EHLANZENI DISTRICT

NATIONAL
SENIOR CERTIFICATE

GRADE 11

NAME: ______________________________________
CLASS: ____________

LIFE SCIENCES

SBA PRACTICAL TASK 2

10 AUGUST 2023

TOTAL: 30
Time: 50 MINUTES Total

30

This question paper consists of 7 pages

Life Sciences Grade 11 SBA Practical Task 2 EHLANZENI / AUGUST 2023

PART A: 25 Minutes
QUESTION 1
1.1 A group of Grade 11 learners carried out an investigation on the smoking
habits of men aged 40-79 and the number that die from lung cancer. The
results are shown in the table below:

Smoking habits of men Number of deaths per 100 000

Non-smokers 15
Pipes only 25
Mixed 90
Cigarette smoking 120
TOTAL 250

1.1.1 State TWO ways in which the reliability of the above investigation can be
increased.
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1.1.2 Which habit had the least influence on causing death from lung cancer?
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1.1.3 Identify TWO factors that were kept constant in the investigation above.
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Life Sciences Grade 11 SBA Practical Task 2 EHLANZENI / AUGUST 2023

1.1.4 Smoking destroys the cilia in the breathing tract.

Explain the consequences of this to a person.
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1.1.5 How many times more likely is a cigarette-smoker to die of lung cancer
than a non-smoker? Show ALL working.
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Life Sciences Grade 11 SBA Practical Task 2 EHLANZENI / AUGUST 2023

1.1.6 Draw a pie chart to represent the data in the table. Show ALL
calculations. (6)

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Life Sciences Grade 11 SBA Practical Task 2 EHLANZENI / AUGUST 2023

QUESTION 2

2.1 The following apparatus was set up in a laboratory. Study the sketch and
answer the questions.

2.1.1 What is the aim of setting up this model?

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2.1.2 What parts of the human air passage do the labels A and B represent?
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2.1.3 Name the process illustrated when E is pulled down.

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2.1.4 How does the functioning of this model differ from the breathing system of
the human body?
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Life Sciences Grade 11 SBA Practical Task 2 EHLANZENI / AUGUST 2023

PART B: 25 Minutes
Must be completed outdoors, preferably on the school’s sports field during the last
period.
QUESTION 3
3.1  Your teacher will divide you into different groups.
 Each group consists of 10 members.
 For a period of 20 minutes without a break, do aerobics.

Observe the following:

 Depth and rate of breathing has increased thus more air inhaled by the
lungs and exhaled from the lungs.
 Sweat is released through the skin.

3.1.1 Give TWO excretory products released by each of the excretory organs
mentioned above.
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Life Sciences Grade 11 SBA Practical Task 2 EHLANZENI / AUGUST 2023

3.1.2 The exhaled air is rich in a particular gas.

Name this gas and state TWO ways in which it is transported.
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GRAND TOTAL: 30