Biology II

Date: 23/June/2022
Period: 8H30' - 11H30'

END OF TERM III EXAMINATIONS

LEVEL: Advanced Level S4

COMBINATIONS MATHS-CHEMISTRY BIOLOGY: MCB

PHYSICS CHEMISTRY BIOLOGY: PCB
BIOLOGY CHEMISTRY GEOGRAPH: BCG

DURATION: 3 Hours

MARKS:
…... /100

INSTRUCTIONS

This paper consists of three sections: A and B.

Section A: Attempt all questions. (70 marks)

Section B: Attempt three questions. (30 marks)

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SECTION A: Attempt all questions (70 Marks)
1) a) What are the four main things that all members of a species share?
(4 marks)

b) What are the three features of a natural system of classification?

(3 marks)
2) Evaluate the contribution of biodiversity to human wellbeing. (5 marks)

3) Define the following terms:

A. magnification (2 marks)
B. Resolution. (2 marks)

4) What is the role of cholesterol in cell surface membrane? (3 Marks)

5) Give Three characteristics of meristematic cells. (3 Marks)

6) Organise steps involved in testing Vitamin C (3 Marks)

1. To juice extracted from orange

2. Add 3cm3 add drops of DCPIP
3. The blue colour of DCPIP is decolorised.

7) The general formula for sugars is Cn(H20)n or CnH2nOn (2 Marks)

What would be the formula of:
a) a triose?
b) a pentose

8) What would you advise someone starting to have symptoms of:

A. Scurvy (2 marks)
B. Pernicious anemia (2 marks)

9) List the characteristic features of gaseous exchange surface (3 marks)

10) Explain how alveoli are adapted for gas exchange (4marks)

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11) What would happen to guard cells if the concentration of

malate doubled? (2 marks)

12) Describe the three stages of seed germination. (3 marks)

13) How birds are adapted to flying? (5 marks)

14) Explain why there is a high death rate from TB in countries with a high
proportion of the population who are HIV-positive. (4 marks)

15) Show how vegetative propagation takes place in potatoes? (3 marks)

16) The diagram below shows on organism of genus Rhizopus.

a. Name the major taxonomic group to which this organism belongs and
give one external feature characteristic of this group. (2 marks)

b. Describe the role of part A in the nutrition of the organism. (3 marks)

c. Explain how parasitic nutrition differs from the nutrition of Rhizopus.

(3 marks)
17) a) State the advantages of using immobilized enzymes. (4 marks)

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 b) Why are enzymes added to washing powder? (3marks)

Section B: Attempt any 3 questions only (30 Marks)

18) Compare the xylem and Phloem (10 Marks)

19)Defend that human cannot live without blood. (10 marks)

20)Examine physical and chemical properties of water that make it effective in

supporting life. (10 marks)

21)Discuss why it is difficult to eradicate malaria. (10 marks)

22)identify the various types of asexual reproduction in plants and animals

(10 marks)

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S4 BIOLOGY MARKING SCHEME

SECTION A: Attempt all questions (70 Marks)

1) a) What are the four main things that all members of a species share?
4 marks

b) What are the three features of a natural system of classification?

3 marks
Answer
a) They have similar genes and therefore resemble one another, immunologically'
biochemically and anatomically. They are capable of breeding to produce
offspring which themselves are fertile. They have common ancestry' They occupy
the same ecological niche. 4 marks
b) It is based on evolutionary relationships between organisms and their
ancestors. It classifies species into groups using shared characteristics derived
from their ancestors. It is arranged in a hierarchy in which groups are contained
within larger composite groups with no overlap. 3 marks

2) Evaluate the contribution of biodiversity to human wellbeing. 5 marks

Answer
Contribution of biodiversity to human well-being.
•Good health and productive livelihoods depend on ecosystem
products and
services, such as availability of fresh air, food, fuel sources, esthetic
services,
financial/economical gains, etc...

• Ecosystem services and goods contribute positively in human health

promotion,
diseases prevention and public health. But, biodiversity loss and
ecosystem
change may limit discovery of new components of biodiversity used in
traditional
medicine and put at risk community health development.

