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The document is a Biology mid-term examination paper for Form Three students in 2022, consisting of three sections with a total of 15 questions. Students are required to answer all questions in sections A and B, and two questions from section C, with specific instructions regarding writing materials and prohibited items. The exam covers various topics in biology, including diseases, ecosystems, tissues, digestion, and plant classification.

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Bio F3

The document is a Biology mid-term examination paper for Form Three students in 2022, consisting of three sections with a total of 15 questions. Students are required to answer all questions in sections A and B, and two questions from section C, with specific instructions regarding writing materials and prohibited items. The exam covers various topics in biology, including diseases, ecosystems, tissues, digestion, and plant classification.

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THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND


LOCAL GOVERNMENT
BIOLOGY MID TERM EXAMINATION
FORM THREE-2022
Time: 3 Hours
Instructions.

1. This paper consists of section A, B and C with a total of 15 questions.


2. Answer all questions in section A and B and TWO (2) question from
section C in which question 13 compulsory.
3. All writing should be in blue or black pen, except for diagrams that must be
drawn in pencil.
4. Cellular phones and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the
examination room.
5. Write your number on every page of your answer booklet.
SECTION A (20 Marks)
Answer All questions in this section.
(i)The following are examples of water – borne diseases:

A. Malaria and bilharzia.


B. Yellow fever and typhoid
C. Diarrhoea and malaria.
D. Cholera and plague.
E. Cholera and typhoid

(ii) One of the distinctive features o f kingdom fungi is possession of:

A. Plasma membrane
B. Cytoplasma
C. Chitin materials
D. Cell membrane
E. Cellulose materials.

(iii) A grasshopper ventilates its gaseous exchange surfaces by:

A. Moving the diaphragm


B. Beating of cilia
C. Rhythmic body movement
D. Opening of spiracles
E. Moving its rib cage.

(iv) The taxonomic category of organisms belonging to the same class but not to the same
family is?

A. Species
B. Genus
C. Order
D. Phylum
E. Kingdom.

(v) The function of sunlight energy in the human skin is to stimulate the synthesis of?

A. Vitamin A
B. Vitamin C
C. Vitamin D
D. Vitamin K
E. Vitamin B.

(vi) Night blindness in human body is avoided by eating?

A. Oranges
B. Carrot
C. Red meat
D. Green vegetables
E. Chicken

(vii) A blood vessel which conveys deoxygenated blood away from the heart is called?

A. Capillaries
B. Artery
C. Veins
D. Pulmonary vein
E. Pulmonary artery.

(viii) Which of the following structure is a site of respiration?

A. Chloroplast
B. Ribosome
C. Nuclear
D. Nucleic acid
E. Mitochondria.
(ix) The structures found in bacteria are:

A. Plasmid, flagella and cilia


B. Cytoplasm, cilia and plastids
C. Cell wall, plasmid and flagella
D. Cell membrane, flagella and hairs
E. Plasmid, capsule and cilia.

(x) The by – products in photosynthesis process are:

A. Carbohydrate and water


B. Carbon dioxide and oxygen
C. Oxygen and water
D. Carbohydrate and carbon dioxide
E. Oxygen and air.

2. Matching items questions.


LIST A LIST B
i. Supplies blood to the heart A. Epidemic disease
ii. Loss of mineral in which they move deeper B. Sporadic disease
beyond plant roots C. Niche
iii. An organism that cause typhoid D. Trophic level
iv. Classification based on few external features. E. Cell
v. Has same origin but different function. specialization
vi. Locomotary structure in amoeba F. Cell
vii. A disease that breaks out from time to time differentiation
in different region. G. Coronary artery
viii. Modification of cells to carry out certain H. Septum
functions. I. Leaching
ix. Organisms with similar nutritional habits. J. Eutrophication
x. Secretes Bile. K. Salmonella typhi
L. Typhoid coli
M. Cytoplasmic
streaming
N. Pseudopodia
O. Taxonomy
P. Artificial
classification
Q. Natural
classification
R. Homologous
structure.
S. Analogous
structure.

SECTION B: 60 MARKS.
4. (a) Define the following terms.

i. Ecology
ii. Environment
iii. Community
iv. Ecosystem.

(b) (i) State the difference between natural and artificial ecosystems
(ii) Explain why food webs are more representative of feeding relationship than food
chains.
5. (a) (i) What is a tissue
(ii) Name three animal and plant tissues.
(b) State the structural differences between cell wall and a cell membrane.
(c) Describe the function of blood plasma.
6. (a) Explain the function of the following parts of compound microscope.

i. Stage
ii. Eyepiece

(b) Name four (4) human diseases caused by viruses.


(c) Mention four ways of helping a person who has been bitten by a snake.
7. (a) What is meant by the following terms.
i. Digestion
ii. Malnutrition
iii. Balanced diet
iv. Nutritional disorder.

(c) Explain why;

i. One can swallow food while upside down?


ii. Digestion of starch does not continue in the stomach?
iii. Food in duodenum is alkaline
iv. One is advised to eat roughage although they do not have any nutritional value.

8. (a) Draw a large labeled diagram of villus found in the digestive system.
(b) Name digestive juice produced by the liver and state the content of that juice.
(c) Differentiate between the following terms.

i. Breathing and respiration


ii. Inhalation and exhalation

9. Describe five distinctive features of kingdom plantae


10. a) Mention two members of division coniferophyta
b) State the distinctive features of conifers
11. a) Briefly explain how fertilization takes place in conifers
b) Outline the advantages and disadvantages of confers

SECTION C:
12. Write an essay on malaria using guidelines below.

i. Causes
ii. Transmission
iii. Signs and symptoms
iv. Ways of prevention
v. Treatment of the diseases.

13. Discus the advantage and disadvantage of artificial and natural classification.
14. a) What is alternation of generation?
b) Explain how alternation of generation takes place in bryophytes.

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