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ELIZABETH’S SECONDARY SCHOOL- BITOBO

MID TERM 2 EXAM 2024 FORM THREE BIOLOGY
NAME: …………………………………………………………… A.D.M NO: ……….STREAM: …………
SIGNATURE: …………………………………… DATE: …………………………………………………….
INSTRUCTIONS:
 Answer all questions in section A.
 Answer question 13 and any other one question in section B.
SECTION A (40 MARKS)
Answer ALL the questions in this section in the spaces provided

1. a) Distinguish between natural and acquired immunity (l mark)

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b) Define the term classification (l mark)

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2. Below is a photograph of an organism.

(i) Identify the class to which this organism belongs. (1 mark)

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(ii) Give reasons for your answer in (i). (2 marks)
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3.Feeding relationship in an ecosystem is as shown below.

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a) From the diagram above,
i) write a food chain with Lion at the third energy level (1 mark)
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ii)lion at fourth energy level 1mrmk

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b) Which two animals are the top predators from the relationship above? (2 marks)
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c) Why is it important to have the population of tomatoes to be the highest in the ecosystem
represented above? (1 mark)
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3. 18. (a) Form three students carried out a practical activity to estimate the number of tsetse flies in a
small bush near the school. At first, they caught 600 tsetse flies, marked, and released them. After five
days they caught 500 tsetse flies of which 200 had been marked.

i) Calculate the tsetse fly’s population in the study area. (3 marks)

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 (b) State one abiotic and one biotic factors that influence tsetse fly population in a bush. (2
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i) Abiotic factors
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4.Examine the diagram below carefully and use it to answer the questions that follow.

(a) Name the parts labeled X, Y, and Z (3marks)

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(b) Name the process by which mineral salts move into the structure labeled X (1mark)
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5. Name the branch of Biology that deals with the study of the following: (3 marks)
a) Cells ………………………………………………………………………………….
b) Inheritance ad variation
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c) Structure of tissues
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6. Name the organelle that performs the following functions in a cell (2mks)
a.protein synthesis
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b. Formation of cilia and flagella
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7.The diagram below represents the gills of a bony fish. Study it and answer the questions that follow.

(i) Name the parts labeled A, B, and C (3marks)

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(ii) State the function of the part labeled A (1mark)
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(iii) Explain how the part labeled C is adapted to perform its functions (2marks)
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8.Define the following terms as used in ecology ( 3mks)
a. Habitat
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b. Population
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c. Carrying capacity
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9 a) State the role of light in the process of photosynthesis 1 mrk
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b) Name 2 of the end products of dark reaction in photosynthesis 2mks
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10. Give example of organism under class Crustacea (1mk)

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11. Differentiate between closed circulatory system and open circulatory system 2mks
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12. Give one disease of the respiratory system 1
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Answer question 13 (compulsory) and either question 14 or 15 in the spaces provided after question 15
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Question 13
The concentration of lactic acid in blood during and after ten minutes exercise was determined .the results are
shown in the table below:
Time in days 0 10 15 30 40 55

Lactic acid in mg/100cm3 20 80 96 72 54 52

a) On the grid provided, plot graph of lactic acid concentration against time on the same axis. (8marks)

b) What is the concentration of lactic acid at the 20th minute? (1mark)

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c) After how many minutes was lactic acid concentration 60mg/100cm3 (1mk)

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d) what would be the concentration of lactic acid if the experiment will be extended for other 5minutes (2mks)

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e) Explain their was rapid increase of lactic acid during the exercise (2mks)

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d) Account for the decrease of lactic acid in the concentration of lactic acid after 13 th minute (2mks)

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e) Define the term oxygen debt (2mks)

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f) State 2 factors that increases the breathing rate (2mks)

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14. (a) State four characteristics of respiratory surfaces. (4mks)
(b) State 5 characteristics of organisms under phylum Arthropoda (4mks)
(C) Explain how abiotic factors affects distribution of living organism in an ecosystem (10mks)
15. (a) State 4 economic importance of organism under kingdom Monera (4mks)
(b) Describe the process of diastole (4mks)
(c) Explain how the mammalian intestines are adapted to perform their function. (12mks)
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