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AS/APR 2009/BIO150
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 1. This question paper consists of two (2) parts : PART A (20 Questions) PART B (7 Questions) 2. Answer ALL questions from all two (2) parts. i) Answer PART A in the Objective Answer Sheet. ii) Answer PART B in the Answer Booklet. Start each answer on a new page. Do not bring any material into the examination room unless permission is given by the invigilator. Please check to make sure that this examination pack consists of: i) ii) iii) the Question Paper an Answer Booklet - provided by the Faculty an Objective Answer Sheet - provided by the Faculty
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PART A 1. What is the function of enzymes? A. B. C. D. 2. They transport water in the blood to tissues. They transport molecules within the cell. They provide energy to chemical reactions. They decrease the amount of activation energy needed to begin a chemical reaction.
Which of the following factors affect an enzyme reaction? A. B. C. D. Temperature pH Amount of enzyme All of the above
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Which of the following substances can be used to speed up a chemical reaction? A. B. C. D. Fatty acid Glycerol Salivary amylase Water
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The substance that an enzyme acts on is known as the A. B. C. D. metabolism. substrate. concentrate. all of the above.
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The enzyme sucrase acts on A. B. C. D. sucrose only. sucrose and starch. any disaccharide. any organic monomer.
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Hydrogen cyanide binds to the active site of an enzyme that is part of the pathway that forms ATP in cells; in this way, it prevents the enzyme's activity. Hence, hydrogen cyanide can best be described as a A. B. C. D. coenzyme. prosthetic groups. competitive inhibitor. allosteric modulator.
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An enzyme promotes a chemical reaction by A. B. C. D. lowering the energy of activation. causing the release of heat, which acts as a primer. increasing molecular motion. changing the free energy difference between substrate and product.
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In feedback inhibition, a metabolic pathway is switched off by A. B. C. D. a rise in temperature. lack of a substrate. accumulation of the end product. competitive inhibition.
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Where in the cell does the chemical process of glycolysis occur? A. B. C. D. Ribosome Cytoplasm Cell wall Chloroplast
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All the following are the other names for the dark reaction except A. B. C. D. Calvin-Benson cycle. photolysis. carbon fixation reaction. light-independent reaction.
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The inputs for the carbon fixation reaction is A. B. C. D. ATP. NADPH. carbon dioxide. all of the above.
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If a pigment absorbs light, one of the three below will occur except A. B. C. D. energy may trigger a chemical reaction, as in photosynthesis. energy is stored in the pigment permanently. energy is dissipated. the energy may be emitted immediately as a longer wavelength, a phenomenon known as florescence. into stroma will
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In chemiosmosis, the flow of the H+ through generate ATP. A. B. C. D. ATP synthase photosystem I NADP reductase cytochrome complex
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Butterflies have a sucking mechanism in order to obtain nectar of the flowers with all the below adaptation except A. B. C. D. sucked into gut. use a long proboscis. reach into flower to get nectar. inject anticoagulants from salivary gland first.
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A crossing-over is a process of A. B. C. D. transformation of DNA. genetic recombination. gene expression. cell division.
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Each nucleotide subunit contains a nitrogen base which maybe one of the A. B. C. D. purines (adenine or thymine). purines (adenine or guanine). pyrimidines (guanine or cytosine). pyrimidines (uracil or cytosine).
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The enzyme that adds new deoxyribonucleotides to a growing DNA strand is A. B. C. D. RNA DNA DNA DNA polymerase. polymerase. helicase. ligase.
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Which is not true about transfer RNA? A. B. C. D. Complementary base-pairing within each transfer RNA molecules causes it to be doubled back and folded to form double strand. Three or more loops of paired nucleotides are formed, one of which contains the anticodon triplet. The amino acid binding site is at the 3' end of transfer RNA. Cloverleaf-shaped.
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Which of the of the following is the stop codon? A. B. C. D. UAA UAC UCA All of the above
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PARTB
QUESTION 1 a) Explain the induced fit hypothesis of enzyme reaction. (4 marks) b) How do enzyme and substrate concentration affect the rate of enzyme reaction? (4 marks) c) What is the enzyme-product complex? (2 marks)
QUESTION 2 a) Write the overall equation for cellular respiration. (1 mark) b) Why are two molecules of ATP used to start the process of anaerobic respiration? (3 marks) c) How is cellular respiration different from photosynthesis? (6 marks)
QUESTION 3 a) Identify the process that is the opposite of photosynthesis and explain your answer. (6 marks) b) Why is the green wavelength of light is of little use in photosynthesis? (3 marks) c) At what point do carbon dioxide enter the C4 pathway? (1 mark)
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QUESTION 4 a) b) c) Define symbiosis. (4 marks) Which type of symbiosis is beneficial to both species in a relationship? (3 marks) For problems below, select the biotic relationship from the following list that is associated with each description. A choice can be used more than once or not at all. A. B. C. D. i) Commensalism Mutualism Parasitism Predator-prey relationship Birds are often infected with lice that suck their blood. (1 mark) ii) The red-belly pecker bird eats ticks and lice of the skin of a rhinoceros. (1 mark) iii) The clown fish swims among stinging tentacles of the sea anemone where it is protected from being eaten by other fish. The sea anemones tolerate the presence of clown fish. (1 mark)
QUESTION 5 a) Name the different kinds of heterotrophs and types of organism eaten. (6 marks) b) Identify the biological and chemical processes that are involved in the carbon cycle. (4 marks)
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QUESTION 6 a) What are the characteristic of metaphase? (2 marks) b) Why is it important for the cytoplasm to divide equally? (3 marks) c) Discuss the key differences between mitosis and meiosis. (5 marks)
QUESTION 7 a) How does mRNA differ from tRNA? (3 marks) b) Describe the process of transcription. (4 marks) c) A segment of a DNA has the nitrogen base sequence of T-A-C. What would be the nitrogen sequence of the tRNA anticodon. Explain your answer. (3 marks)
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