GRADE 11

LIFE SCIENCES

MARCH CONTROLLED TEST

6 MARCH 2024

MARKS: 75

TIME: 1Hr & 15 Min

This question paper consists of 9 pages.

INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION

Read the following instructions carefully before answering the questions.

1. Answer ALL the questions.

2. Write ALL the answers on your FOLIO PAPER provided.
3. Start the answers to each question at the top of a NEW page.
4. Number the answers correctly according to the numbering system used in this
question paper.
5. Present your answers according to the instructions of each question.
6. ALL drawings should be done in pencil and labelled in blue or black ink.
7. Draw diagrams or flow charts only when asked to do so.
8. The diagrams in this question paper are NOT necessarily drawn to scale.
9. Do NOT use graph paper.
10. Round off ALL calculations to two decimals after the comma.
11. You should use a non-programmable calculator, protractor, and a compass.
12. Write neatly and legibly.

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SECTION A
QUESTION 1

1.1 Various options are provided as possible answers to the following questions.
Choose the correct answer and write only the letter (A to D) next to the question
number (1.1.1 to 1.1.4) in your ANSWER BOOK, for example
1.1.5 D.

1.1.1 Bryophytes are terrestrial plants that have NO...

A cellulose.
B rhizoids.
C vascular tissue.
D sporophyte phase.

1.1.2 Viruses have a ...

A nucleic acid core and a protein coat.

B DNA-containing nucleus and a lipid envelope.
C nucleic acid core and a plasma membrane.
D DNA core and a protein coat.

1.1.3 Viruses are considered non – living because …

A they do not locomote.

B their nucleic acid does not code for protein.
C they cannot reproduce independently.
they do not mutate and therefore do not adapt.
D

1.1.4 Vaccines work because ...

A they contain antibodies that destroy disease causing

organisms.

B they destroy disease causing organisms by dissolving their cell

membranes.
C they trigger the body to produce antibodies to protect the body
against disease causing organisms.

D (8)
it contains drugs that destroy disease causing organisms.

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1.2 Give the correct biological term for each of the following descriptions. Write
only the term next to the question number (1.2.1 to 1.2.9) in your ANSWER
BOOK.

1.2.1 A micro-organism used in the manufacturing of beer and bread.

1.2.2 The group of sporangia in a fern plant
1.2.3 Plants without true roots, stems and leaves.

1.2.4 Symbiotic relationship where one species benefits whilst the other
does not benefit, nor is it harmed

1.2.5 The dominant generation in a moss plant

1.2.6 A disease-causing organism

(6)

1.3 Indicate whether each of the statements in COLUMN I applies to A ONLY, B

ONLY, BOTH A AND B or NONE of the items in COLUMN II. Write A only, B
only, both A and B, or none next to the question number (1.3.1 to 1.3.6) in
the ANSWER BOOK.

COLUMN I COLUMN II
1.3.1 The purpose of flowers A: Attract pollinators
B: Form fruit
1.3.2 Root-like structures in moss plants A: thallus
B: rhizoids

2x2 (4)

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1.4 Study the diagrams below of micro-organisms and answer the questions that
follow.

1.4.1 Name the group of organisms to which B and C belong

respectively. (2)

1.4.2 Provide labels for:

(a) 1 (1)
(b) 2 (1)
(c) 3 (1)
1.4.3 Give the LETTER of the organism that:

(a) Is not considered to be living (1)

(b) Is eukaryotic (1)
(7)

TOTAL QUESTION 1: [25]

TOTAL SECTION A: [25]

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 QUESTION 2

2.1 Below is a common phylogenetic tree showing the evolutionary development

of plants.

2.1.1 What is a phylogenetic tree? (2)

2.1.2 Which are the …

(a) youngest vascular plants?

(1)
(b) oldest vascular plants? (1)

2.1.3 In which era, did most of the plant groups evolve? (1)

2.1.4 Which characteristic gave gymnosperms and angiosperms an

evolutionary advantage over other land plants? (1)

2.1.5 Which of these groups require water for reproduction? (2)

2.1.6 Explain why the groups mentioned in QUESTION 2.1.5 need water for (4)
reproduction

(12)

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2.2 Study the diagrams of the two flowers below.

2.2.1 Give labels for:

(1)
(a) Structure A
(1)
(b) Whorl B
(1)
(c) Structure C

2.2.2 Give the letter of the structure where the seed is formed. (1)

(1)
2.2.3 Which flower (1 or 2) above, is wind pollinated?
2.2.4 Give TWO visible reasons for your answer in QUESTION 2.1.3 (2)

2.2.5 Name TWO unique features of flowering plants that have allowed
(2)
them to become the dominant plant species on Earth.

2.2.6 Explain TWO disadvantages of asexual reproduction in plants . (4)

(13)

TOTAL QUESTION 2: [25]

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QUESTION 3

3.1 Scientists conducted an investigation to determine the effects of antibiotic on

bacteria causing pneumonia in children from 2000 to 2006.

The procedure for the investigation:

• The bacteria were cultured in the same type of agar medium in petri
dishes of the same size.
• Petri dishes were divided into two groups.
• Petri dish A was treated with an antibiotic.
• Petri dish B was not treated with antibiotic.
• An antibiotic was introduced in years 2000 in petri dish A.
• Both petri dishes were the incubated under the same conditions and
bacterial growth was examined.
• The investigation was repeated over a period of 5 years.

The table below shows the results of the investigation.

GROWTH OF BACTERIA PER

100 000
YEARS PETRI DISH A PETRI DISH B
1999 85 23
2000 60 28
2001 20 30
2002 9 40
2003 5 45
2004 2 50
2005 0.2 55
2006 0 60

3.1.1 Identify the independent variable of the investigation. (1)

3.1.2 What was the growth of bacteria in petri dish A in 2004? (1)

3.1.3 Describe the growth of pneumonia causing bacteria from 2001 to 2006 in
(2)
petri dish A.

3.1.4 State TWO factors that were kept constant during the investigation.
(2)
3.1.5 Draw a line graph to show the growth of bacteria in petri dish B from 1999
to 2006 (6)

3.1.6 State what was done by the scientists to improve the reliability of the (1)
investigation.

3.1.7 Calculate the percentage decrease in the growth of bacteria in petri dish
A from 2002 to 2003. (3)

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 3.1.8 Explain why petri dish B was included in the investigation. (2)

(18)

3.2 Read the extract below.

3.2.1 Name the kingdom to which the malaria parasite belongs. (1)
3.2.2 Give evidence from the passage that the use of DDT has a negative effect (1)
on the environment.

3.2.3 Explain the economic impact to a country if there is a high percentage of (2)
people suffering from malaria.

3.2.4 Explain how the Anopheles mosquito transmits malaria. (2)

3.2.5 Give ONE precaution besides killing mosquitoes that people can take to (1)
prevent getting malaria.
(7)

TOTAL QUESTION 3 : [25]

TOTAL SECTION B : [50]
GRAND TOTAL : [75]

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