2S

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of
Which of the following combinations of Which of the
following are products
functions cofrectly describes the role offa, photophosphorylation?
dicotyledonous
.
leaf I. ATP
Control of transpiration Il ADP
II. Removal of poisonous gases from III. NADP
the air IV NADPH
III Absorption of radiant energy
(A) I and II only
Foodstorage I and IV only
(B)
(A) I and II only (C) II and IIlL only
I, I1 and II only (D) III and IV only
(B) .

(C) 1, II and IV only

(D) I, II IIl and IV

Item 3 refers to the following diagram which outlines

the events of the Calvin cycle.

Carbon dioxide
14CO
'..
.
Glucose Starch
.

Ribulose
bisphosphate

and Y?
Which of the following correctly identifies the compounds, X

X Y
(A) . Phosphoglyceric acid Triose phosphate
Triose phosphate Phosphoglyceric acid
(B)
(C) Simple sugars Proteins
Acetyl CoA Succinic acid
(D)

On a wam,sunny day, photosynthesis is' limited by

(A) temperature
(B) light intensity
C) oxygen avajlability
(D) carbon dioxide availability

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Which of the following lists the chemical

. Item5 refers to the following schematic 7.
groupings found within an ATP molecule?
**. diagramwhich summarizes the main steps
in glycolysis.
.

(A) BAse, suga, phosphate group

BAAP Pratsin, phegphate greHR
(C) Amino acid, b¡se, phasphate grpup
(D) Amino acid,sugar,phosphate group
.

Fruotano 6 pheaphat
Yeast is a key component in wine making.
The MAIN purpose of the yeast is to

(A) ferment starch to release ethanol

Triose phosphate Trlose phospháte and oxygen
IV (B) promote carbon dioxideproduction
to aerate wine
Pyruvate (C) ferment sugar to form ethanol and
carbon dioxide
At what stage does oxidative phosphory D) promote glycerol production to
lation occur? make the wine sweeter

CA)
(B) 9. Which of the. following contributes the
C) MOST electrons to the electron transport
(D) fV chain?

(A) Glycolysis
Item 6 rëfers to the following diagram of a (B) Kreb's cycle
mitochondrion. (C) Calvin cycle
D) Fermentation

i0. When a species plays a role in its

TV community, it is said to be in its
.
(A) habitat
Decarboxylation during respiration otcurs (B) populationn
at
(C) ecosystem
(D) ecological niche
(A)
:(B)
(C)
(D) TV

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Item 13 refers to the following diagram

Which of:the following combinatiais which is a schematic summary of
the
represent limitations of using pyramids óf
oporetlonel progoános in an ocoAYstAIm
onorgy to doaorlho rolatlonahlpa botwoon
Brophio levola in ooORyAtomA? BMotie Heat
LAght component
I. A single grass plant has the same Sun Energy enery
status ás a tree.
II. Itrequires combustion of
ropresentative samples. whjoh
may be time-consuming. Nutrients
III. Itmaybe difficult to assigna species Abiotic
to one trophic level, for example, component
X
ohnivores.
IV. Trie pyramid shapes are not always
. obtained as some may be inverted.

(A) . I and II only

(B) I and II only
(C)IIandIII onlyy Nutrient cy
(P) II III and IV only
Blogeoche
13. The arrow labelled X MOST likely
Item 12 réfers to the follówing diagram, represents
where P, Q and R represent bacteria that
are active in the nitrogen cycle. (A)energyflow
(B) water flow
Nitrogen tn atmouphere (C) recycling of faecal wastes
D) positive feedback mechanisms
NItrate P

|Nitrites Nitrogen In plants 14. Which of the following does NOT explain
how deforestation might increase the risk
Ammonium..
of flooding?

Nitrogen lIn anlmals (A) The water cycleis disupted.

. .
(B) Tree roots bind soil partiles.
Which of the following. combinations (C) Tree canopy prevents rain beating
12.
correctlyidentifies the bacteria P,Q andR? down on the soil.
.

(D) Soil nutrients are lost through

P Q R leaching and nun-off water.
A | Nitrifying Denitrifying |Nitrogen
.
|fixing
(B)NitrifyíngNitrogen- Denitrifying
| fixing
C)Nitrogen-|Denitrifying Nitrifying
fixing
.

