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KANGULUMIRA PUBLIC S.S

END OF TERM 1 EXAMINATIONS 2024
S.5 BIOLOGY
Paper 1
Duration: 2hrs
INSTRUCTIONS;
 This paper contests of section A and B.
 Answer ALL questions in both sections
 Answer to section B must be written in the spaces provided.
 No additional sheets of papers should be inserted in this booklet.

SECTION A; (30MARKS)

1. Which one of the following sugars cannot be hydrolyzed?

A. Maltose C. Galactose
B. Lactose D. Sucrose

2. Which one of the following properties of water makes it possible for life to continue existing
in lakes in winter where air temperatures are often below the freezing point of water?
A. having greatest density at 4oC.
B. high specific heat capacity
C. universal solvent
D. high viscosity

3. Which one of the following is not true about all prokaryotes?

A. Are mainly unicellular
B. Their organelles are surrounded by an envelope
C. Their DNA lies freely in the cytoplast
D. They mainly divide by binary fission

4. Which one of the following limits the use of light microscope?

A. Its magnifying power
B. Its size
C. Its resolving power
D. Inability to reveal natural colours

5. The cell wall of fungi consists of………………

A. Chitin C. Glycogen
B. Cellulose D. Murein

6. The property of water which facilitates the cooling of body surfaces in organisms is ……….
A. High surface tension
B. High latent heat of vaporization
C. High specific heat capacity
D. Density and freezing properties

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7. The existence of many complex proteins as aggregations of polysaccharide chains is described
as the…………….
A. Quanternary structure
B. Tertiary structure
C. Secondary structure
D. Primary structure

8. Which pair below is mismatched?

A. Amino acid – protein
B. Glycerol – glycogen
C. Glucose – starch
D. Phosphoric acid – nucleotide

9. In which one of the following structures is ciliated epithelium found?

A. Kidney tubules
B. Small intestines
C. Lining of capillaries
D. Lining of trachea

10. Simple tubular glands are most likely to be found in……….

A. Skin of frog
B. Crypt of leiberkuhn
C. Duodenum
D. Ileum

11. The bond joining two glucose units in a discaccharide is called?

A. Glycosidic bond
B. Dipeptide bond
C. Ionic bond
D. Ester bond

12. The following are true about simple epithelial tissues except;
A. Two layers of cells
B. Basement membrane
C. Fattened cells
D. Single layer of cells

13. The carbohydrate shown in the figure below is;

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A. Glucose
H B. Ribose
H H OH
C. Deoxyribose
OH OH D. Pentose
14. The primary structure of a protein refers to its
A. three –dimensional shape
B. order of amino acids
C. order of nucleic acid
D. orientation of the amino acids

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15. The type of carbohydrate whose molecular shape is whose below is;

A. Cellulose
B. Starch
C. Chitin
D. Glycogen

16. Which of the following consists of ketoses only.

A. Glucose, fructose and galactose
B. Dihydroxyacetone, fructose and ribulose
C. Fructose, rbulose, and Glucose
D. Glucose ,galactose and ribulose

17. Which one of the following polysaccharides contains nitrogen?

A. Murein
B. Cellulose
C. Chitin
D. Glycogen

18. The component of starch that forms the blue-black colour with iodine is?
A. amylase
B. amylose
C. pectin
D. amylopectin

19. Microvilli in animals cells are for…………..

A. Exocytosis of secretary products
B. Endocytosis particles
C. Limited movements of the cell
D. Increasing the surface area o=for absorption

20. What is the actual length of a cell that appears 20mm long when viewed through a
magnification X400
A. 0.3µm
B. 10 µm
C. 5 µm
D. 500 µm

21. Which one of the following properties of water enables it to remain liquid at room
temperature?
A. High viscosity
B. Its being with high surface tension
C. Its being with high heat of fusion
D. Its being with high density
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22. Which of the following is not adversely affected by decrease in pH?
A. Pepsin C. Pancreative amylase
B. Salivary amylase D. Maltase

23. For enzyme controlled reaction, for every increase in temperature by 10 oC, the rate of enzyme
activity
A. Remains unchanged
B. Decrease twice
C. Doubles
D. Decrease due to denaturing of the enzymes

24. Which one of the following features is an indicator of lack of vitamin B2?
A. Lesions in the mouth, eyes and skin
B. Paralysis and circulatory failure
C. Disorders of the nervous system and gut
D. Anaemia

25. Which one of the following elements is not required by plants?

A. Copper C. Iron
B. Iodine D. zinc

26. the activity of an enzyme in a chemical reaction depends on the;

A. Molecular weight of the enzyme
B. Protein nature of the enzyme
C. Activation energy of the enzyme
D. Surface configuration of the enzyme.

27. Starch, glycogen and cellulose are all composed of

A. Α – glucose C. Monosaccharide’s
B. Β – glucose D. polypeptides

28. The following is the formula of an amino acid,

H

H2N – C – COOH
CH2
CH2

COOH
The amino acid is
i) Hydrophilic iii) Negatively charged
ii) Acidic iv) Insoluble in water

A. (i) only
B. (i) and (ii)
C. (i), (ii) and (iii)
D. (ii), (iii) and (iv)

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29. The biological role of protein depends on;
A. The sequence of amino acids
B. Pattern of folding of amino acid
C. Other protein molecules with it is associated
D. Its three dimensional shape

30. Which one of the following is a structural protein?

A. Haemoglobin C. insulin
B. Collagen D. glucagon

SECTION B (40MARKS)

31. (a) Define the following terms in relative to the study of cells;

i) Resolving power of a microscope. (01mk)

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b) State the differences between a light microscope and electron microscope. (03mks)

Light microscope Electron microscope

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 c) What are the limitations of a light microscope? (02mks)

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32. According to the fluid –mosaic model of cell membrane structure, the unit membrane is a
dynamic structure and composed of several components.
a) Name the components of the membrane;
i) which is fluid in consistency. (01mk)
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ii) that forms a mosaic (01mks)

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iii) that accounts for specificity (01mk)

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b) State any one pieces of evidence that support the above model. (01ms)
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c) State three major functions of cell membrane to the cell. (03mks)

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 e) What is the actual length of a cell in micrometers which is magnified under high power
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33. The diagram below shows the structure of a glucose molecule.

CH2OH
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OH OH
OH H

H OH

a) (i) Name the type of glucose molecule. (01mk)

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ii) Show how two molecules combine to form a disaccharide. (02mks)

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 b) Give any four differences between amylase and amylopectin (04mks)

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34. (a) Identify the type of epithelium lining the following parts;
i) Vagina (01mk)
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ii) Oesophagus (01mk)

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iii) Stomach (01mk)

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iv) Trachea (01mk)

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b) Briefly describe the structure of an areolar tissue. (05mks)

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35(a) what is meant by the term translocation? (1mrk)

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(b) How is the phloem tissue suited to its function (5mrks)

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(c) In an experiment to determine which tissue conducts sugar through the stem, the following

procedures were carried out

- leaves were removed from the upper region of the plant.

-A ring of the phloem and cortex was removed.

-A cylinder of the xylem was removed from the stem at the base of the defoliated region.

-The cylinders were then filled with fresh distilled water each day and left to stand for a week.

Why were the following procedures carried out?

(i) Removal of leaves from the upper parts of the stem (1mrk)

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(ii) Enclosing the stems in a glass tube containing distilled water (1mrk)

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(d) Give two other evidences that support translocation of photosynthetic products in plants (2mrks)

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