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The document provides instructions for lab rules and safety, identifies common lab equipment and their uses, defines key biological terms like cell and organelle, compares plant and animal cell structure, lists components of a balanced diet, and describes several biology experiments and their expected results.

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Form 1 Revision Tests Marking Scheme

The document provides instructions for lab rules and safety, identifies common lab equipment and their uses, defines key biological terms like cell and organelle, compares plant and animal cell structure, lists components of a balanced diet, and describes several biology experiments and their expected results.

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Form 1 revision tests marking scheme

1. Lab rules
 Do not work in the lab without your teacher
 Read and follow instructions
 Read labels on all chemical bottles before use
 Do not use any chemical until the teacher has explained its uses and safety precaution to be
taken
 Do not perform any experiments and do not touch materials or apparatus without instructions
from your teacher
 Do not taste anything unless instructed to do so since some chemicals are toxic
 Report all accidents to the teacher even if they appear to minor
 In case of skin contact with chemicals, wash immediately with running water
 Use burners with great care to avoid fires
 Wash hands with soap after handling chemicals (3)
2. Laboratory apparatus
i) Measuring cylinder – to measure small volumes of liquid (1)
ii) Beaker – used for holding liquids during use and heating
/ be used for measurement (1)
iii) Funnel – channels liquid or powdery solids from one container into another /
can be used with filter paper to separate substances (1)
iv) Tongs - used to hold apparatus (1)
3. A basic unit of a living organism / building blocks of all living organisms / the
fundamental unit of structure and function of life (1)
4.

(4)

5. Animal cell

(3)
6. a) Vacuole – storage of salts and sugars/ makes the plant cell firm (1)
b) Cell membrane – selectively permeable controls movement of substances into and
out of the cell (1)
c) Nucleus – contains genetic information of the cell (1)
d) Cytoplasm – suspension medium for all other organelles / site for all
chemical reactions in the cell (1)
7. Plant cell Animal cell
Cellulose cell wall No cell wall
Regular shape Irregular shape
Permanent large vacuole No vacuole or small temporary
vacuole
Nucleus at the side Central nucleus
(4)

8. A balanced diet is a meal which contains all nutrients required by the body in their
correct amounts (1)
9. Components of a balanced diet
 Proteins
 Carbohydrates
 Mineral Salts
 Vitamins
 Water
 Fibre / Roughage
 Fats (7)
10. a) Carbohydrates – give the body energy (1)
b) Fats – protect vital organs from damage / keep the body warm / provide energy/
store energy in the body (1)
c) Proteins – growth and repair of tissue/ speed up reactions (enzymes) / hormones (1)

11. i) Nitrogen - 78%


ii) Oxygen – 21 %
iii) Carbon Dioxide – 0.03%
v) Other gases – 0.97%

12. Light a glowing splint


Put it out and place it in a jar with oxygen
The glowing splint must relight / rekindle (3)

13. Bicarbonate indicator changes colour from red to yellow. (2)


14. Lime water , it changes color from clear to milky white (3)
15. i) Diffusion is the movement of particles from a region of higher concentration to a
region of lower concentration until dynamic equilibrium is attained (1)
ii) Osmosis is the movement of water molecules from a region of higher concentration
to a region of lower concentration until dynamic equilibrium is attained (1)
16. Red blood cells
White blood cells
Plasma
Platelets (4)
17. They transport oxygen(1)
18. A – platelets
B- plasma
C – Red blood cell
D – White blood cell (4)
19.

(5)
b) i) anther – produces pollen grain
ii) sepal - protects the flower when it is in bud
iii) petal –large , scented and brightly coloured to attract insects
iv) receptacle - supports the flower
v stigma – deposition of pollen grains during pollination

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