)Nitrogen-NitrifyingDenitifying
fixing
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Whichjof the following is NOT a 19, Which of tho following staterments ia truo
.
15 aooording to the mass (presauro) Aow
i
oonseryatlon. method ysed to malntain
hypothesis?
biodiversity?
in the phloem
(A) . Sperm bank (A) Sucrose moves

against a concentration gradient.

(B) Botanic garden
(C) Protected reserve (B) Theloading of sugars into the
D) Genetic engineering phloem in the leaf is achieved
by osmosis.
(C) A source is a' site where sugars are
16. The active uptake of many ions occurs at utilized, while a sink is a site
the roots of gréen plants. Ifthe respiratory where sugars are produced.
enzymeg ofthoroots ofaplant arepoisoned, (D) Wator is actively transported from
t whioch of the following tissues of the . the intercellular spaces into the
foots wouldthe movement ofions be totally cell sap at the root end of the
stöpped? system.

(A) Xylem
(B) Epidermis Item 20refers to the following diagram ofa
(C) Endodermis longitudinal section ofa mammalian heart.
(D) Cortex parenchyma

In a
shidy of water movement in plants,
the cut end of a leafy shoot is placed in a
dilute solution of a dye. After a few hours,
depositsofthedye accumulate in the leaves.

The rate of movement of the dye uf. the

stem is NOT increased by

(A) darkness
(B) humídity. 20. Which of the following is true for the
C) termperature structure labelled X?
(D) wind speed
(A) Receives impluses from the brain
to initiate contraction of the atria
18 Companion cells are connected to sieve n
tube elemnents by (B) Delays impulses for a fraction ofa
second before they travel down
into the ventricles
(A) small plastids Separates the right ventricle from
(B) protein fibres (C)
the left ventricle
(C) plasmodesmata
(D) polymer molecules D) Conducts impluses very rapidlyto
the base of the ventricles

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to thefollowinggraph which
which
to the following graph
Item21refers blood tem23refers dissociation
shows changes in pressure in the left shows the sigmoid (S-shaped)
of a hurnan adult.
curye for haemoglobin
ventriclë, during the
cardiac cycle.
00
16
14
,
12
60
Blood**
Pressure 8-
kPa) 6 0

IV

10 11 12
0.75
Time (s) Partial pressure of orygen (KPa)

21. Valves open and close due to changes in

During cycling, the partíal pressure of
pressure Which of the labels, I, I, II and 23.
IV,coectlyidentifiesthepointon the graph oxygen found in the pulmonary vein leaving
the and in a vein leaving a muscle is
lungs
when the aortic valve closes?
MOST likely
(A)
(B) pO,(kPa) inn PO, (kPa)in
Pulmonary Vein | Vein Leaving
(C)
Muscle
(D) N Leaving Lungs
(A)
22. In the mammalian heart, heartbeat. is CB) 2

6
initiatedin the C
D) 12

(A) Purkinjefibres
(B) sinoatrial node
.
(C). anterior venacava 24. .Which of the. following explains the
':"...
(D)atrioventricularnode physiological significance ofthe Bohreffect
**

in mammalian muscle?
. ..

(A) Myoglobin releases oxygen more

rapidly to respiring cells.
(B) Higher carbon dioxide partial
pressures favour unloading of
oxygen from haemoglobin.
**.
C) Myoglobinbecotmes fully saturated
. at lower axygen partial pressures.
(D) Haemoglobin becomes fully
saturated at lower oxygen partial
.

pressures.
 as an
functions
Which ofthe following are NOT regulatéd 26, Which of the following
by a negatlve feedback mechanism? endocrine gland?

A) Heart rate And blood prossure (A) Testis

Water balance and blood pA (B) Liver
(B)
(C) Labour during birth and action (C) Kidney
potential (D) Salivary gland
(D) Blood glucose concentration and
body temperature.

Ltem 27 refers to the following diagrams' representing regions of a nephron as seen in a transverse
section of the kidney when viewed undera light
miçroscope.

II .

IV.

Which diagram represents the loop of Henlé?

