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BIOLOGY
PRACTICAL
Paper 3
27 July 2018

ENTEBBE
3 ¼ hours

ENTEBBE JOINT EXAMINATION BUREAU

Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education

BIOLOGY

PRACTICAL

Paper 3
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3 hours 15 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
Attempt all questions.

Answers must be written in the spaces provided.

FOR EXAMINERS’ USE ONLY

QUESTION MARKS
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1. You are provided with specimen R, which is freshly killed.

(a) Examine the specimen and state three observable external features
which are characteristic of the class to which it belongs. (03 marks)

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(b) Lay the specimen with ventral side uppermost. Cut along both edges of
the mouth to increases on the gape. Then open the mouth wide. (Use
cotton wool to mop blood in case it bleeds.) Examine the teeth and
(i) Count the total number of teeth in the mouth. (01 mark)
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(ii) Write down the dental formula of the specimen. (02 marks)
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(iii) From your observations in b (i) and (ii), state with reasons the diet
of the specimen. (03 marks)
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(iv) Other than teeth, state four features in the mouth and describe
how each of them enables the specimen to cope up with the nature
of its diet. (04 marks)
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(c) Pin the specimen ventral side up. Dissect the specimen and expose and
display;
(i) the reproductive system
(ii) organs and structures responsible for blood circulation and
structures for impulse transmission that are observed within the
thorax after removal of the rib cage and clearing away of the
thymus gland. Deflect the heart to the left of the specimen.
Draw and label your dissection. (27 marks)

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2. You are provided with solutions Q, X, Y and Z.

(a) Using the reagents provided, carry out the following tests on solution
Q and record your tests, observations and deductions in Table I
below. (07 marks)

Table I

Tests Observations Deductions

Starch

Reducing
sugars

(b) Cut the whole stomach from dissection of specimen R. Cut it open and
wash out all its contents. Crush the stomach into a paste and add 8 cm3
of distilled water. Allow to settle and decant the contents into a test tube.
Label it extract S.

Label four test tubes (I) to (IV) and carry out the following procedures.

 To test tube I, add 1 cm3 of solution Q and 1 cm3 of solution X.

 To test tube II, add 1 cm3 of solution Q and 1 cm3 of extract S

 To test tube III, add 1cm3 of solution Q and 1 cm3 of solution X

and 1 cm3 of solution Z

 To test tube IV, add 1 cm3 of solution Q, 1 cm3 of extract S and 1

cm3 of solution Z

 Incubate all the four test tubes (I) to (IV) at (35 – 40)0 C for 20
minutes.

 After incubation, allow the contents to settle and record your

observations and deductions in Table II.

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Table II

Test tube number Observations Deductions

(I)

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(08 marks)
(c) To 1 cm3 of solution Q, add 1 cm3 of solution Y and incubate at
(35 – 40)0 C for 20 minutes. Thereafter, carry out Benedict’s test on the
contents and record your observations and deductions in Table III.

Table III

Test Observations Deductions

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(d) From the tests done, explain the effects of the following on solution Q.
(05 marks)
(i) Solution X
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(ii) Extract S
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(iii) Solution Y

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(e) From the results of this experiment, describe the nature of solution Q.
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3. You are provided with specimens J, K, L, M and N.

(a) (i) Classify the specimens J and K into the taxa below (02 marks)

Specimen Class Order

J

(ii) State the orders to which L, M and N belong. (1 ½ marks)

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(b) Cut off the heads of specimens M and N.

(i) Put the head of specimen M on a slide. Observe the compound

eye under the lower power of a microscope.

Describe the arrangement of the eye units. (05 marks)

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 (ii) Observe the head of specimen N with a hand lens. Draw the
posterior view of the head and label only the mouth parts.
(07 marks)

(c) Cut and examine the tarsus of specimen M under the lower of a
microscope.

(i) Draw and label the tarsus with its associated structures.
(6 ½ marks)

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(d) Observe the heads of the given specimens using a hand lens. Basing
on the features of the head only, construct a dichotomous key to
identify the specimens in the following order: J, K, L, M and N.
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