram represents two liquids, separated by a membrane through which
osmosis can occur.
Which statement describes how the molecules will move?
A Molecules of dissolved substance move from left to right.
B Molecules of dissolved substance move from right to left.
C Overall, water molecules move from left to right.
D Overall, water molecules move from right to left.
14. The diagram shows a palisade mesophyll cell from a green leaf.
15. Two samples of a human enzyme were used in an experiment. Before they
were used
● sample X was heated to 80°C and then cooled to 37°C,
● sample Y was cooled to 0°C and then heated to 37°C.
How will this affect their activity?
A Sample X and sample Y are no longer active.
B Sample X and sample Y will be equally active.
C Sample X will be more active than sample Y.
D Sample Y will be more active than sample X.
16. What is the optimum pH for stomach protease?
A pH2 B pH7 C pH9 D pH12
17. The diagram shows an experiment using a potato.
18. A red blood cell is placed in a concentrated sugar solution.
What happens and why?
A The cell bursts as sugar molecules diffuse into it.
B The cell bursts because the concentrated sugar solution enters it.
C The cell shrinks because sugar molecules leave it.
D The cell shrinks because water leaves it.
19. Which substances are used for photosynthesis?
A carbon dioxide and glucose
B carbon dioxide and water
C glucose and oxygen
D glucose and water
20. What would protect against a sexually transmitted infection?
A contraceptive implant
B use of a condom
C use of a diaphragm
D vasectomy
21. Which term describes the transmission of genetic information from one
generation to the next?
A genetic engineering
B inheritance
C natural selection
D variation
22. What is a gene?
A a chain of amino acids that codes for a protein
B a length of DNA that codes for a protein
C a length of protein that codes for an allele
D a structure that codes for the production of DNA
23. Which description of an adaptive feature is correct?
A a change in phenotype that is caused by the environment
B a change in the environment that is an advantage to an organism
C an action by an organism that aids its ability to survive and reproduce
D an inherited feature that increases an organism’s ability to survive and reproduce
24. The diagram shows part of the carbon cycle.
What does arrow X represent?
A decay
B nutrition
C photosynthesis
D respiration
25. The diagram shows the water cycle.
26. What is inserted into a bacterium to make the bacterium produce insulin?
A a length of DNA from a human
B a length of DNA from another bacterium
C a molecule of insulin
D an enzyme
27. The graph shows world wheat production from 1950 to 2000.
What has contributed to the changes shown in wheat production?
A not using herbicides
B not using insecticides
C using selective breeding
D using smaller areas of land
28. Which graph shows the effect of pollution by untreated sewage on the amount
of oxygen dissolved in a river?
29. Which characteristic do all living organisms show?
A breathing B excretion
C photosynthesis D tropism
30. Using the binomial naming system, the Arctic fox is called Vulpes lagopus.
Which row is correct?
31. What is the function of a root hair cell?
A absorption
B photosynthesis
C reproduction
D support
32. Which row describes osmosis?
33. A student made the following statements about the movement of ions by active
transport.
1 It is the net movement of particles from a low concentration to a high concentration.
2 It is the net movement of particles from a high concentration to a low concentration.
3 It requires the use of energy from respiration.
4 It can only take place in living cells.
Which statements are correct?
A 1, 3 and 4 B 1 and 4 only C 2 and 4 only D 2 only
34. The diagram shows an experiment on the digestion of the protein in egg
albumen by protease.
The protease was taken from a human stomach.
In which test-tube will the protein be digested most quickly?
35. Digested proteins are absorbed into the blood as
A amino acids B fatty acids.
C glucose D glycerol.
36. Four flasks are sterilised and are set up as shown.
Which flask will contain the most alcohol after several hours?
37. What applies to selective breeding but not to natural selection?
A Humans select individuals with desirable features.
B Individuals may produce a large number of offspring.
C Individuals pass their alleles to the next generation.
D There is variation among the offspring produced.
38. What is the principal source of energy for living organisms?
A herbivores B plants C photosynthesis D the Sun
39. Chopped apple is placed into filter paper and a funnel as shown in the diagram.
Enzymes are added to increase the volume of apple juice released.
Which enzyme would release the highest volume of juice?
A amylase B lipase C pectinase D protease
40. Which effect is most likely to occur as a result of deforestation?
A an increase in the number of species
B an increase in soil erosion
C a decrease in the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
D a decreased risk of flooding
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