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    FORM TP’ MAY/JUNE 2017 CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE* EXAMINATION BIOLOGY Paper 01 - General Proficiency 1 hour 15 minutes (06 JUNE 2017 (p.m) READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. This test consists of 60 items. You will have | hour and 15 minutes to answer them. In addition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet. Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item ‘youare about to answer and decide which choic: is best. On your answer sheet, find the number which corresponds fo your item and shade the space having the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look at the sample item below. ‘Sample Item Which of the following diseases is die to . a dietary deficiency? Sample Answer (A) Malaria a} © ®@ (B) Diabetes (©) Influenza (D) Anaemia The correct answer to this item is “Anaemia”, so (D) has been shaded. If you want to change your answer, erase it completely before you fill in your new choice. When you are told to begin, turn the page and work us quickly and as carefully as you can. Ifyou cannot answer an item, go on to the next one, You may return to that item later. Figures are not aecessarily drawn to scale. DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO So. Copyright © 2015 Caribbean Examinations Council All rights reserved. “Be Which of the following features is used to classify a group of organisms as Class Insecta? (A) Size (B) Shape (©) Colour Segments Which of the following options correctly defines a niche and a habitat? Niche Habitat (A))| The role that an organism plays in the | The place where an organism lives habitat in which it lives (B) | The place where an organism lives |The role that an organism plays in the habitat in which it lives (© [Acommunity of living organisms which |The abiotic and biotic factors of the shares the environment ecosystern x (D) |The biotic factors of the ecosystem|The abiotic factors of the ecosystem where the organism lives where the organism lives Which of the following relationships may ‘tom 4 refers to the following focd web. present harm to one of the organisms involved? Mie L Commensalism f a Ul, Patastism Lizard Chicken Hummingbird I Predation t oe - f > : Tanditonly *” Gost” Grisshoppér Caterpillar Tand II only ie Fi iG Z Mand, {tt only hak ‘ 1, Mand igi vitae 4. A herbivore, carnivore and omnivore respeciively are oat, lizard, man grass, grasshopper, lizard (C)_, caterpillar, hummingbird, goat (@) — Lignum virae, grasshopper, chicken ; GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 5. Which of the following organisms are 8 MOST important in biodegradation? Bacteria a Vultures (©) Omnivores (D) — Earthworms 6. Which of the following is NOT true about decomposers? They reproduce faster in low tomperatures. 9 (©) They are more abundant in damp places. (D) They prevent the accumulation of dead organic matter. ‘They release nutrients for recycling, Item 7 refers to the simple food web constnucted from some organisms found in the arboreal region of the tropical rain «foress. i a: eagle ‘Toco ss a f Brown-throsted sloth Scarlet macaw in Dutian tree 1 Strangler fig plant 1 7. The predators in the food web are (A) Land Ionly (8) Land IV only 8 UL and V only Vand VI only Only about 10% of the energy stored in food is available to the next organism in a food chain because most of the energy is lost as heat during the process of respiration (B) most of the energy is lost during the process of exeretion (©) there are fewer consumers than producers in a food chain () many consumers compete for the same food source Which of the following) is the MAIN advantage of recycling? (A) Recycled products are cheaper. (B) Recycled products are more durable, ® Recycling saves on raw materials. Recycling creates jobs. Which of the following statements BEST outlines why the coral reefs in the Caribbean are at risk? (A) There has been overfishing of invasive species ‘The Caribbean is a popular tourist destination. (©) There have been many hurricanes in the Caribbean. (D) There has been a decrease in the volume of sewage flowing into the reefs, GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 11 refers to the following diagram. — Population (millions) Jav7l— Jan/80— Jan/89—Jau/98Jan/O7 Year 11. Which ofthe following factors MOST :ikely account for the change in population size fem January 1980 to January 19897 1. “Increase in contraceptive use « I Epidemic of a deadly disease UI. Increase in migration TV. Decrease in fatal crimes (A) Land Ionly B) Mand IIL only 1, Mand Ill only Wy LU, and iv 12, When compared toa cheek cell, amuscle 14. Which of the following comparisons cell contains more of the cell wail and cell membrane is INCORRECT? (A) vacuoles ~ B) ribosomes Picuends Cell Wall Cell Membrane Suerte (A) [Found in plant cells [Found tn both plant and only animal cells .. [(B)| Freely permeable _ | Differentially permeable fing diagram of ee (C)| Contains cettutose [Does not contain cellulose sre Be Found ia both plant | Found in animal cells only — and animal cells 13. The part labelled X is the (A) ucteus vacuole strand of DNA cytoplasm containing ribosomes GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE Be Item 15 refers to the following diagram which shows a process by which substances are moved into and out of cells, Concentrated | Dilute sugar 1; ue solution solution molecules molecules 15. Which of the following correctly identifies and describes the process occurring above? Process Description (a) | Diffusion | Water moving from concentrated to dilute solution © Diffusion | Sugar moving from dilute to concentrated solution (©) J Osmosis [ Water moving from dilute to concentrated solution ) [Osmosis | Sugar moving from concentrated to dilute solution’ Item 16 refers to the following table which shows the results of food tests performed on three fuod samples, X, Y and Z. Food Sample Test and Observation i Violet colour with sodium hydroxide and copper sulphate % Blue/black precipitate with iodine z Orange precipitate when heated with Benedict's reagent after hydrolysis, 16. The samples X, Y and Z respectively MOST likely contain x ¥ Zz (A) _[Non-reducing sugar [Starch Protein (B)_[Protein Reducing sugar _| Starch (©_| Starch Protein Reducing sugar (D)_[Protein Starch Non-reducing sugar GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, 17. 18, ‘Which of the following are true about nutrition? “Type of Nutrition Definition Example T | Autotrophic Use of simple inorganic. substances to | Green algae ‘manufacture complex organic substances TL | Heterotrophic The consumption of complex organic | Humans substances to produce simpler substances TI | Saprophytic The use of dead, organic matter to| Fungi manufacture essential nutrients (A) Land I only (B) Land Ill only and Iff only 1, Mand Il Item 18 refers to the following graph showing the relationship between light intensity and photosynthesis. Rate of photosynthesis 0.03% CO2, Laght intensity Which of the following statements BEST accounts for the shape of the graph? (A) @) © ©) As rate of photosynthesis increase, there is a decrease in carbon dioxide levels. As light intensity increases, there is an increase in photosynthesis, until there is no further increase in the rate due to some other limiting factor. As light intensity increases, the rate of photosynthesis also increases, until a stationary phase exists, when denaturation of the enzymes occur. As carbon dioxide levels gradually increase, there is a similar increase in the rate of photosynthesis, until a plateau phase exists where no further increase in carbon dioxide results in any further increase in photosynthesis. GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, 19, Anenzyme is BEST defined as a molecule which (A) increases the rate of a chemical reaction zs (B) decreases the rate of a chemical reaction © increases the rate of a chemical reaction but remains unchanged atthe end of the reaction (D) decreases the rate of a chemical reaction but remains unchanged at the end of the reaction 20. AS0-year old male is advised by his doctor to pay special attentionto the amountofsalt 99. inhis diet. He probably has a high chance of developing (A) obesity diabetes hypertension (D) cardiovascular disease 24, The surface area of the lungs is greatly increased by the double membranes of the pleura

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