11/6/2023

Form 3 revision questions.

1. State two advantages of homoiotherms over poikilotherms (2marks)
2. Using a light microscope, a student counted 48 cells across a field of view
whose diameter was 6 mm. calculate the average length of one cell in
micrometers (2marks)
3. How does sunken stomata help a plant avoid excessive water loss? (3marks)
4. Identify two divisions I kingdom plantae that show alternation of
generations (2marks)
5. Most carbon (IV) oxide is transported from tissues to the lungs within the
red blood cells and not in the blood plasma. Give two advantages of this
mode of transport. (2marks)
6. Name the main products of dark stage of photosynthesis. (1mark)
7. Why may an asthmatic patient produce a wheezing sound during breathing?
(2marks)
8. What is the significance of cartilage found in the trachea? (1mark)
9. Explain the importance of the following when testing for starch in a leaf
a) Boiling the leaf in hot water (1mark)
b) Boiling the leaf in methylated spirit (1mark)
10.In matching blood for transfusion, a sample of blood was found to
agglutinate with blood froma donor with blood group AB, but not O.
a) What is the blood group of the unknown sample? (1mark)
b) Give a reason why the knowledge of human blood groups is important
during transfusion (2marks)