SYNDICATE 2023

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

FORM SIX SPECIAL SCHOOLS SYNDICATE JOINT EXAMINATION

133/1 BIOLOGY 1

Time: 3:00 Hrs Tuesday 14-March-2023 AM

INSTRUCTIONS
1. This paper consists of sections A and B with a total of ten (10) questions.
2. Answer all questions in section A and two (2) questions from section B.
3. Section A carries seventy (70) marks and section B carries thirty (30) marks.
4. Except for diagrams that must be drawn in pencil, all writing should be in blue or black ink.
5. Write your Name on every page of your answer booklet(s)/sheets.

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SECTION A (70 MARKS)

Answer all questions in this section. Each question carries ten (10) marks.
1. Plants undergo alternation of generation where sexual and asexual cycles exchange reproductive
duties. With the help of an illustration substantiate this statement using bryophyte as an example.
2. (a) In five (05) points explain how the organ responsible for exchanging respiratory gases in
humans is adapted to its functions.
(b) Use a graph only to show how adult and fetal hemoglobin function differently.
3. (a) Why grouping organisms stepwise from a very broad group of organisms to a narrow group is
important?
(b) Construct a simple numbered dichotomous key to identify the classes of phylum Arthropoda.
Use the following features: (Legs, Antenna, body segments and body shape)

4. (a) The cell wall provides support and shape in a plant cell. Briefly state the types of what provides
structural support in an animal cell.
(b) Briefly explain the following statements:
(i) Nucleus is the most prominent organelle of the cell
(ii) Cell membrane is referred to as fluid.
(iii)Golgi apparatus has tubular structure.
(iv) The fats and oil are triglycerides.
5. (a) Synthesis of ATP from ADP and phosphate in plants by using radiant energy absorbed during
photosynthesis occurs in two categories. Identify and state how these categories are different from
each other.
(b) Give five (05) reasons as to why plants such as millet, sorghum and sugar cane are more
efficient in photosynthesis than other plants such as rice, soybeans and grasses.
6. Study the structures A and B below and then answer the questions that follow: -

H O H O H
H
OH H H HO
OH OH OH
H OH OH H
Structure A Structure B

(a) Write the general common names of each of the structures above.
(b) If the two structures join to produce a compound:
(i) Illustrate how the compound is produced.
(ii) What name is given to the bond formed in joining the molecules?
(iii) Where the compound produced above is found naturally?
(iv) In a tabular form, show how the food substance contained in the compound produced
above can be tested.

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7. (a) A certain plant hormone is released from ripening fruits, nodes of stems, ageing leaves and
flowers in gaseous state. Identify the hormone and state how its synthetic form is important in crop
production.
(b) Giving five (05) points, support the statement that “synapses are vital in the nervous system”

SECTION B (30 MARKS)

Answer two (2) questions from this section. Each question carries fifteen (15) marks.
8. (a) Tabulate five (05) differences between the circulatory system in annelids and that in
arthropods.
(b) Draw the structure of the muscles found in the mammalian heart and state six (06) ways on
how they are adapted to their functions.
9. Describe the mechanism of fertilization which occurs in tomato plant pointing out the
consequences of this process. (Diagram(s) are not necessary)
10. (a) Without the use of diagram(s), analyze the events which take place when the end product of
glycolysis is aerobically respired in the human body.
(b) Explain the factors which cause variation of the basal metabolic rate of an individual.