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    Human & Social Biology Form 5 Past Papers

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    Human & Social Biology Form 5 Past Papers

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    This document contains 13 multiple choice and short answer questions about biology topics including: 1) The similarities and differences between cars and living organisms 2) The structures and functions of cell organelles 3) The differences and similarities between plant and animal cell structures 4) The need for cell specialization in multicellular organisms

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    This document contains 13 multiple choice and short answer questions about biology topics including: 1) The similarities and differences between cars and living organisms 2) The structures and functions of cell organelles 3) The differences and similarities between plant and animal cell structures 4) The need for cell specialization in multicellular organisms

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    Human & Social Biology Form 5 Past Papers

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    Ariel Lakatoo Ming
    This document contains 13 multiple choice and short answer questions about biology topics including: 1) The similarities and differences between cars and living organisms 2) The structures and functions of cell organelles 3) The differences and similarities between plant and animal cell structures 4) The need for cell specialization in multicellular organisms

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    1.

    Explain THREE ways in which a car can be considered similar to a living organism and
    THREE ways in which it is different from a living organism. [6 marks]

    2. Outline the function of EACH of the following cell structures: [3 marks]


    a a mitochondrion
    b the endoplasmic reticulum
    c a chloroplast

    3. Give TWO differences and TWO similarities between the structure of a typical plant
    cell and a typical animal cell. [4 marks]

    4. Explain the need for cell specialisation in multicellular organisms. [2 marks]

    5. Distinguish between diffusion and osmosis. [ 2 marks]

    6. a) Define the term 'photosynthesis' and give a word equation to summarise the process. [3
    marks]

    b) Suggest TWO ways that the plant can make use of the glucose produced in
    photosynthesis. [2 marks]

    7. a) What is a food chain? [2 marks]

    b) Some aphids were observed on the tomato plants in a garden and ladybird beetles
    were seen feeding on the aphids. The ladybirds were, in turn, being eaten by
    dragonflies which were, themselves, being fed on by toads. Use this information to
    draw a food chain for the organisms in the garden. [4 marks]

    c) From the organisms in item 3 b above, identify:


    a herbivore
    a carnivore
    a primary consumer
    a producer
    a secondary consumer
    [5 marks]

    8. a) Jacinta set up the apparatus in Figure 4 below and observed that the level of the
    meniscus in the capillary tube gradually rose up the tube.
    i) Explain TWO differences between the process occurring in Jacinta's apparatus
    and the process of diffusion. At the beginning of your answer, name the process
    occurring in the apparatus. [4 marks]

    ii) Define the term 'active transport' [2 marks]

    iii) By referring to TWO different places in your body where active transport
    occurs, explain its importance to you. [4 marks]

    9. Describe what happens during:


    a) mechanical digestion
    b) chemical digestion. [4 marks]

    10. Give TWO factors that can increase the breathing rate and TWO factors that can
    decrease it. [4 marks]

    11. a What is meant by the term 'vital capacity'?


    b Why is it important to measure a person's vital capacity? [4 marks]

    12. Ché carried out strenuous exercise for an extended period of time and eventually
    collapsed and found he had to rest before resuming any exercise. Explain why he
    collapsed and why he had to rest before he could exercise again. [4 marks]

    13. Explain:
    a How blood flow through the heart is maintained in one direction. [2 marks]
    b Why the wall of the left ventricle of the heart is thicker than the wall of the right
    ventricle. [2 marks]
    C How the beating of the heart is controlled. [2 marks]

    Total 65 marks

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