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3) Define the following terms:

A. magnification 2 marks
B. Resolution. 2 marks
Answer
A. magnification is the number of times larger an image is than the real
size of the object.

B. Resolution: is the minimum distance apart that two

object can be in order for them to appear as separate items / ability to
distinguish two separate points.

4) What is the role of cholesterol in cell surface membrane? 3 Marks

Answer
Cholesterol in cell surface membrane:

• Reduces lateral movement of phospholipids.

• Regulates membrane fluidity depending on temperature.
• Prevents leakage of water and dissolved ions from the cell.

5) Give Three characteristics of meristematic cells. 3 Marks

Answer
Characteristics of meristematic cell:

• Thin cell walls, small or no vacuole

• no specialized features.
• Large prominent nucleus
• Undifferentiated cells
• Undergo rapid cell division
• Cells are mostly isodiametric in shape and sometimes circular
• Absent intercellular space
• Do not undergo secondary thickening
• Cells contain a large number of ribosomes. etc

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 • The cells are small
6) Organise steps involved in testing Vitamin C 3 Marks

1. To juice extracted from orange

2. Add 3cm3 add drops of DCPIP
3. The blue colour of DCPIP is decolorised.
Answer
The organised steps are: 3 Marks
1. To 3cm3 of DCPIP
2. Add drops of juice extracted from orange
3. The blue colour of DCPIP is decolorized
7) The general formula for sugars is Cn(H20)n or CnH2nOn 2 Marks
What would be the formula of:
a) a triose?
b) a pentose
Answer
The formula for
a) Is C3(H20)3 or C3H6O3
b) C5(H20)5 or C5H10O5
8) What would you advise someone starting to have symptoms of:
A. Scurvy 2 marks
B. Pernicious anemia 2 marks
Answer
A. Taking food-rich in the vitamin C (Ascorbic acid) such as Tomatoes, citrus fruits, green
vegetables, etc
B. Taking food-rich in The vitamin B12 like meat, liver, milk,
shellfish, eggs, cheese, etc

9) List the characteristic features of gaseous exchange surface 3 marks

Answer

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 Characteristic features of gaseous exchange surfaces are:
- Large surface area
- Rich supply of blood
- Thin surface or thin wall
- Moist surfaces area
- Protection against injury and dry out
10) Explain how alveoli are adapted for gas exchange 4marks
Answer
Alveoli are adapted for gas exchange:
✓ They are numerous hence they increase the surface area for gas
exchange .
✓ They have large surface area to volume ratio hence there is increase of
the rate of gas exchange.
✓ They have thin epithelium, therefore short diffusion distance between air
and blood;
✓ They are well supplied with many blood capillaries.

11) What would happen to guard cells if the concentration of

malate doubled? 2 marks
Answer
If the concentration of malate doubled the osmotic pressure will increase
and guard cells will open wider.

12) Describe the three stages of seed germination. 3 marks

Answer
Germination involves three main
stages: imbibition, radicle sprouting and plumule sprouting
Imbibition: a dry seed (dormant seed contains very little water) when
placed in
moist conditions, it absorbs water by osmosis.

Radicle sprouting

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 As the seed absorbs water and oxygen, it swells, the embryo grows and
the seed-coat cracks, and the radicle also called primary root emerges
downward. This is seed coat rupture and radicle sprouting.

Plumule sprouting
The primary root is the first organ to appear during
embryo development. The plumule cells develop and the first leaf forms
upwards in the process known as plumule sprouting.
13) How birds are adapted to flying? 5 marks
Answer

Birds are adapted to flying by:

• Modification of limbs particularly forelimbs,
• Increased number of flight feathers provide a large surface area of wings
without increasing the weight;
• Large and powerful pectoral muscles
• Bones of vertebrae are fused
• Enlarged sternum to provide a large surface area for attachment of the flight
muscles: pectoral muscles
• Hollowed bones make birds light
• Streamlined body covered with light feathers.
• Backward arrangement of features for reducing air resistance
14) Explain why there is a high death rate from TB in countries with a high
proportion of the population who are HIV-positive. 4 marks
Answer
HIV/AIDS decreases the number of T-lymphocytes, weakening the ability of
the body to mount an effective immune response
against HIV and other pathogens. About one third of the human population is
infected with M. tuberculosis, and this infection may
progress to cause the symptoms of TB if the immune system is weakened by
HIV infection.

