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END OF YEAR EXAMS

NAME OF STUDENT : ______________________________________________________

DATE : ______________________________________________________
SUBJECT : GRADE 11 BIOLOGY
TEACHER : TERESA MENDES
TIME : 2 HOURS
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READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST
Write your full name at the top of this page.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid.

Answer all questions.

Suggestions for how long to spend on each section are given in the booklet.

The number of marks is given in brackets ( ) at the end of each question or part question.
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Total mark : _____/ 85 Percentage (%) _____________

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Parent’s signature: ____________ Teacher’s signature: _____________

QUESTION 1:

a. The diagram show two different cells.

i. What is a cell?

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ii. ‘Cells must work together to perform basic life processes which helps to keep
organisms alive.’

Name TWO life processes of cells.

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iii. All cells have a cell membrane.

Name TWO materials that can pass through the cell membrane.

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b. Match the following terms with their correct meanings (7)

Movement taking in of materials for energy, growth and development

Reproduction removal from organisms of toxic materials and substances in

excess of requirements.

Respiration the process that make more of the same kind of organism

Excretion a permanent increase in size

Sensitivity an action by an organism causing a change of position

Nutrition the ability to detect and respond to changes in the environment

Growth the chemical reaction in cells that break down nutrient molecules
and release energy.
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c.

i. The above diagam shows a cross section of a leaf. Label the following parts:
chloroplast, cuticle and stoma (3)

ii. A gas is released during photosynthesis. Name the gas and also state the way in
which the gas is evolved.

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iii. In certain group of plants, stomata remains closed during day. How is food synthesis.
Name the gas and also state the way in which the gas is evolved.

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QUESTION 2:
a. The diagram below shows the human digestive system. (20 marks)

Name each of the parts labelled 1 to 10 on the daiagram.

i. Give the letters (not the same) of each of the following parts:

a) two parts where amylase is secreted ____________________________________

b) two parts where protease is secreted ___________________________________

c) one part where lipase is secreted ______________________________________

d) the part whre hydrochloric acid is secreted ______________________________

e) the two aprts that make up the small intestine ___________________________

f) two parts where water is absorbed _____________________________________

g) the part where egestion takes place ____________________________________

ii. Explain why digestion by enzymes is a chemical reaction.

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b. Digestion in the human digestive system is carried out by the action of enzymes.

i. The diagrams each represent the action of a specific enzyme to break down a substrate
into one or more end products.

Fig 1.1 has been completed for you.

Complete Fig 1.2 and Fig 1.3

pepsin
Name of enzyme ……………………………………….
stomach
Where enzymes acts ……………………………………….
protein amino acids
substrate end product
Fig. 1.1

Name of enzyme ……………………………………….

Where enzymes acts ……………………………………….
starch maltose
substrate end product
Fig. 1.2

lipase
Name of enzyme ……………………………………….
Where enzymes acts ……………………………………….

Substrate

end products
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Fig. 1.3
iii. Amino acids are the end of products of protein digestion.

Describe what happens to these amino acids after digestion until they teach the liver.

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QUESTION 3

a. The statements E to K relate to the process of reproduction

E produces genetically identical offspring

F produces more individuals of the same species

G always involves only one parent

H involves fusion of nuclei

I requires gametes

J forms a diploid zygote

K involves only cell division by mitosis

Table 6.1 shows a comparison of sexual and asexual reproduction.

Complete Table 6.1 by writing each letter in the correct box to match it to sexual
reproduction only, asexual reproduction only, or to both.

The first letter has been written in the correct box for you. Use each letter once only.

Table 6.1

sexual asexual both sexual and

reproduction only reproduction only asexual
reproduction

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(12)
b.

Fig. 7.1

i. Outline how the type of cell labelled X defends the body against infection by a
pathogen.

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iii. Infection causes the type of cell labelled X to produce antibodies.

State one other cause of antibody production.

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iv. Humans may be infected with pathogens such as viruses.

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State the two main features of a virus.

1. ……………………………………………………………………………………….(2)
2. ……………………………………………………………………………………….(2)
c. The following is a list of events that occur during human reproduction. They are not
in the correct sequence. (8)

1. the division of the zygote into a two celled

embryo
2. fertilization
3. implantation
4. the development of the fetus in the womb
5. birth
6. production of sperm
7. release of an ovum from an ovary
8. ejaculation of sperm

Arrange these events, 1 – 8, in the correct sequence.

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