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i) Synovial fluid ;
ii) Reduce friction as the bones move;
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- Use the photographs below to answer the question which follow.
a) Name four types of joints found in the photographs.
b) Name the bones labelled A,...(Solved)
Use the photographs below to answer the question which follow.
a) Name four types of joints found in the photographs.
b) Name the bones labelled A, B and C.
c) Name the cavity where
i) bone B fits into bone A.
ii) bone B fits into bone C and D.
Date posted: May 28, 2019. Answers (1)
- a)Construct a dichotomous key to key out the following organisms using the following steps
Step 1: Body covering
Step 2: Animal with 3pairs of walking limbs or...(Solved)
a)Construct a dichotomous key to key out the following organisms using the following steps
Step 1: Body covering
Step 2: Animal with 3pairs of walking limbs or more
Step 3: Animals with four pairs of legs
Step 4 : Number of walking limbs per segment.
b) With reasons state the class to which the organisms belong.
i) S. gregaria
ii) S. coleopata
Date posted: May 28, 2019. Answers (1)
- State the type of germination exhibited by seedlings in photograph I below. Give reasons.
Type of germination.
Reasons.(Solved)
State the type of germination exhibited by seedlings in photograph I below. Give reasons.
Type of germination.
Reasons.
Date posted: May 28, 2019. Answers (1)
- Use the photographs on plant responses to stimuli to answer the questions that follow.
The photograph shows various phenomena.
(i) Sate the type of response shown, the...(Solved)
Use the photographs on plant responses to stimuli to answer the questions that follow.
The photograph shows various phenomena.
(i) Sate the type of response shown, the seedlings in photograph G..
(ii) Explain the mechanism of the response shown in question (i) above.
(iii) Using observable features only compare the seedlings in photograph G and H.
(iv) State the biological phenomenon shown by seedling in photograph H.
Date posted: May 28, 2019. Answers (1)
- Study the photographs of organs in mammalian circulatory system and answer the questions that follow.
(a) Identify the organ whose photograph appears in 2.1.
(b) Name...(Solved)
Study the photographs of organs in mammalian circulatory system and answer the questions that follow.
(a) Identify the organ whose photograph appears in 2.1.
(b) Name the tissue marked W in the photograph 2.1a and state its function.
Tissue W.
Function.
(c) The photograph 2.1b is a longitudinal section of organs in photograph 2.1a. Observe it and answer the question that follow.
Name the parts marked 1, 2, 3, 4 and 4.
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- Examine the following diagrams labelled E and F.
With reasons identify E and F
Identify E
Reasons
Identify F
Reasons(Solved)
Examine the following diagrams labelled E and F.
With reasons identify E and F
Identify E
Reasons
Identify F
Reasons
Date posted: May 28, 2019. Answers (1)
- Below are photographs of specimen labelled L and M which were obtained from different animals.
Examine them.
a) Suggest the diet of each of the animals whose...(Solved)
Below are photographs of specimen labelled L and M which were obtained from different animals.
Examine them.
a) Suggest the diet of each of the animals whose skulls are shown in the diagram. Give reasons for your answer.
b) Write the dental formula of the animal whose skull are shown in diagrams L and M.
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- Study photographs C and D and answer the questions.
i) With a reason state the agent of pollination of each of the flowers.
ii) Classify the animal...(Solved)
Study photographs C and D and answer the questions.
i) With a reason state the agent of pollination of each of the flowers.
ii) Classify the animal in photograph D using the taxonomic units below and reasons for your answer
Taxonomic unit Reason
Phylum
Class
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- Use the photograph of plant experiment to answer the questions that follow.
i) Name the process being investigated.
ii) Name the plant tissue involved in the...(Solved)
Use the photograph of plant experiment to answer the questions that follow.
i) Name the process being investigated.
ii) Name the plant tissue involved in the physiological process illustrated above.
iii) Name the physiological process involved in the process illustrated above.
iv) How is the plant tissue named in (iii) above adapted to its function.