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15) Show how vegetative propagation takes place in potatoes? 3 marks
Answer

The potato tubers have nodes or eyes from which the new growth begins
The new stems growing from each eye are called sprouts which gives rise to the
new plant.
16) The diagram below shows on organism of genus Rhizopus.

Name the major taxonomic group to which this organism belongs and give one
external feature characteristic of this group. 2 marks
b. Describe the role of part A in the nutrition of the organism. 3 marks

c. Explain how parasitic nutrition differs from the nutrition of Rhizopus.

3 marks
Answer
a. Fungi/zygomycota;hyphae/mycelium/sporangia
b. Hyphae penetrate blood source: secrete enzymes; absorbe digested
products 3marks

c. Parasite: nutrient already digested/soluble only has to absorbe them;

source of nutrients is living/host/rhizpus feed on dead matter;
parasite has detrimental effect on host. 3marks

17) a) State the advantages of using immobilized enzymes. 4 marks

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 b) Why are enzymes added to washing powder? 3marks
Answer
a) The advantages of using immobilized enzymes are: (i) reuse (ii)
continuous use (iii) less labour intensive (iv) saving in capital cost (v)
minimum reaction time (vi) less chance of contamination in products,
(vii) more stability (viii) improved process control. 4marks

b) The biological washing powders contain enzymes like protease and lipase
to remove protein stains and fat/grease from clothes. The enzymes break
down proteins or fats on the fabric, forming water-soluble substances
that can be washed away 3marks

Section B: Attempt any 3 questions only (30 Marks)

18) Compare the xylem and Phloem (10 Marks)
Answer
Xylem vs Phloem
Similarities
The cell walls of the xylem and phloem consist of cellulose.
They both contain chloroplast.
Phloem and xylem function in the transportation process that occurs in
vascular plants.
They both exhibit primary and secondary growth.
These tissues both contain more than one type of cell.
They both develop from the cambium.
They both possess fibers.
These tissues are both differentiated into proto- and meta-elements.
They both possess parenchymatous cells.
Differences
Xylem Phloem
Transports water and dissolved Transports soluble organic compounds
minerals absorbed from the roots prepared during photosynthesis from the green
to the rest of the plant. parts of the plant to the rest of the plant.

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 Xylem Phloem
Xylem is mainly located in the Phloem is mainly localized towards the
center of the vascular bundles periphery of the vascular bundles.
Xylem forms most of the bulk of Phloem forms most of the bulk of the bark.
the wood.
Xylem tissue is composed of Phloem tissue is composed of like sieve tubes,
xylem vessels, fibers, and companion cells, phloem fibers, and phloem
tracheids and xylem parenchyma parenchyma.
cells
Xylem fibers are robust and Phloem fibers are flexible in shorter.
longer.
The cells of the xylem tissue are The cells of the phloem tissue are living cells
dead cells except for the except for the blast fibers.
parenchyma cells.
The cell wall of the cells in the The cell wall of the cells of the phloem is thin-
xylem is thick-walled. walled.
Lignified cell walls are present in The cell wall is not lignified.
the xylem.
Two types of conducive cells are Only one type of conducive cell is present in
present in xylem; tracheids and phloem; sieve tubes.
vessels.
The conducive tissues consist of The conducive tissues consist of living cells.
dead cells.
The primary function of xylem is The primary function of the phloem is to
to transport water and dissolved transport the prepared sugars from the leaves
minerals from the root to different to different parts of the plant.
parts of the plant.
The transport by xylem is The transport by phloem is bidirectional; the
unidirectional; the water and food can travel both up and down the plant.
mineral are only moved up from
the roots.
Xylem also aids in providing Phloem is not involved in mechanical support.
physical support to the plant.

