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Biology Paper 231/1 K.C.S.E 1997 Question Paper
Biology Paper 231/1 K.C.S.E 1997
Course:Secondary Level
Institution: Kcse question papers
Exam Year:1997
BIOLOGY PAPER 231/1 K.C.S.E 1997
QUESTIONS
Answer all the questions in this section in the spaces provided
1. State the functions of the following cell organelles
(a) Golgi apparatus
(b) Ribosomes
2. A student caught an animal which had the following characteristics:
Body divide into two parts
Simple eyes
Eight legs
The animal belong to the class
3. What are the three end products of anaerobic respiration in plants
4. state two ways in which xylem vessels are adapted to their function
5. In an accident a victim suffered brain injury. Consequently he had loss of
memory. Which part of the brain was damaged?
6. Oil can be applied on the stagnant water to control the spread of malaria.
(a) How does this practice control the spread of malaria?
(b) Give a reason why this practice should be discouraged
7. State three structural differences between biceps muscles of the gut.
Biceps Gut Muscles
Striated Unstriated
Multinucleated Uninucleated
Long fibres Short fibres
Cylindrical Spindle shaped
8. A person was found to pass out large volumes of dilute urine frequently.
Name the
(a) Disease the person was suffering from
(b) Hormone that was deficient
9. state three pieces of evidence that support the theory of evolution
10. Name a disease caused by lack of each of the following in human diet.
Vitamin D
Iodine
SECTION B (40 MARKS)
11. The following below represents a feeding relationship in an ecosystem
(a) Write down the food chains in which the guinea fowls are secondary
consumers
(b) What would be the short term effects on the ecosystem if lions invaded the
area?
(c) Name the organism through which energy from the sun enters the
food web.
12. A person was able to read a book clearly at arm’s length but at normal reading
distance.
(a) State the detect the person suffered from?
(b) Why was he unable to read book clearly at normal distance
(c) How can the defect be corrected?
13. An experiment was carried out to determine the rate of transpiration in three
plants A, B and C. Plants, A and B belonged to different species while plants B
and C belonged to the same species. Plant C had all its leaves removed. The three
plants were of similar size and were exposed to the same environment conditions.
The results are as shown below in the graphs below
(a) Suggest possible environment conditions under which the experiment
was carried out between 30 and 60 minutes
(b) Account for the results obtained for plant C
(c) Suggest the habitat for plant A and B. Give reasons for your answer.
Habitat for plant A
Habitat for plant B
14. The diagram below represents a simplified nitrogen cycle.
(a) Name the organisms that cause process E and J
(b) Name the process represented by F and H.
(c) Name the group of organism represented by G
15. The equation below represent a metabolic that occurs in the mammalian live
Amino acids ?Organic compounds + urea
(a) Name the process.
(b) What is the importance of the process to the mammal?
(c) What is the source of amino acids in this process
(d) What is the difference between essential and nonessential amino acids?
16. In a breeding experiment, plants with red flowers were crossed. The produced 123
plants with red flowers and 41 with white flowers
(a) Identify the recessive character
Give a reason
(b) What was the genotype of the parent plants that gave rise to the plants with a
red and white flowers?
17. Figures 1 and 2 below represent reproductive organ of plants and an animal
respectively.
(a) Which letters in figures 1 and 2 represents the organs that produce female
gametes?
Figure 1
Figure 2
(b) What is the function of the structure labeled S?
(c) Name the structure labeled W
(d) Which letters in figures 1 and 2 represents the structures where
fertilization takes place
(e) Which letter in figure 1 represents the structure where male gametes are
produced?
SECTION C (40 marks)
18. An experiment was carried out to determine the growth rates of bamboo and a
variety of maize plants in two adjacent plots. The average height and average dry
weight of plants from the two populations were determined over a period of
twenty weeks. The data is as shown in the table below.
Bamboo Maize
Age in weeks Average height
(Metres)
Average
weight
(Grams)
Average height
(Metres)
Average
weight
(Grams)
2 1.3 52 0.3 20
4 4.0 182 0.5 29
6 8.2 445 0.8 57
8 12.1 682 1.2 78
10 13.9 801 1.7 172
12 14.1 957 1.9 420
14 14.3 1025 2.1 704
16 14.4 1062 2.1 895
18 14.6 1127 2.1 926
20 14.6 1229 2.1 908
(a) Between which two weeks did the greatest increase in weight occur in
(b) Bamboo plants
(ii) Maize plants
(b) (i) Which of the two types of plants had a higher productivity by the end
of the experiment
(ii) Give a reason for your answer in (b) (i) above
(c) Between weeks 14 and 18, the average height of the maize plants
remained constant while average dry weight increased.
Explain this observation
(d) Suggest how the change in the average dry weight bamboo and maize
Plants would have been at week 22 if the experiment was continued.
(e) Why was it appropriate for this experiment to use
(i) Dry weight instead of fresh weight
(ii) Weight and height
(f) Describe how the average height and weight of the plants were determined
in this experiment.
Average height
Average dry Weight
(g) Give a reason why secondary thickening does not occur in bamboo and
maize plants
19. (a) What is parasitism?
(b) Describe how the tapeworm is adapted to a parasitic mode of life
20. (a) What is meant by the term digestion?
(b) Describe how the mammalian small intestine is adapted to its function
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