MEB Biology P1,2022
MEB Biology P1,2022
MEB Biology P1,2022
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P530/1
BIOLOGY
PAPER 1
June/July 2022
2½ hours
BIOLOGY
PAPER 1
2 Hours 30 Minutes
INSTRUCTIONS
Answer all the in Section A and Section B.
Answers to Section B must be in written in the spaces provided.
Additional pages must not be inserted.
1. If an animal is repeatedly given a stimulus of the same intensity but it gradually fails to
respond to it, the resulting behavior is called
A. stereotyped
B. conditioning
C. imprinting
D. habituation
2. Which of the following is correct about the cyanobacteria? They are
A. prokaryotes
B. eukaryotes
C. acellular
D. multicellular
8. Figure 1 shows the change in percentage saturation of myoglobin with oxygen. Over which
range of partial pressures will both myoglobin and haemoglobin release oxygen to respiring
tissues at greatest rate?
A. P
B. Q
C. R
D. S
9. Lichens and mutualistic organisms consisting of organisms belong to
A. One kingdom
B. Two kingdoms
C. Three kingdoms
D. Four kingdoms
10. Microscopic examination of an animal cell revealed high density of ribosomes. The cell is
most likely to be a
A. Muscle cell
B. Nerve cell
C. lymphocyte
D. Bacterial cell
11. In plants, fruit ripening begins in response to increases in levels of
A. auxins
41. (a) Describe three characteristics of the specific immune response. (03 marks)
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(b)(ii) Outline the stages of an inflammatory response. (04 marks)
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(c) State two differences between the non-specific and specific immune systems. (03 marks)
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42. (a) What is meant by the term gaseous exchange? (02 marks)
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(b) Explain the following facts related to gaseous exchange in mammals. (08 marks)
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(ii) Blood flowing into and out of the alveoli has different partial pressure of oxygen and carbon
dioxide
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(iv) Blood leaving the lungs is not fully oxygenated
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43. (a) Describe how you can use the quadrat method to determine plants population density
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(c)(i) During the estimation of fish population in a small lake 625 fish were netted but during the
marking 50 escaped. The rest were released back to the lake. After one week 873 fish were
netted and out of these 50 had been marked. Determine the estimated population size of fish in
this lake (03 marks)
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(ii) What assumption did you consider when working out the estimated population of fish on the
pond (01 mark)
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44. (a) Explain why urea concentration in the urine rises after consumption of a meal that is rich
in protein (04 marks)
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(b) Suggest why deamination in the liver could be associated with the accumulation of glycogen
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(c) Explain why urea is not found in the body of a fresh water fish (04 marks)
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(b) Explain how each of the treatment would affect flowering response in the two groups of
plants.
(i) Treatment A
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(ii) Treatment B
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(c) In a second series of experiments the group in (a) which had been exposed to long dark
periods was flashed with red and far red light in the middle of the dark periods. Giving a reason
suggest the flowering response expected in plants flashed with
(i) Red light (03marks)
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(ii) Far red light (02 marks)
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(d) What conclusion can you draw from the results of experiment in (a)? (01 mark)
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46. Figure 4 shows the transpiration and root uptake rates in peas at different relative humidity
(a) Describe the effect of increasing relative humidity on rate of transpiration and root
uptake. (03 marks)
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(b) State the relationship between transpiration and root uptake with humidity (01 mark)
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(c) Explain how increasing Relative humidity affects
(d) On the graph draw the rate of transpiration if wind speed was increased (01 mark)
(e) Explain why the graph would take up new shape drawn (03 marks)
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