BIOLOGY FORM 1

1. a) Name the branch of biology which deals with (3mks)

i) study of interrelationship between living organisms and their environment.
ii) Study of birds
iii) Study of brain

b) Explain what the following branches of biology deals with (5mks)

i) Entomology
ii) Ichthyology
iii) Cycology
iv) Virology
v) Paleontology
2. a) Name the apparatus that is suitable for; (2mks)
i) Attracting and trapping small animals
ii) Picking up small stinging animals and plants

b) Draw and label the following apparatus

i) Hand lens (2mks)

ii) Sweep net (2mks)
iii) Fish net (2mks)
3. State some of the precaution that biology student ought to observe when they are collecting
and observing specimens (5mks)
4. a) Explain the meaning of the following terms in biology (2mks)
i) classification
ii) taxonomy

b) i) State the function of a magnifying lens (1mk)

ii) list the importance of classification (4mks)

iii) name the taxonomic unit of classification which forms (3mks)

a) the largest group
b) the lowest unit
c) the fourth group
5. a) Highlight the five kingdom systems of classification (5mks)
b) Fill the following table (5mks)

Taxon Lion Napier grass

Plantae
Phylum/Division angiuspermaphyta
Class
Carnivora Graminates
Felidae Graminae
Germs Pennistum
Species purpereum
Scientific name pantherleo

6. list four differences between a plant and an animal (4mks)

7. a) What is the name given to the scientific system of naming living organisms (1 mk)
 b) Give reasons why scientific names are given in latin or are litinised (2mks)
c) Name the kingdoms whose members are all multicellular (1mk)
8. a student observing a leg of an insect under a hand lens made a drawing of the leg whose
length was 4cm with a magnification of x2. What was the actual length of the leg? (3mks)
9. a) Identify rules to be observed when using a light microscope (6mks)
b) Name five part of a light microscope and their functions (10mks)
c) give differences between a light and electron microscope (10mks)
10. a) What is a cell (2mks)
b) If the nucleus of a cell is removed, what would happen to that cell? Explain (2mks)
c) What is biology? (1mk)