BIOLOGY PAST PAPERS

(FOR 10th GRADE)

1. Substances move into and out of cells by different mechanisms.

(a) Which of these mechanisms moves substances against a concentration
gradient
A. Active transport
B. Diffusion
C. Facilitated diffusion
D. Osmosis
E. Transpiration
(b) Which of these mechanisms enables non-polar molecules to pass through cell
membranes?
A. Diffusion
B. Facilitated diffusion
C. Osmosis
D. Transpiration
E. Active transport
2. The size of an animal can affect gas exchange.
As animals increase in size, their
A. Surface area decreases and volume decreases
B. Surface area decreases and volume increases
C. Surface area to volume ratio decreases
D. Surface area to volume ratio increases
E. Surface area to volume ratio remains constant
3. Explain why is breathing through your nose better for your body than breathing
trough your mouth?
4. Explain carefully the human inhalation and exhalation from respiration system!
5. A catalyst is a substance that changes the rate of a reaction without changing the
substances produced. The catalyst is unaffected at the end of the reaction and can
be used again
(a) What is biological catalyst is?
(b) Why do enzymes have specific properties?
6. Within any cell, many chemical reactions are going on at the same time. There is
two point is:
Point Definition
Anabolic reaction
Catabolic reaction

7. Complete the table below.

Subject Definition
Activation energi
Lock and key
hypothesis
Induced-fit
hypothesis
Denaturation
Active site
8. Polyphenol oxidase is an enzyme found in many plant cell.
This enzyme catalyses the following reaction

This reaction cause cut fruit to turn brown when exposed to air.
(a) A student carried out an investigation into the rate at which grape juice
produced quinone.
The graph shows the results of this investigation.

Analyze what factors influence the work of enzymes!

(b) Explain why adding citric acid to cut fruit reduces the rate at which the fruit
turns brown!
9. What is a mononucleotide and which mononucleotides are found in both DNA
and RNA?
10. The diagram below show the structure of a mononucleotide from a DNA
molecule.

Name the parts of the mononucleotide labelled A,B and C.

11. Look this picture!

From the picture analyze and complete the table below.

Properties DNA RNA
Location
Structure
Sugar
Nitrogen base
function

12. Labeling the picture below.

 (a)
(b) Describe the replication of DNA!
13. Short sequence of nucleotides are being developed as protential drugs.
They act by binding to selected sited on DNA or RNA molecules and prevent the
synthesis of specific protein associated with a disease.
Two types of drug to treat genetic disorders are:
• Antisense drugs, which are RNA nucleotides that bind to mRNA
• Triplex drugs, which are DNA nucleotides that bind to DNA forming a
three-stranded helix
(a) The type of bonds that hold the two strands of a DNA molecule together in a
double helix are
A. Glycosidic bonds
B. Hydrogen bonds
C. Phosphodiester bonds
D. Peptide bonds
E. Ester bonds
(b) Antisense drugs inhibit protein synthesis by interfering with
A. Protein folding
B. Replication
C. Transcription
D. Translation
E. Exon and intron
(c) Triplex drugs inhibit protein synthesis by interfering with
A. Protein folding
B. Replication
C. Transcription
D. Translation
E. Exon and intron
14. The table shows the sequence of bases in part of an mRNA molecule.
Complete the table to show the base sequence of each of the following:
(i) the corresponding coding strand of DNA that produced this mRNA
sequence
(ii) the base sequence of an antisense drug that will bind to this mRNA.
 (iii) The stramd of DNA that is transcribed is called the?
(iv) State the number of amino acids that would be coded for by the part of
mRNA shown in this table.
15. The table below shows the percentage of different bases present in dna from a
fish.
Percentage of each base present
Adenine Guanine Thymine Cytosine
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