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of simple sugars for a...(Solved)
The figure below shows a section through a leaf. A leaf is designed for photosynthesis and this process provides a supply
of simple sugars for a plant.
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(i) State the function of the chloroplasts in photosynthesis.
(ii) Explain the advantage of the distribution of the chloroplasts as shown in the figure above.
(iii) Suggest the function of the stomata and the spaces between spongy mesophyll cells in the process of photosynthesis.
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(a) What are the possible genotypes of the parents?
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(c) Apart from albinism, name two disorders that are genetically inherited in human beings.
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(a) Name the gases named F and...(Solved)
The diagram below shows the exchange of gases in the alveolus. Study it and answer the questions that follow.
(a) Name the gases named F and B.
(b) State the importance of the gas marked B in the tissue.
(c) Name the parts marked K and P.
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Account for the observation made...(Solved)
The diagram below shows a bean seeding pinned in a klinostat. Study the diagram and then answer the questions that follow.
Account for the observation made after 48 hours with the klinostat moving.
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(a) Name the structures labelled S and R.
(b) When some...(Solved)
Study the diagram of the nephron below and then answer the questions that follow.
(a) Name the structures labelled S and R.
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(c) State the structural difference between structure labelled Q and the one labelled U.
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- A student set up an experiment as shown below. Study the set-up and then answer the questions that follow.
Before setting the experiment, the potted plant...(Solved)
A student set up an experiment as shown below. Study the set-up and then answer the questions that follow.
Before setting the experiment, the potted plant was kept in darkness over night.
(a) Explain the importance of keeping the plant over night before the experiment.
(b) What was the role of sodium hydroxide in the experiment?
(c) What were the expected results at the end of the experiment?
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one year....(Solved)
In an ecological study a grass hopper population and that of crows was estimated in a certain grass land area over a period of
one year. The results are as shown in the table below.
a) i) What is the relationship between the rainfall and grasshoppers population?
ii) Account for the relationship stated in a (i) above
b) Explain the relationship between the grasshopper and the crows population.
c) If the data was used in the construction of pyramid of numbers, what would be the trophic level of:
i) Grasshopper
ii) Crows
iii) The grass in the study area
d) If the area studied was on a square kilometer, state
i) One method that could have been used to estimate the grasshopper population.
ii) One method that could have been used to estimate the crows population.
e) Suggest what would happen if a predator for grasshoppers entered the study area.
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