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- Animals form waste products more rapidly than plants/ produce more metabolic waste
-Animals do not re-use their waste while plants reuse some of their wastes
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- Explain what happens in humans when concentration of glucose in the blood decreases below the normal level. (Solved)
Explain what happens in humans when concentration of glucose in the blood decreases below the normal level.
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- Explain why plants do not require specialized excretory organs(Solved)
Explain why plants do not require specialized excretory organs
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- State one use of each of the following excretory products of plants. (a) colchicine (b) papain (Solved)
State one use of each of the following excretory products of plants. (a) colchicine (b) papain
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- (a) What is homeostasis?
(b) Name three processes in the human body in which homeostasis is involved. (Solved)
(a) What is homeostasis?
(b) Name three processes in the human body in which homeostasis is involved.
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- (a) Name a disease of the liver whose symptom is jaundice
(b) State the causative agent of: (i) cholera (ii) Candidiasis (Solved)
(a) Name a disease of the liver whose symptom is jaundice
(b) State the causative agent of: (i) cholera (ii) Candidiasis
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- State the importance of the following processes that takes place in the nephrons of a human kidney
(a) Ultra filtration (b) Selective reabsorption (Solved)
State the importance of the following processes that takes place in the nephrons of a human kidney
(a) Ultra filtration (b) Selective reabsorption
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- (a)Which portion of the human nephron are only found in the cortex?
(b) (i) What would happen if a person produces less antidiuretic hormone?
(ii) What term is given to the condition described in (c) (i) above(Solved)
(a)Which portion of the human nephron are only found in the cortex?
(b) (i) What would happen if a person produces less antidiuretic hormone?
(ii) What term is given to the condition described in (c) (i) above
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- (a) What is the meaning of the terms (i) Homeostasis (ii) Osmoregulation?
(b) Name the hormones involved in regulating glucose level in blood. (Solved)
(a) What is the meaning of the terms (i) Homeostasis (ii) Osmoregulation?
(b) Name the hormones involved in regulating glucose level in blood.
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- State the role insulin in human body. (Solved)
State the role insulin in human body.
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- (a) Name the fluid that is produced by sebaceous glands
(b) What is the role of sweat in human skin?(Solved)
(a) Name the fluid that is produced by sebaceous glands
(b) What is the role of sweat in human skin?
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- The diagram below shows a section through the mammalian skin. (Solved)
The diagram below shows a section through the mammalian skin.
(a) Name the parts labeled E, F and G
(b) State two functions in each case of substance secreted by the structures labeled (i) H (ii) I.
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- (a) Explain how marine fish regulate their osmotic pressure
(b) Explain the role of antidiuretic hormone when there is excess water in the human body(Solved)
(a) Explain how marine fish regulate their osmotic pressure
(b) Explain the role of antidiuretic hormone when there is excess water in the human body
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- The diagram below represents a mammalian nephron
(Solved)
The diagram below represents a mammalian nephron
(a) Name the
(i)structure labeled P.
(ii) Portion of the nephron between point X and Y.
(b) Name the process that takes place at point Q.
(c) Name one substance present at point R but absent at point S in healthy mammal
Date posted: May 4, 2017. Answers (1)
- Adult elephants flap their ears twice as much as their calves in order to cool their bodies when is it hot. Explain. (Solved)
Adult elephants flap their ears twice as much as their calves in order to cool their bodies when is it hot. Explain.
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- The temperature of a person was taken before, during and after taking a cold bath. The results are shown in the graph below.(Solved)
The temperature of a person was taken before, during and after taking a cold bath. The results are shown in the graph below.
(a)Explain why the temperature fell during bath.
(b) What changes occurred in the skin that enabled the body temperature to return to normal?
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- State the importance of osmo-regulation in organisms. (Solved)
State the importance of osmo-regulation in organisms.
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- Give reasons for each of the following: (a) Constant body temperature is maintained in mammals.
(b) Low blood sugar level is harmful to the body.(Solved)
Give reasons for each of the following: (a) Constant body temperature is maintained in mammals.
(b) Low blood sugar level is harmful to the body.
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- 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 (Solved)
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
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- State the economic importance of anaerobic respiration in plants. (Solved)
State the economic importance of anaerobic respiration in plants.
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- The diagram below shows an experimental set-up to investigate a certain physiological process in plants .(Solved)
The diagram below shows an experimental set-up to investigate a certain physiological process in plants .
(a) State the aim of the experiment
(b) Account for the expected colour change in tube F.
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