.(A)
(B) I
(C) II
(D) IV

The target cellsof the antidiuretic hormpne are cells of the

A) loop of Henlé and distal convoluted tubule

B) glomerular capillary and renal capsule
C) proximal convoluted tubule and çollecting duct
collecting duct and distal convojüted tubule .

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of the following is true for mast
tem29 refers to the following diagram. 33, Which
cells?
+40 found in lymph nodes
(A) They are

only. circulating
They are the smallest
(B)
granulocytes.
which
(C) They are large granulocytes
engulfpathogens.
(p) Thoy contain many granulos rioh
In hlstamine and heparin,

29. . Diffusion of sodium ions into the' axon

34 Which ofthe following is NOTa function
occurs at
of phagocytes in the human body?
(A) (A) Secretion of antibodies
(B) Removal of dead cells
(B)
(C) Cleaning of debris in the plasma
)
(D)TV.
(D) Engulfing invading microorga-
nisms
functions of a
30 Which of the following are
mammalian synapse? of
Item35 refers to the following diagram
I. Acts as a junction an antibody molecule.
II Filters out low-level stimuli
III. Passes impulses in both directions
TV Transmits information between
neurones

(A) I and III only

(B) I and IV only
(C) I, II and IV ohly
(D) II, II and IV only

31: Which of the following is an example of

in
an infectíous disease spread via blood ór II
semen?
.

(A) AIDS 35. Which of the following combinations

(B) Diabetes correctly identifies the labelled regions?
(C) Bronchitis
(D) Dengue. fever II
Heavy polypeptide chain
(A) | Hinge region
32. A highly malignant tumour linkd to
(B) Antigenbinding site Chain of sugar molecules
..

ultráviolet radiation is a

A) sarcoma
(C)Heavy polypeptide Light polypeptide chain
chain
(B) melanomna (D) Hinge region Variable region
(C) lymphoma
(D) papilloma
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30. Which of the following is NOT an appropriate definition of the immiüne response?

pathogen
(A) and non-apecificrosponses which attompt todestroy inváding
an
. (B) nvplves specific
Any respoNse of the immune syatom ta an.antigenlo stimulus
:(C) '

Adverse effects on the functióhing of the immune'system due to allergens

(D) involyes responses that allow the body to distinguish' self from non-seir

.
ems.3738 refer
immune response.
to the
following diagramshowingclonal selection and expansion as seen in the

/. Which of the cells, labelled W, X, Y or Z, are plasma cels?

.

..
(A)
(B)
..
(C)
(D)

38 During which of the stages labelled 1, 2, 3 and 4, are cytokines inyolved?

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

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39 Whichof the following is NOT an example 43. Which of the following BEST describes
of the the disease atherosclerosis?
use of monoclonal antibodics?
of
CA).Locating tumours (A) Build-up of plaque in the walls
(B) Detecting pregnancy arteries
(B) Calcification of the walls of arteries
(C) Diagnosing AIDS
D)Diagnosing denguefever (C) Formatión of large blood clots in
arteries
(D) Extensive damage to the endothelial
40 Which of the following, are health benefits lining of the arteries
of exercise?

Enhanced utilization of fat Items 44-45 refer to the following diagram

which shows the structure of the human
I. Speeding up of atherosclerdsis
immunodeffciency virus (HIV).
III: Improved resistance to infection
(A) I and II only
(B) I and III only Q
(C)II and III only
(D) I I and III P R

41 Which of the following are the main' cells

infected by the human immunodeficiency S
virus?

(A) T-helper.cells 44. The parts labelled P and S are

(B) Erythrocytes
(C) Platelets
(D) Mast cells
.(A)reverse transcriptase RNA
(B) reversetranscriptase DNA
42.. BodyMass
Mass Index (BMI) may be used as
Index
( (C) RNA polymerase RNA
an indicator for obesity. ieh
Which of
of: the
the D)RNA polymerase DNA
following BMI values BEST reflects.that
of an oBese individual1?
45. Which part would MoST likely be of
(A) 25 importance in producing a vaccine for the
(B) 27 virus?
(C) 29
'". . (D) 31 (A)
(B)
(C)
(D)

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