Date posted: May 28, 2019. Answers (1)
- a)A student from Kegonga used a microscope with X40 objective lens and X5 eye piece lens which had 2mm radius and
counted 5 cells. Calculate the...(Solved)
a)A student from Kegonga used a microscope with X40 objective lens and X5 eye piece lens which had 2mm radius and
counted 5 cells. Calculate the area of the field of view in micrometers.
b) What is the average size of the cell in micrometers?
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- Name two growth hormones in insects which influence their growth pattern.(Solved)
Name two growth hormones in insects which influence their growth pattern.
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- The diagrams below shows leaves obtained from five different plants.
Using the key provided identify the plants from which the leaves were obtained in each case...(Solved)
The diagrams below shows leaves obtained from five different plants.
Using the key provided identify the plants from which the leaves were obtained in each case give the sequence of steps in the key which you followed to arrive at the identify.
1 (a) Leaf simple -------------------------------------------------------------- go to 2
(b) Leaf compound ---------------------------------------------------------------- go to 4
2. (a) Leaf with parallel veins------------------------------------------------------- Maize
(b) Leaf with network vein ------------------------------------------------------- go to 3
3. (a) Leaf margin smooth ---------------------------------------------------- Bougainvillea
(b) Leaf margin serrated ---------------------------------------------------------- Hibiscus
4. (a) Leaflets emerging from one stalk like fingers ------------------------ Bombax
(b) Leaflets emerging from several stalk attached to main stalk-------- Acacia
(b) State three differences between the classes from which leaf A and leaf B were obtained from.
Date posted: May 28, 2019. Answers (1)
- In an ecological study a certain insect population and that of predators was estimated in a certain grassland over a period of 1 year (one...(Solved)
In an ecological study a certain insect population and that of predators was estimated in a certain grassland over a period of 1 year (one year).
(a) Using the information above plot on the same axis the graph of number of insects and number of predators against time in months.
(b) Suggest what happens to the insect’s population during dry months.
(c) Explain the relationship between the insect population and that of predators.
(d) Suggest what happens to the predator’s population during dry month.
(e) Name the trophic level occupied by:-
(i) Predator
(ii) Insects
(iii) Grass
(f) Name the method used to estimate population of:
(i) Predator
(ii) Insects
(iii) Grass
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- What is the function of enzyme Enterokinase?(Solved)
What is the function of enzyme Enterokinase?
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- Study the equation below and answer the questions that follow.
(a) Name product P.
(b) Name the reaction represented by letter: X and Y(Solved)
Study the equation below and answer the questions that follow.
(a) Name product P.
(b) Name the reaction represented by letter: X and Y
Date posted: May 28, 2019. Answers (1)
- Define a fossil.(Solved)
Define a fossil.
Date posted: May 28, 2019. Answers (1)
- Students set up an experiment as shown below. Use it to answer the questions that follow.
(a) What was the aim of the experiment?
(b) What...(Solved)
Students set up an experiment as shown below. Use it to answer the questions that follow.
(a) What was the aim of the experiment?
(b) What observation would be made in test tube B?
(c) Explain the results in (b) above.
(d) Write word equation for the process of anaerobic respiration in plants.
(e) State four application of anaerobic respiration.
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- In fruit flies (Drosophila melanongaster) inheritance of eye colour is sex linked. The gene for red eye is dominant.
Across was made between homozygous red eyed...(Solved)
In fruit flies (Drosophila melanongaster) inheritance of eye colour is sex linked. The gene for red eye is dominant.
Across was made between homozygous red eyed female and white eyed male. Work out the phenotypic ratio of F1
generation. (Use R to represent gene for red eyes).
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- Name the hormone secreted by the Thyroid glands.(Solved)
Name the hormone secreted by the Thyroid glands.
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- What is tissue fluid?(Solved)
What is tissue fluid?
Date posted: May 28, 2019. Answers (1)