GRADE 8

SEMESTRAL ASSESSMENT 1 2021 - 2022

Name : Total Marks : / 60

Class : Parent’s Signature :

Date :

Time : 1 hour 15 minutes

BIOLOGY
PAPER 2 : Structured Questions
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1 The results of the food tests are shown in the table below.
colour of result of food test
biuret test iodine test DCPIP test benedict test
Food A blue yellow colourless brick-red
Food B blue yellow colourless blue
Food C purple yellow blue brick-red
Food D blue yellow blue brick-red

Complete the table by placing a tick () to indicate nutrients are contained in the food.
colour of result of food test
starch glucose protein vitamin C
Food A

Food B

Food C

Food D

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2 (a) Explain why food has to be digested.

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 Fig 2.1 shows the stages of an enzyme-catalysed reaction.

Fig. 2.1

(b) State the names of A to D in Fig. 2.1.

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B .................................................................................................................................

C .................................................................................................................................

D .................................................................................................................................

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 (c) The table below contains information about the digestion of the three main types of
food. Fill in the spaces to complete the table.
food type enzyme involved in digestion products of digestion

starch

fat

protein

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(d) State the function of hydrochloric acid in the body.

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[Total: 12]

3 (a) Describe how the structures of the circulatory system maintain a one-way flow of
blood.
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(b) Describe how the structure of a vein differs from the structure of an artery.
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 (c) State the function of arteries in the human circulatory system.
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4 Fig. 4.1 is a photomicrograph of blood.

Fig 4.1

(a) Label one red blood cell on Fig. 4.1 with a label line and the letter X. [1]
(b) State the name of one other type of blood cell in Fig. 4.1.
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(c) State the names of two other components of blood.

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5 Fig. 5.1 shows an external view of the heart of a person who has coronary heart disease.
There is an area of dead muscle tissue.

Fig. 5.1

(a) Describe what is meant by the term coronary heart disease and suggest why the
heart muscle tissue has died.
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One factor that increases the risk of developing coronary heart disease is having a diet
that contains a lot of fat.

(b) State three other factors that increase the risk of a person developing coronary heart
disease.
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6 The diagram shows an incomplete transverse section through the stem of
dicotyledonous plants.

Complete the diagram by drawing and labelling the positions of each of the following
tissues:
 xylem,
 phloem. [3]

7 Complete the sentences by placing appropriate words in the spaces to describe how
transpiration occurs in plants.
(a) In transpiration water is lost from the .............................................. of a plant. The

water .............................................. from the surface of

the .............................................. cells and water vapour is produced. The water

vapour moves by .............................................. out of the plant through pores

called .............................................. .

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The rate of transpiration is affected by several factors including the temperature and the
humidity of the air.
(b) State and explain the effect of an increase in temperature on the rate of transpiration.
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 A student compared the mass of water lost from four leaves. Four similarly-sized leaves
were collected from the same plant. Some of the surfaces of the leaves were covered
with a waterproof substance. The mass of each leaf was measured. The leaves were
hung on a piece of string, as shown in the Fig 7.1. The leaves were left for several hours
and the mass of each leaf was measured again.

Fig 7.1

The results from the experiment are shown in the table.

Table 7.1

(c) Describe how the different treatments of the leaves affected their loss of mass.
Use the information in the Fig 7.1 and the table 7.1 to support your answer.
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8 The movement of sucrose in plants can be modelled using laboratory apparatus.
Diagram A shows the apparatus used to model the movement of sucrose in a plant:
 Partially permeable bags were attached tightly to the ends of tube Q.
 The bag representing a source was filled with a coloured sucrose solution.
 The bag representing a sink was filled with water.
 The containers and tube Q and tube S were filled with water.

Diagram B shows the position of the coloured sucrose solution 30 minutes after the
apparatus was set up.
The arrows show the direction of the movement of the liquids.

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 State the name of the tissue represented by tube Q and the name of the tissue
represented by tube S in diagram B.
Q .......................................................................................................................................

S ................................................................................................................................... [2]

9 The diagram shows the arrangement of bones and muscles in the arm.

(a) Name each of the following:

A ..............................................

B ..............................................

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(b) Describe how the type of movement of a ball and socket joint differs from that of a
hinge joint.
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(c) State the term used to describe such a pair of muscles.

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 (d) Explain why muscles are arranged in this way.

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