ADMISSION

NUMBER

DATE

MONTHLY TEST - JANUARY 2022

GRADE 9 (EDEXCEL)
BIOLOGY

Duration : 2 periods

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Answer all the questions.

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1. The photograph shows a type of fish called a salmon.

Some humans eat salmon as a source of proteins. Protein is a component of a balanced diet.
(a) What is a balanced diet ?
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(4 marks)
(b) Which statement describes what happens to salmon protein in the human stomach ?
A. It is digested into amino acids.
B. Its surface area is increased by bile.
C. Its pH is raised by hydrochloric acid.
D. It is absorbed by villi.
(1 mark)
(c) The table lists few components of a balanced diet, their sources and functions. Complete the
table by writing a source and a function for each component.
Component Source Function

Lipid (i) Butter (ii) Energy source

Vitamin D (iii) --------------------------------- (iv) ---------------------------------

Iron (v) --------------------------------- (vi) ---------------------------------

Calcium (vii)--------------------------------- (viii)--------------------------------

(6 marks)

(d) What are the deficiency diseases caused by lack of following components in a diet ?
(i) Vitamin A -
(ii) Vitamin C -
(iii) Vitamin D -
(3 marks)

(e) Write one advantage of including dietary fibre in your diet.

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(1 mark)
[Total = 15 marks]

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2. The diagram shows parts of the human digestive system.

mouth

stomach

small
intestine

(a) Write the pathway in which food passes from mouth to anus.
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(5 marks)
(b) Food passes through oesophagus by peristalsis. What is meant by peristalsis?
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(3 marks)
(c) Explain what happens to protein in the stomach.
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(4 marks)
(d) Fill in the blanks.
Liver makes a digestive juice called (i) ------------------------ . It is a green liquid that is
stored in the (ii) --------------------------- and passes down the (iii)---------------------------
on to the food.
(3 marks)
(e) Write two functions of the digestive juice mentioned in question (d) (i) above.
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(2 marks)
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(f) Write three adaptations seen in the ileum to absorb digested food efficiently.
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(3 marks)
[Total = 20 marks]

(3) The diagram shows a method that can be used to measure the energy content of food.

The steps followed by a student to do the above experiment are given below.
(a) The student placed 25cm3 of water in a boiling tube and measured its temperature.
The temperature was 26oC.
(b) He weighed a small piece of biscuit (weight of the biscuit piece = 0.40g), and then
held it in a Bunsen burner flame until it caught alight.
(c) He then used the burning biscuit to heat the boiling tube of water, until the biscuit had
finished burning.
(d) Finally, he measured the temperature of the water at the end of the experiment. The
final temperature was 34oC.
The density of water is 1g per cm3. The heat energy supplied to the water can be found from
the formula.
Energy = mass of water × temperature change × 4.2 (J per g per oc)(in joules)
(a) Calculate the energy supplied to the water in the boiling tube in joules.
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(7 marks)

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(b) Calculate the energy released from the biscuits as joules per gram of biscuit.
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(2 marks)

(c) The correct figure for the energy content of biscuit is higher than the result got in question (b)
above. Write down one reason why he may have got a lower value than expected result.
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(1 mark)
(d) (i) What are the factors that decide the total amount of energy needed by a person to stay
healthy?
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(3 marks)
(ii) Why does a pregnant woman need more energy than a normal person?
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(2 marks)
[Total = 15 marks]
END

Ref: AP

Grade 9 (Edexcel) Biology - Monthly Test January 2022

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