19)Defend that human cannot live without blood. 10 marks

Answer
Blood has three main functions in human body transport, protection and
regulation.
In transport: Soluble excretory materials are transported to organs of
excretion (eg urea), hormones from the glands where they are produced to
target organs(eg insulin), nutrients and respiratory gases are circulated in all
parts of the body trough blood. Without blood there would be an accumulation

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of waste products in the body, Hormones will not reach to target cells and
therefore result in poor body coordination
In regulation, blood is used in distribution of excess heat from the deeply
seated organs. Without blood maintain a constant body temperature would be
impossible.

In protection; blood plays important role in defense against disease.

For examples Phagocytosis and production of antibodies. Without blood body
would be attacked by diseases defencelessly.
So, human cannot live without blood. 10 marks
20)Examine physical and chemical properties of water that make it effective in
supporting life. 10 marks
Answer
Property of water Significance for living organism
Water is a liquid at room Provides a fluid environment inside of cells and
temperature aquatic environment for organism to live in.
Water is universal solvent The chemical reactions inside of the cell happens
in aqueous solution. Water is the main transport
medium in organisms.
Water has high surface Water forms a surface film at an air water
tension interface. This allows some aquatic organism
such as pond stakers to land on the surface of
ponds and move over it.
Ice is less denser than Ice forms on the surface of water body and
liquid water insulates the water below allowing aquatic life to
survive.
Water has adhesion forces Along with low viscosity adhesion forces help
capillarity so that for example, water can move
upward through narrow channel in the soil
against gravity.
Water has high specific Water being a major component of internal fluid.
heat capacity Organisms resist temperature changes and so
remain relatively stable.
High latent heat of Heat is lost from the surface when water
vaporization evaporates from it. This is used as cooling
mechanism mechanism, sweating in animals and
transpiration in plants.
High latent heat of fusion Cell content and aquatic habitats are slow to
freeze in cold weather.

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 Water is denser than air Acts as habitat for large organisms. helps
support and disperses reproductive structures
such as larvae and large floating fruits like
coconuts.
Water is difficult to Water is an important structure agent acting as
compress a hydrostatic skeleton in invertebrates ( worms)
and turgid cells in plants.
Water has high tensile Continuous column of water are pulled up the
strength xylem to the top of the plant during
transpiration..
Water combines with Most organic molecules occur in a hydrated form
many organic molecules in a cell. If water is removed, their physical and
to form hydrate molecule chemical properties are affected, the use and
storage of food.
Water is colorless and Transmission of sunlight helps aquatic plants to
transparent phosynthesize.

21)Discuss why it is difficult to eradicate malaria. 10 marks

Answer
Malaria eradication is the disappearance of every malaria parasite from the face
of this planet. Is the permanent interruption of malaria transmission at a
global level and that is a major aspiration that the public health community
has had for the last decades .

It is difficult to eradicate malaria because:

• There is no effective vaccine against malaria
• The pathogens are transmitted by mosquitoes which are not eradicated.
• The plasmodium has become resistant to different anti-malarial drugs
• Ignorance of some people toward the disease and how it is spread.
However some improvement are being made to control malaria:

• use of modern techniques in gene sequencing and drug design

• Development of vaccines targeted against different stages of the
parasite’s life cycle
• a renewed international will to remove the burden of disease from the
poorest parts of the world, allied to generous donations from wealthy
individuals and foundations. 10 marks

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22)identify the various types of asexual reproduction in plants and animals
10 marks
Answer
Binary fusion
Spore formation
Vegetative propagation
Natural layering
Rhizomes
Tubers
Cuttings
Fragmentation
Buddings
Grafting
Suckers
Clonings

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 BIOLOGY
Alternative to practical

Date: 30/June/2022
Period: 8H30'-10H00'

