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International General Certificate of Secondary Education

SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION: OCTOBER 2016

Class 3
Biology Paper 1 1 hour

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1. Your ________________ supports your body and helps you to move.
A. Skeleton
B. Muscle
C. Heart
D. Liver

2. The diagram shows a food chain.

A farmer sprays his cabbages with pesticide.
Which organisms does the farmer want to kill?

A B C D
cabbages greenflies beetles small birds

3. Oxygen and carbon dioxide is transported to every part of our body through
________________.
A. Urine
B. Blood plasma
C. Hair
D. Vitamin D

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of living things?

A. Movement
B. Growth
C. Hunting
D. Reproduction

5. Microbes are living things that are too small to see without a ________________.
A. Microscope
B. Sunglasses
C. Spectacles
D. Magnifying glass
6. The diagram below shows animal cell and plant cell. Label the structure A.

A. Cell sap
B. Genes
C. Cytoplasm
D. Chromosome

7. Which of the following is the primary consumer?

A. Grass
B. Mouse
C. Snake
D. Fox

8. Renewable energy sources will not run out because they are constantly replaced. An
example of renewable energy sources is
A. Wind
B. Diesel
C. Gas
D. Fossil fuel
9. Which of the following is incorrect?

System Function
A. Nervous Controls how you respond to things around you
B. Circulatory Carries out gas exchange
C. Skeletal Provides support and protection. Allow movements.
D. Digestive breaks down food particles in food so they can get into
your blood

10. Which of the following is not discontinuous variation?

A. Colour of the eyes
B. Blood type
C. Height
D. Shoe size

11. Vertebrates are animals that have backbone whereas ________________ are animals
without backbones.
A. Amphibians
B. Reptiles
C. Invertebrates
D. Mammals

12. Photosynthesis is the process where plant uses water, carbon dioxide and light energy to
create food. Complete the following photosynthesis equation in plants.

__________________

A. Carbon dioxide
B. Oxygen
C. Nitrogen
D. Hydrogen
13. Why do we need to consume protein in our daily food intake?
A. To gain weight.
B. For growth and cell repair.
C. To prevent constipation.
D. For better eyesight.

14. When a meal gets to the large intestine from small intestine, there is nothing left but fibre.
The walls of the large intestine ________________ water into the bloodstream.
A. Absorb
B. Pour
C. Send
D. Provide

15. Which of the following organs does not take part in breaking down complex food
substances?
A. Large intestine
B. Small intestine
C. Stomach
D. Mouth

16. Enzymes break down large molecules of food to small molecules. They are produced in
your mouth, ________________, pancreas and small intestine.
A. Heart
B. Lungs
C. Stomach
D. Brain
17. The diagram shows a cell.

Which structure is not present?

A. Cell membrane
B. Cell wall
C. Cytoplasm
D. Nucleus

18. Which of the following is one of the components of our blood?

A. Platelets
B. Food
C. Nitrogen
D. Lithium

19. Plasma in the blood carries digested food, ________________ and urea.
A. Carbon dioxide
B. Oxygen
C. Nitrogen
D. Hydrogen
20. The diagram shows a food chain.

If the carnivores in trophic level 3 suddenly die out as a result of disease, in which trophic
levels will the number of organisms be likely to decrease?
A. 1 and 2
B. 1 and 4
C. 2 and 4
D. 4 only

21. What is unlikely to be affected by the environment?

A. Blood group
B. Body mass
C. Health
D. Weight

22. The diagram shows someone blowing up a balloon.

How do the proportions of gases in the air inside the balloon compare with the air outside
the balloon?
Carbon dioxide Oxygen Water vapour
A Less More More
B Less More Less
C More Less More
D More Less Less
23. Aerobic respiration is the release of energy from food molecules such as glucose in the
presence of ________________.
A. Carbon dioxide
B. Oxygen
C. Nitrogen
D. Fertiliser

24. Life begins when a sperm nucleus fuses with an egg cell nucleus. The process is called
________________.
A. Respiration
B. Digestion
C. Fertilisation
D. Assimilation

25. Identical twins form when a single embryo splits into two whereas non-identical twins
form when ________________ sperm fertilise two eggs.
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four

26. The following are examples of illegal drugs except

A. Cannabis
B. Morphine
C. Coffee
D. Cocaine
 _______________

27. The diagram above shows the process of photosynthesis. Photosynthesis takes place in
________________, mainly found in the leaf cells.
A. Chloroplast
B. Seed
C. Root
D. Stem

28. Plants lose water through the leaves by transpiration. The ________________ replace the
water the plants lose.
A. Leaves
B. Roots
C. Flower
D. Stem

29. Seed dispersal helps to reduce competition between plants of the same species. Which type
of seeds is usually dispersed by wind?

A. B. C. D.
30. These actions may be important in controlling the spread of disease.

1 Washing hands after going to the toilet

2 Disposing of waste frequently
3 Using separate cutting boards for meat and salad
4 Disposing of raw sewage into a river

Which would help control the spread of disease?

A. 1, 2, 3 and 4
B. 1, 2 and 3 only
C. 2 and 3 only
D. 4 only

31. The special characteristic that helps an organism to survive is called ________________.
A. Nutrition
B. Camouflage
C. Predator
D. Adaptation

32. Polar bears have wide feet as an adaptation to help them from ________________ into the
ice.
A. Floating
B. Sinking
C. Digging
D. Swimming

33. Desert organisms have adaptations that help the organisms to survive in hot dry places.
Which of the following is the possible adaptation of desert animals?
A. Sweat continuously.
B. Produces dilute urine.
C. Extract water from food and store it in the fats.
D. Active during day time.