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BIOLOGY
PAPER
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TIME: 22 HOURS
FORM THREE 2025 AUGUST HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
• Write your name and admission number in the spaces provided.
• Answer all questions in the spaces provided
• Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain all the pages are printed as
indicated and no questions are missing.
For Examiners Use Only
GRAND TOTAL
This paper consists of 9 printed pages. Candidates should check the question paper to
ascertain that all pages are printed as indicated and that no pages are missing
1. State the name given to the study of each of the following. (2marks)
(a) Micro-organisms.
(b) Birds
2. Name two instruments used in the laboratory for magnification. (2marks)
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3. Give reasons why microscopic sections require to be:. (2marks)
(a) Very thin.
(b) Kept wet during processing.
4. An animal cell was viewed under a light microscope using objective lens of X100 and
eye piece lens of X10. Determine the total magnification of the image. (2marks)
5. In an investigation form 3 students extracted two pairs of potato cylinders using a
cork borer, the cylinders were cut 5 cm each in length and placed in a beaker
containing a solution.
The results result after 30 minutes were a shown in the table below.
Feature Results
Average length of cylinder (mm) 55 mm
Stiffness of the cylinder Stiff
(a) What was the process being investigated? (1mark)
(b) Account for the results in the above table. (3marks)
(c) What would be a suitable control set-up for the above investigation. (2marks)
6. a). Give the roles of the following in the alimentary canal:
i)Hydrochloric acid in the stomach (2marks)
ii)Mucus (1mark)
b) Name the cells that secrete enzyme pepsin and renin in the stomach (1mark)
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c) Enzyme enterokinase activates trypsinogen to trypsin. Give the origin of the
enzyme (1 mark)
7. Explain what happens during the light stage of photosynthesis. (4marks)
8. The diagram below illustrates a section of circulatory system. Study it.
a) Name the process that leads to formation of the fluid labeled R. (1mark)
b) Describe how the process named in (a) above occurs. (3marks)
c) Name one blood cell that is present in fluid R. (1mark)
d) Give two adaptations of capillaries to the process named in (a) above. (2marks)
e) Identify fluid labeled Q. (1mark)
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9. (a) Name the causative agent of the following respiratory diseases. (3marks)
(i) Whooping cough
(ii) Pneumonia.
(ii) Tuberculosis.
(b) Apart from lungs, name two other respiratory surfaces in a frog. (2marks)
10. The diagram below shows an experiment set up by a group of students to investigate
respiration in yeast.
a) Identify the type of respiration above. (1mark)
b) Account for the observation above, after 20hrs. (2marks)
c) State the economic importance of the by-products of the above process. (2marks)
11. (a) State two major roles of the kidney. (2marks)
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(c) State one economic importance of each of the following plant excretory products.
(3marks)
(i) Quinine
(ii) Papain
(iii) Cocaine
12. A person was found to pass large amounts of dilute urine frequently. Name the:
a) i) Disease the person was suffering from. (1mark)
ii) Hormone that was deficient (1mark)
13. A student mixed a sample of human urine/ with Benedict’s solution and heated, the
colour changed to orange.
a) What was present in the urine sample? (1mark)
b) What did the student conclude on the health status of the person? (1mark)
c) How can the health status of the above patient be improved. (1mark)
14. The scientific name of a bean is Phaseolus vulgaris. What do the names represent?
a) Phaseolus. (1 mark)
b) Vulgaris. (1 mark)
15. a) Identify the class of phylum Arthropoda with organisms that have three body parts and three
pairs of legs. (1mark)
(b) Members of the class stated in (a) above are the most successful among the invertebrates.
Explain THREE characteristics that make them most successful. (3marks)
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16. Name three economic importance of organisms in kingdom Fungi. (3marks)
17. Why are green plants referred to as primary producers in an ecosystem. (2marks)
18. During mitosis, an animal’s chromatid failed to separate and move to opposite poles.
a) Name the organelle that the cell was lacking. (1mark)
b) Name THREE regions in plants where cells actively undergo mitosis. (3marks)
19. State two features of pollen grains of insect pollinated flowers. (2marks)
20. Study the photographs below and use them to answer the questions that follow;
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a) Name the class of the plant from which each of the flowers was obtained. Give a reason
for your answer in each case (4marks)
Flower Class Reason
A1
B1
b) Name the parts labelled S and T (2marks)
S-
T-
c) What type of ovary is shown in flower B1? Give a reason for your answer. (2marks)
Type -
Reason –
d) i) Name the agent responsible for the process represented by the arrow labelled R in B2.
(1mark)
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ii) Give a reason for your answer in e (i) above (1mark)
e) (i) Name an agent that brings about a similar process as the one shown by the arrow in B2
for
A1. (1mark)
ii) Give a reason for your answer in f(i) above. (1mark)
21. Giving relevant examples describe five biotic inter-relationship in an ecosystem. (20marks)
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