Science

55/2
Paper 2
2005
1 hour

MARA JUNIOR
SCIENCE COLLEGE

TOPICAL TEST
(STRUCTURED QUESTIONS)
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TOPICS :

REPRODUCTION
GROWTH
ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS

1. Figure 1 shows the movement of sperms towards an ovum

Figure 1

a) Name the organ that produce ovum in human.

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1 mark

b) Complete the flow chart below to show the path taken by the sperm to move from the testis
to the female organ

Testis ____________ Prostate Gland __________ Female Organ

2 mark

c) Where does the process shown in figure 1 above take place in female reproductive system?
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1 mark

d) Name the process occurs when a sperm penetrates the membrane of the ovum?
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1 mark
2. Figure 2 shows a menstrual cycle.

Figure 2

a) What happens during

i. X : ________________________________________
ii. Y : ________________________________________
iii. Z : ________________________________________
3 marks

b) When does fertilisation most likely to occur?

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1 mark

c) What are the contents of menstrual discharge?

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1 mark
d) From the figure 2 above, what is the duration of one menstrual cycle?
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1 mark
3. Figure 3 shows a developing foetus.

Figure 3

a) What are labeled

i. P : _______________________________
ii. Q : _______________________________
iii. R : _______________________________
3 mark

b) Describe the function of Q.

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1 mark
c) How long does it takes for a zygote to develop into a complete human being?
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1 mark

d) Why is it important that the bloods of mother and child do not mix?
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1 mark
4. Figure 4 shows the development a fruits and seeds in a flower of a plant.

Figure 4

a) What is P?
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1 mark

b) State what happens after P reaches the ovary?

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1 mark

c) What will happen to the flower after fertilisation?

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2 mark

d) State why this process is important.

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1 mark
5. Figure 5 shows the female reproductive system.

Figure 5

a) Name the parts labeled

i. K : _________________________________
ii. L : _________________________________
iii. M : ________________________________
iv. N : _________________________________
4 marks

b) What is the function of

i. L : ___________________________________________________
ii. M : __________________________________________________
2 marks

c) Where does the sperm fertilise the ovum to produce a zygote?

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1 mark

d) What is fertilisation
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1 mark
6. Figure 6 shows the stages in the germination of a green bean seed.

Figure 6

a) Which part of the seed crack first?

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1 mark

b) Based on figure 6

i. Which parts of the seed grow first when it crack?

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1 mark

ii. Which parts of the seed grow longer and pulls the cotyledon out from the soil?
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1 mark

c) State three conditions that needs for the gerinations of seeds?

i. __________________________________________________
ii. __________________________________________________
iii. __________________________________________________
3 marks

d) Name the part of seed that grow and carry out photosynthesis process.
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1 mark

e) State two uses of water in the germination of a green bean seed.

i. _______________________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________________
2 marks
7. Figure 7 shows the growth curves of boys and girls based on height and weight.

Figure 7

Based on these two growth curves,

a) State four differences of growth curves between girls and boys.

i. ___________________________________________________________
ii. ___________________________________________________________
iii. ___________________________________________________________
iv. ___________________________________________________________
4 marks

b) At what age weight growth curve

i. boys and girls are equally the same?
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ii. a girl faster than a boy

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iii. a boy faster than a girl

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3 marks

c) An adolescence children is very active. State one of the food classes that important to them.
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1 mark
8. A student carried out an experiment to study the conditions for germinations of seeds.

Figure 8.1

a) State the variables in the experiment

i. Manipulated variable : ________________________________________
ii. Responding variable : ________________________________________
iii. Controlled variable : ________________________________________
3 marks

b) Based on figure 8.1, state the observations of the result from the experiment :
TEST TUBE OBSERVATIONS
X
Y
2 marks

c) State one inference for each experiments :

TEST TUBE INFERENCE
X
Y
2 marks
d) Test tube X was kept at temperature 3oC. Predict the observations of test tube X after 3
days.
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1 mark

e) State one reason for the answer in (d).

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1 mark

f) The student repeated the experiment by soaking a seed in a mixture of boiling water and
olive oil and kept it at the room temperature as shown in figure 8.4.

Figure 8.4

After 3 days, predict the observations of test tube Z?

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1 mark

g) Give one reason why olive oil is used?

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1 mark

h) Based on the observation of the results in (b), (d) and (f), deduce the conditions needed for
the germination of seeds.
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1 mark
STRUCTURED QUESTIONS

NO ANSWER MARK
1. a) Ovary 1

b) Sperm duct
urethra 2

c) Fallopian tube 1

d) Fertilisation 1

2. a)
i- X : Menstrual discharge is expelled through the
vagina 1
ii- Y : Ovum is released from the ovary/
Ovulation occur 1
iii- Z : Menstrual discharge is expelled through
vagina 1

b) Y 1

c) Blood, dead ovum and tissue layer of uterus

wall 1

d) 28 days 1

3. a) P : Uterus wall 1
Q : Placenta 1
R : Vagina 1

b) Placenta consists of the capillaries from the

foetus growing into the uterus wall 1

c) About 38 to 40 weeks 1

d) Clumping or agglutination may occur and can

cause death 1
4. a) P = Pollen grain 1

b) Male gamete passes through the tube to fuse

with the female gamete 1

c) The zygote will develop into an embryo and

form a seed 1

d) To ensure that seeds are formed. Seeds will

grow into new plants to ensure continuity of the
species 1
5. a) K : Fallopian tube 1
 L : Ovary 1
M : Uterus 1
N : Vagina 1

b) L : Produce ovum 1
M : Allow embryo become implanted 1

c) K 1

d) The fusion of a sperm with an ovum to form a

zygote that occur in the fallopian tube 1

6. a) Testa 1

b) i- radicle 1

ii- hypocotyl 1

c) i- water 1
ii- suitable temperature 1
iii- air 1

d) plumule 1

e) i- Testa will crack easily 1

ii- Activates enzymes 1

7. a) i- Girls mature two years before boys 1

ii- Girls grow faster than boy 1
iii- Girls bigger than boy 1
iv- Girls taller than boy 1

b) i- 0 6 years 1
ii- 12 14 years 1
iii- 6 12 years / over than 14 years 1

c) Carbohydrate/Fat 1
8. a) Responding variable
= Germination of seeds 1

Controlled variable
= Air and temperature 1

b) X : seeds germinate 1

Y : Seeds do not germinate 1

c) X : Seeds germinate because there is water 1

Y : Seeds do not germinate because there is no
water 1
d) Seeds do not germinate 1

e) The temperature is not suitable 1

f) Seeds do not germinate 1

g) Prevents air from dissolving in water 1

h) The conditions needed for the germination of

seeds are presence of water, air and suitable
temperature 1
TOTAL 60