Botn 101: General Botany Question Paper
Botn 101: General Botany
Course:Pure And Applied Sciences
Institution: Kenya Methodist University question papers
Exam Year:2013
KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY
END OF 3RDTRIMESTER 2013 (DAY) EXAMINATION
FACULTY : SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT : PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCES
UNIT CODE : BOTN 101
UNIT TITLE : GENERAL BOTANY
TIME : 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS
Answer all questions in Section A and any two from section B
SECTION A: 30 MARKS
Question One
List down three differences between angiosperms and gymnosperms
(3 marks)
Explain how sexual reproduction occurs in rhizopus bread mould
(3 marks)
Discuss the economic importance of Bryophytes
(6 Marks)
Question Two
Draw the life cycle of a named Bryophyte
(4 marks)
Compare and contrast the lilliopsidae from the magnoliopsidae
(4 marks)
Question Three
In what ways have plants influenced humanity and civilization
(6 Marks)
Discuss the economic importance of pteriodephyte
(4 marks)
SECTION B: 40 MARKS
Question Four
Identify the challenges that plants have faced in conquering the temestrial environment. For each of the challenge explain how plants have succeeded in overcoming it (20 marks)
Question Five
Give a detailed account of the economic importance of algae (20 marks)
Question Six
Discuss the characteristics and economic importance of the three main gymnosperm orders (20 Marks)
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