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- Name an old age disease associated with the following body organs.
(a) Eye
(b) Ear(Solved)
Name an old age disease associated with the following body organs.
(a) Eye
(b) Ear
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- Name two main mineral ions required for transmission of a nerve impulse(Solved)
Name two main mineral ions required for transmission of a nerve impulse
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- Use the diagram below to answer the questions.
(a) Identify the class which the organism belongs.
(b) Give two observable characteristics to justify your answer in (a)...(Solved)
Use the diagram below to answer the questions.
(a) Identify the class which the organism belongs.
(b) Give two observable characteristics to justify your answer in (a) above.
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- Name the cell organelles which would be abundant in
(a) Sperm cell
(b) Pancreas(Solved)
Name the cell organelles which would be abundant in
(a) Sperm cell
(b) Pancreas
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- State the importance of Salts glands in halophytes.(Solved)
State the importance of Salts glands in halophytes.
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- What is the importance of carriers in active transport.(Solved)
What is the importance of carriers in active transport.
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- The diagram below shows the structure of a monocotyledonous seed
(a) Name the parts B and D
(b) Name the parts that would stain blue black...(Solved)
The diagram below shows the structure of a monocotyledonous seed
(a) Name the parts B and D
(b) Name the parts that would stain blue black with iodine solution.
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- Name the type of reproduction in the following organisms.
(a) Yeast
(b) Bacteria
(c) Rhizopus(Solved)
Name the type of reproduction in the following organisms.
(a) Yeast
(b) Bacteria
(c) Rhizopus
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- Define the following terms in reference to fish locomotion
(a) Pitching
(b) Rolling
(c) Yawing(Solved)
Define the following terms in reference to fish locomotion
(a) Pitching
(b) Rolling
(c) Yawing
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- Name a disadvantageous gene that is dominant(Solved)
Name a disadvantageous gene that is dominant
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- State three functions of adrenaline released when a person is faced with an emergency situation.(Solved)
State three functions of adrenaline released when a person is faced with an emergency situation.
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- The table below shows percentage water gain in man and kangaroo rat.
Explain why a Kangaroo rat gains a higher percentage of metabolic water than human...(Solved)
The table below shows percentage water gain in man and kangaroo rat.
Explain why a Kangaroo rat gains a higher percentage of metabolic water than human beings.
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- State the functions of the following in the heart.
(a) Sino Atrio Node (SAN)
(b) Interventricular septum(Solved)
State the functions of the following in the heart.
(a) Sino Atrio Node (SAN)
(b) Interventricular septum
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- Name the basic functional unit of a kidney.(Solved)
Name the basic functional unit of a kidney.
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- The figure below shows feet of various birds. Study the diagram and answer the questions that follow.
(i) Name the type of evolution represented by the...(Solved)
The figure below shows feet of various birds. Study the diagram and answer the questions that follow.
(i) Name the type of evolution represented by the diagrams.
(ii) Using Darwin’s theory of evolution, explain how the feet of bird E would have evolved.
(iii) Explain how Larmack could have explained the evolution of feet of bird C.
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- How are respiratory gases, oxygen and carbon (IV) oxide transported to and from tissues in mammals?(Solved)
How are respiratory gases, oxygen and carbon (IV) oxide transported to and from tissues in mammals?
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- Name the process in the human body that ensures that haemolysis of red blood cells is prevented.(Solved)
Name the process in the human body that ensures that haemolysis of red blood cells is prevented.
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- What term is used to describe the solution with equal solute concentration as that of the cells?(Solved)
What term is used to describe the solution with equal solute concentration as that of the cells?
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- An experiment was carried out in which red blood cells were put in salt solutions of different concentrations. The table below shows the percentage of...(Solved)
An experiment was carried out in which red blood cells were put in salt solutions of different concentrations. The table below shows the percentage of cells which were destroyed by haemolysis in different salt concentration.
(a) Draw a graph of percentage of red blood cells haemolysed against salt concentration.
(b) Explain haemolysis of red blood cells.
(c) From the graph, state:
(i) the salt concentration at which 50% red blood cells were haemolysed.
(ii) the highest salt concentration when the largest number of red blood cells were haemolysed.
(d) (i) Suggest the normal salt concentration in the blood of the mammal from which the red blood cells were obtained.
(ii) Give a reason for your answer in (d) (i) above.
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- A pea plant with smooth seeds was crossed with one with wrinkled seeds. The gene for smooth seeds is dorminant over that for wrinkled seeds....(Solved)
A pea plant with smooth seeds was crossed with one with wrinkled seeds. The gene for smooth seeds is dorminant over that for wrinkled seeds. Use letter R to represent the dorminant.
(a) State the genotype of the parents if the plant with smooth seeds was heterozygous.
(b) State the gametes produced by the smooth seeds and wrinkled seeds parents.
(c) State the genotype and phenotype of F1 generation. Show your working.
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