END OF TERM III EXAMINATIONS

LEVEL: Senior four

COMBINATIONS: MATHS-CHEMISTRY BIOLOGY: MCB

PHYSICS CHEMISTRY BIOLOGY: PCB
BIOLOGY CHEMISTRY GEOGRAPH: BCG
ASSOCIATE NURSING PROGRAM: ANP

DURATION: 1H:30 Min

MARKS: …... /15

INSTRUCTIONS

1. This questions is compulsory

2. Don’t open this question paper until you are told to do so`.
3. Read each question carefully before answering it.
4. Use only a blue or black pen

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Six identical potato cylinders measuring 2.0 cm in length were each place in
different concentration of sugar solution. After two hours the potato cylinder
were removed from the solution and remeasured.
The table bellow shows the results
Concentration of sugar Length of potato Difference in length of
solution cylinder after 2 hrs (cm) potato cylinder after 2
hrs (cm)
0.1 2.40
0.2 2.25
0.3 2.15
0.4 2.05
0.5 1.98
0.6 1.02

a) Complete the table by filling in difference in the length of each potato

cylinder after 2 hours ( ie length after 2 hours subtract initial length)
(3 Marks)
b) Plot a graph of the difference in length after 2 hours against
concentration of sugar solution (3 Marks)

c) i) What was the effect of the concentration of sugar solution on the length
of the potato cylinders (2Marks)
ii) Explain why concentration of sugar solution affected the length of
potato cylinders (2 Marks)
d) i) From your graph, determine the concentration of sugar solution that
would give no difference in length of potato cylinder (2 Marks)
ii) Explain what happen in potato cylinder when no changes in length
occurs (2 Marks)
e) Suggest one other observation other than change in size, that would be
made on the potato cylinders (1 Marks)

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Biology senior four marking schemes
Alternative to practical exams
This paper consists of one compulsory number of 20 Marks
Time allocated: 1.30 hrs

Six identical potato cylinders measuring 2.0 cm in length were each place in
different concentration of sugar solution. After two hours the potato cylinder
were removed from the solution and remeasured.
The table bellow shows the results
Concentration of sugar Length of potato Difference in length of
solution cylinder after 2 hrs (cm) potato cylinder after 2
hrs (cm)
0.1 2.40
0.2 2.25
0.3 2.15
0.4 2.05
0.5 1.98
0.6 1.02

a) Complete the table by filling in difference in the length of each potato

cylinder after 2 hours ( ie length after 2 hours subtract initial length)
(3 Marks)
b) Plot a graph of the difference in length after 2 hours against
concentration of sugar solution

(5 Marks)
c) i) What was the effect of the concentration of sugar solution on the length
of the potato cylinders
(4Marks)
ii) Explain why concentration of sugar solution affected the length of
potato cylinders (3 Marks)
d) i) From your graph, determine the concentration of sugar solution that
would give no difference in length of potato cylinder
(2 Marks)
ii) Explain what happen in potato cylinder when no changes in length
occurs (2 Marks)

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 e) Suggest one other observation other than change in size, that would be
made on the potato cylinders
(1 Marks)

Answer
a)
Concentration of sugar Length of potato Difference in length of
solution cylinder after 2 hrs (cm) potato cylinder after 2
hrs (cm)
0.1 2.40 0.4
0.2 2.25 0.25
0.3 2.15 0.15
0.4 2.05 0.05
0.5 1.98 0.02
0.6 1.02 0.98

b)

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 C) i) Sugar concentration from 0.1 to 0.4 mol L-1 had an effect of
increasing the length of potato cylinders. However sugar concentration of
0.5 mol L-1 and 0.6 mol L-1 had an effect of decreasing the length potato
cylinder
II)Sugar concentration from 0.1 to 0.4 mol l-1 were Lower than the
concentration of the cell sap in the cell vacuoles of the potato cylinders
cells. Hence water passed by solution from these solution into the cell
sap in the vacuole there by increasing the length of the potato cylinders.
Sugar solution of 0.5 mol l-1and 0.5 mol l-1 were higher than of the cell
sap in the vacuole of the potato cells.
Therefore, water passed by osmosis from cell sap.
In the vacuole to these solution there by decreasing the length of potato
cylinder.
d) i) From the graph a concentration of 0.46 mol l-1 would give no difference
in length of a potato cylinder
ii) when no change in the length occurs, it means that there is no net
passage of water by osmosis into or out of the potato cells. This is
because the concentration of the cells sap with cell vacuole of the
potato cells is equal to the concentration of the sugar solution in
which the potato cylinder is placed.
e) Change in turgidity; some potato cylinders would be stiff while others
would be flaccid.

