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- State two unique physical characteristics of skeletal muscles(Solved)
State two unique physical characteristics of skeletal muscles.
Date posted: September 25, 2019. Answers (1)
- An experiment to investigate a certain response by termites, was set up as shown below. The set up was exposed to the sun for some...(Solved)
An experiment to investigate a certain response by termites, was set up as shown below. The set up was exposed to the sun for some time.
a) What were the results at the end of the experiment?
b) Name the type of response exhibited by the termites.
c) Give one survival value of the response.
Date posted: September 25, 2019. Answers (1)
- What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?(Solved)
What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?
Date posted: September 25, 2019. Answers (1)
- State two ways in which energy flow in an ecosystem can be expressed.(Solved)
State two ways in which energy flow in an ecosystem can be expressed.
Date posted: September 25, 2019. Answers (1)
- Study the food web below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Study the food web below and answer the questions that follow.
a) Write down a food chain whose all consumers are Arthropods.
b) What would be the short term effects on the habitat if all trout fish were eliminated?
Date posted: September 25, 2019. Answers (1)
- The Scientific name of confused beetle is TRIBOLIUM CONFUSAM. Identify any three mistakes made in writing the name.(Solved)
The Scientific name of confused beetle is TRIBOLIUM CONFUSAM. Identify any three mistakes made in writing the name.
Date posted: September 25, 2019. Answers (1)
- The figures below represent two phases of actively dividing cell.(Solved)
The figures below represent two phases of actively dividing cell.
a) Name the phases marked M and N.
b) Identify the type of cell division.
Date posted: September 25, 2019. Answers (1)
- State the importance of biology in the following areas.
a) Agriculture
b) Environment
c) Food technology(Solved)
State the importance of biology in the following areas.
a) Agriculture
b) Environment
c) Food technology
Date posted: September 25, 2019. Answers (1)
- In an experiment to investigate the action of pepsin on egg albumen, equal amount of pepsin were added to equal amount of egg albumen in...(Solved)
In an experiment to investigate the action of pepsin on egg albumen, equal amount of pepsin were added to equal amount of egg albumen in different test tube. The test tubes were placed in water bath at different temperature. The graph below shows the time taken for the enzymes to digest protein at each temperature.
a) What is the optimum temperature for enzymes?
b) Account for the time taken to digest egg albumen at 600C.
c) With reason name the form in which the enzymes pepsin is secreted.
d) State three other factors that affect enzyme controlled reactions.
Date posted: September 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- The flow chart below, illustrates blood circulation in certain organs in humans.(Solved)
The flow chart below, illustrates blood circulation in certain organs in humans.
a) Name the organ labeled A.
b) Name the blood vessel labeled B and F.
c) State how the consumption of blood in vessel E differs from that in vessel.
d) Name two hormones whose target is the liver when there is variation in simple carbohydrates concentration in blood.
Date posted: September 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- The figure below shows part of a food web for the South Atlantic ocean.(Solved)
The figure below shows part of a food web for the South Atlantic ocean.
a) i) Name the producer in this food web.
ii) Name the top carnivore in this food web.
b) construct a food chain in which leopard seal is a tertiary consumer.
c) In the future, the extraction of mineral resources in the Antarctic might occur on a large scale. This could destroy the breeding-grounds of the Ross seal.
i) State and explain the effects this might have on the population of leopard seal.
ii) List two human activities that can affect the population of organisms in the ecosystem represented by food web.
d) Name the organism with the highest number of predators.
Date posted: September 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- State two ways in which white blood cells carry out their functions.(Solved)
State two ways in which white blood cells carry out their functions.
Date posted: September 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- Name the organelle that secretes enzymes in a cell.(Solved)
Name the organelle that secretes enzymes in a cell.
Date posted: September 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- Define tidal volume(Solved)
Define tidal volume
Date posted: September 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- The diagram below shows a part of a flowering plant. Study it and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
The diagram below shows a part of a flowering plant. Study it and answer the questions that follow.
i) To which class does the plant belong.
ii) Give a reason for your answer.
Date posted: September 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- The process below represents the build-up of a disaccharide in living cells.(Solved)
The process below represents the build-up of a disaccharide in living cells.
i) Give the name of process represented by letter Y.
ii) Name the bond marked X.
Date posted: September 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- The diagram below illustrates the behaviour of red blood cells when placed in two different solutions X and Y.(Solved)
The diagram below illustrates the behaviour of red blood cells when placed in two different solutions X and Y.
i) Name the process represented by letter A and B.
ii) Identify the type of solution that would prevent processes A and B from taking place when the cells are placed in it.
iii) Draw a diagram to illustrate how a plant cell would appear if placed in solution Y.
Date posted: September 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- Name a chemical reagent that can be used to preserve specimens.(Solved)
Name a chemical reagent that can be used to preserve specimens.
Date posted: September 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- The diagram below shows a section of a ribcage of man. Study it and use it to answer questions that follow.(Solved)
The diagram below shows a section of a ribcage of man. Study it and use it to answer questions that follow.
a) Identify the vertebrae A.
b) Name the two parts (X and Y) of the rib which provide a surface for articulation with vertebrae A.
c) Describe one adaptation of the part labelled Z on vertebrae A.
d) i) Name the bone B that articulates with the rib.
ii) What is the role of the bone named in (i) above in the process of blood synthesis.
Date posted: September 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- To estimate the population size of fish in a certain pond, traps were laid at random and 600 fish were caught marked and released back...(Solved)
To estimate the population size of fish in a certain pond, traps were laid at random and 600 fish were caught marked and released back into the pond. 3 days later traps were laid and 240 fish were caught out of which 80 of them had a mark. Calculate population size of the fish in the pond.
Date posted: September 18, 2019. Answers (1)