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NAME……………………………………………………….. INDEX NO……………………............
231/2 CANDIDATE’S SIGN………….….…
BIOLOGY
PAPER 2 DATE……….…………………………
(THEORY)
JULY/AUGUST, 2014
TIME: 2 HOURS
KAHURO /KIHARU DISTRICT JOINT EXAMINATION - 2015
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
BIOLOGY
PAPER 2
(THEORY)
TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
1. Write your Name, Index Number and School in the spaces provided above.
2. Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above.
3. Answer all the questions in the spaces provided.
4. Answers must be written in the spaces provided in the question paper.
FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY:
|Section |Question |Maximum |Candidates |
| | |Score |Score |
| |1 |8 | |
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| |2 |8 | |
| |3 |8 | |
| |4 |8 | |
| |5 |8 | |
|B |6 |20 | |
| |7 |20 | |
| |8 |20 | |
|Total Score |80 | |
Biology Paper 2 Turnover
1. (a) Define the term sex linkage. (1 mark)
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(b) Name two sex linked traits in man. (2 marks)
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c) In fruit flies (Drosophila melanongaster) inheritance of eye colour is sex linked. The gene for red eye is dominant. Across was made between homozygous red eyed female and white eyed male. Work out the phenotypic ratio of F1
generation. (Use R to represent gene for red eyes). (5 marks)
2. In an experiment a group of students set up the test tubes as shown below.
Biology Paper 2 2 Kahuro/Kiharu
(a) What was the aim of the experiment? (1 mark)
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(b) Why was pyrogallic acid included in the gas jar A? (1 mark)
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(c) What results would you expect in each of the gas jar A and B at the end of
experiment? (2 marks)
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(d) State three artificial ways of breaking seed dormancy. (3 marks
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(e) Name two hormones that bring about rapid cell division in plants. (2 marks)
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Biology Paper 2 3 Kahuro/Kiharu
3. Students set up an experiment as shown below. Use it to answer the questions that
follow.
(a) What was the aim of the experiment? (1 mark)
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(b) What observation would be made in test tube B? (1 mark)
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(c) Explain the results in (b) above. (1 mark)
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(d) Write word equation for the process of anaerobic respiration in plants. (1 mark)
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Biology Paper 2 4 Kahuro/Kiharu
(e) State four application of anaerobic respiration. (4 marks)
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4. (a) Define a
(i) fossil. (1 mark)
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(ii) vestigial structures. (1 mark)
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(b) Give two examples of vestigial structures in man. (2 marks)
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(c) List four evidences of organic evolution. (4 marks)
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Biology Paper 2 5 Kahuro/Kiharu
5. Study the equation below and answer the questions that follow.
Amino acid + Amino acid + Water
(a) Name product P. (1 mark)
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b) Name the reaction represented by letter: (2 marks)
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(c) State the functions of the following enzymes. (3 marks)
(i) Pepsin.
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ii) Salivary amylase.
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iii) Enterokinase.
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SECTION B:
6. In an ecological study a certain insect population and that of predators was estimated
in a certain grassland over a period of 1 year (one year).
Month |J |F |MA |A |M |J |JU |A |S |O |N |D | |No of insects |8 |20 |12 |24 |200 |600 |120 |16 |10 |30 |180 |400 | |No of predator |10 |8 |2 |4 |16 |30 |10 |4 |2 |2 |5 |20 | |Rainfall amount (mm) |20 |6 |55 |350 |500 |250 |12 |10 |25 |190 |240 |30 | |
a) Using the information above plot on the same axis the graph of number of insects and number of predators against time in months. (7 marks)
Biology Paper 2 6 Kahuro/Kiharu
Biology Paper 2 7 Kahuro/Kiharu
(b) Suggest what happens to the insect’s population during dry months. (2 marks)
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(c) Explain the relationship between the insect population and that of predators.
(3 marks)
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(d) Suggest what happens to the predator’s population during dry month. (2 marks)
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(e) Name the trophic level occupied by:- (3 marks)
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(f) Name the method used to estimate population of: (3 marks)
(i) Predator ______________________________________________________
(ii) Insects _______________________________________________________
(iii) Grass _____________________________________________________
Biology Paper 2 8 Kahuro/Kiharu
7. (a) (i) State two significances of transpiration. (2 marks)
(ii) Discuss the forces involved in movements of water from roots
to the leaves. (8 marks)
b) Describe the mechanism of opening and closing of stomata using
photosynthesis theory. (10 marks)
8. Describe the adaptation of mammalian eye to its functions. (20 marks)
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Biology Paper 2 9 Kahuro/Kiharu
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Biology Paper 2 10 Kahuro/Kiharu
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