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 BIOLOGY
Practical

Date: 30/June/2022
Period: 8H30'-10H00'

END OF TERM III EXAMINATIONS

LEVEL: Senior four

COMBINATIONS: MATHS-CHEMISTRY BIOLOGY: MCB

PHYSICS CHEMISTRY BIOLOGY: PCB
BIOLOGY CHEMISTRY GEOGRAPH: BCG
ASSOCIATE NURSING PROGRAM: ANP

DURATION: 1H:30 Min

MARKS: …... /15

INSTRUCTIONS

1. This questions is compulsory

2. Don’t open this question paper until you are told to do so`.
3. Read each question carefully before answering it.
4. Use only a blue or black pen

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Requirements
Iodine solution
Benedicts solution
Dilute sodium hydroxide
Copper II sulphate
Ethanol
Distilled water
Heat source

Substance K - a mixture of
- Starch
- Protein
- Fats
1) You are provided with substance K a food mixture. Using the reagents
provided carry out the following tests on substance K and record your
observation and deductions in the table bellow. (4 Marks)
Experiment Observation Deduction
To 1 cm of K in a test tube add 2-3 drops of iodine
3

solution
To 1 cm3 of K in another test tube add 1 cm3 of
benedicts solution and boil
To 2cm3 of K in third test tube add 1cm3 of dilute
sodium hydroxide followed by few drops of copper
II sulphate solution and shake
To 2cm3 of K in fourth test tube, add 5cm3 of
ethanol followed by 5 drops of water.

b) From your observation and deductions in test (i) to (iV) above, list the
components of substance K (4 Marks)
c) Give the nutritive uses of the components K you have identified above.
(4 Marks)
d) How would you find out if there was Vitamin C in substance K.
(3 Marks)

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S4 PRACTICAL MARKING SCHEME
Requirements
Iodine solution
Benedicts solution
Dilute sodium hydroxide
Copper II sulphate
Ethanol
Distilled water
Heat source
Substance K - a mixture of
- Starch
- Protein
- Fats
1) You are provided with substance K a food mixture. Using the reagents
provided carry out the following tests on substance K and record your
observation and deductions in the table bellow. (4 marks)
Answer
Experiment Observation Deduction
To 1 cm of K in a test
3 The colour of K turns Starch present
tube add 2-3 drops of blue black
iodine solution
To 1 cm3 of K in another The solution of K turns Reducing sugar present
test tube add 1 cm of
3 pale blue. On heating
benedicts solution and the solution turns blue-
boil green, yellow and finally
to orange precipitate.
To 2cm3 of K in third Solution of K turns pale Proteins present
test tube add 1cm of
3 blue solution
dilute sodium hydroxide
followed by few drops of
copper II sulphate
solution and shake
To 2cm3 of K in fourth A white emulsion is Lipids present
test tube, add 5cm3 of formed
ethanol followed by 5
drops of water.
b) From your observation and deductions in test (i) to (iV) above, list the
components of substance K (4 marks)
Answer
i) Starch
ii) Reducing sugar
iii) Proteins
iv) Lipids

c) Give the nutritive uses of the components K you have identified above.
Answer
Starch- provide energy
Reducing sugar- give energy
Proteins- building structures in the body and growth some proteins are
enzymes
Lipids- give energy, insulate the body against heat loss (4 marks)
d) How would you find out if there was Vitamin C in substance K.
Answer
To 1cm3 of DCPIP solution in attest tube, solution K would be added
drop by drop, if the deep blue colour of DCPIP turns colorless, the Vit C
is present. (3 marks)