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Paving the Way to Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Success

231/2 - BIOLOGY - Paper 2

(Theory)
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Instructions to Candidates
(a) Write your name and admission number in the spaces provided above.
(b) Write the name of your school and sign in the spaces provided above.
(c) This paper consists of two sections: A and B.
(d) Answer all the questions in section A in the spaces provided.
(e) In section B answer question 6 (compulsory) and either question 7 or 8 in the
spaces provided after question 8.
(f) This paper consists of 12 printed pages.
(g) Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all pages are
printed as indicated and that no questions are missing.
(h) Candidates should answer the questions in English.
FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY
Section Question Maximum Candidate’s
Score Score
1 8
2 8
A 3 8
4 8
5 8
B 6 20
20
Total Score 80

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SECTION A (40 marks)

Answer all the questions in this section in the spaces provided.

1. A student setup the following apparatus to investigate a physiological process in

animals. The set-ups were then left for one hour.

(a) What was the aim of the experiment? (1 mark)

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(b) (i) What observation was made in: (2 marks)
Tube A;
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Tube B.
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(ii) Account for the change that occurs in Tube A. (2 marks)
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(c) State the role of Tube B in the above experiment. (1 mark)
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(d) Explain what would be observed if a green leaf was introduced in Tube A in place of
the cockroach then set-up exposed to light for one hour. (2 marks)
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2. In humans, haemophilia is sex linked, caused by recessive gene, which exerts its effect
when in homozygous state. A man whose mother was haemophilic marries a normal
woman whose father was haemophilic. If H represents non-haemophilic,h represents
haemophilic gene.
(a) What are the possible genotypes of;
(i) The man. (1 mark)
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(ii) The woman. (1 mark)
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(b) Showing your working, find out the possible genotypes of their F1 generation.
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(c) What is the probability of the first born son being haemophilic? (1 mark)
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(d) Why is sex linked traits more common in males than in females? (1 mark)
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(e) Name any other one sex linked trait in human beings. (1 mark)
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3. The diagram below represents phloem tissue from the stem of a plant.

(a) (i) Name the structure labelled A. (1 mark)

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(ii) State two substances transported in the phloem. (1 mark)
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(b) State two features of the endodermis. (2 marks)

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(c) Explain the process by which water moves from the soil into the root hairs.
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4. The diagram below is a cross section through a part of human ileum.

(a) (i) Identify the structure drawn above. (1 mark)

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(ii) State the significance of the structure shown above. (1 mark)
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(b) Name the parts labelled A, B and C. (3marks)
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(c) State the function of goblet cells. (1 mark)

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(d) Give the functions of the part labelled B and C. (2 marks)
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5. Study the diagram below and use it to answer the questions below.

(a) (i) What name is given to this diagram. (½ mark)

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(ii) Name the organism with the largest biomass. (1 mark)
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(iii) Name the organism with the largest number of prey. (½ mark)
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(b) State the feeding levels of organelles labelled A, B, C and D. (4 marks)
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(c) State two adaptations of the grasshopper that would help protect it against the
lizard. (2 marks)
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SECTION B (40 marks)

Answer question 6 (Compulsory) and either question 7 or 8 in the spaces provided. After
question 8

6. The percentage germination of certain seeds at different temperature was determined

as follows.
Temperature 0 10 20 30 40 50
(0C)
% germination 0 30 40 90 2 0

(a) Using a suitable scale plot a graph of % germination against temperature.

(6 marks)

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(b) count for % germination at;

(i) 00C. (1 mark)
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(c) What is seed viability. (2 marks)
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(d) State the factors that determine seed viability. (4 marks)
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7. (a) Define:
(i) Chewing evolution. (2 marks)
(ii) Organic evolution. (2 marks)
(b) Giving examples give and account for any five pieces of evidence for organic
evolution. (16 marks)
8. Describe the role of hormones in the mammalian female reproductive cycle. (20 marks)
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