1. (a) Name two enzymes in the human digestive system which are secreted in an inactive form.

(2 marks)
(b) State the term used to describe the inactive form of enzymes named above. (1 mark)
(c) Explain why the above-named enzymes should be secreted in inactive form. (1 mark)

2. One of the importance of studying biology in high school in the today’s world is enhancing
international cooperation for example: management of resources through international treaties
such as CITES.
(a) What does the acronym CITES stands for. (1 mark)
(b) List two environmental problems solved by knowledge acquired when studying biology.
(2 marks)

3. (a) Name the antigens that determine human blood groups (2 marks)
(b) State the adaptation that enables the red blood cells to move into blood capillaries. (1 mark)

4. The diagram below shows members of a certain group of organisms found in a certain
habitat. Use them to answer the questions that follow.

(a) Name the Phylum into which the above organisms belongs. (1 mark)
(b) Name the class into which organism W belongs. (1 mark)
(c) Explain why the heart of organism X is said to be inefficient as compared to human heart.
(2 marks)
5. (a) Terrestrial insects such as locusts were captured and their blood was analyzed. It was found
that the blood does not have blood pigments such as hemoglobin. Explain. (2 marks)
(b) State how the tracheal system in insects is adapted to gaseous exchange. (3 marks)
6. The diagram below shows a cell as seen under an electron microscope by a student at

Mutonguni secondary school. Use the diagram to answer the questions below.
(a) On the diagram, using letter K, label the structure that forms the spindle fibres during mitosis.
(1 mark)
(b) Name the structure labeled P and state its function. (2 marks)
7. (a) In an experiment, a student was trying to observe a slide with a plant upper epidermis and
could not see the image through the eye piece lens. Identify a procedural mistake that she could
have made. (2 marks)

8. (a) Why would you give an athlete glucose and not sucrose after a race? (1 mark)

(b) What happens to lactic acid after oxygen debt recovery? (2 marks)
9. The diagram below shows pat of the alimentary canal in animals. Study it to answer the
questions that follow.

(a) Identify the structure drawn above. (1 mark)

(b) (i) Name one common Protozoan disease that affect human in the part shown above. (1 mark)
(ii) Name the causative agent of the disease named above. (1 mark)
10. Study the diagram below and answer the questions that follow.

(a) Name the hormones responsible for the following processes:

I Milk secretion (1 mark)
II Milk letdown. (1 mark)
III State one condition that may inhibit milk letdown. (1 mark)
11. A student drew the diagram below after carefully observing a certain process in a school
botanical garden. Use the diagram to answer the questions that follow.

(a) Identify the type of cell division that takes place around region labeled B. (1 mark)
(b) Name the parts labeled C and D.
A doctor during a routine check-up found a child with an abnormal bone formation and an adult
with soft and brittle bones.
(i) Name the vitamin that was deficient in the diet. (1 mark)
(ii) State one way of controlling the condition above. (1 mark)
(iii) Define the term assimilation. (1 mark)
(iv) How are water dispersed seeds suited to their dispersal? (3 marks)
12. A person was found to pass out large volumes of dilute urine frequently. Name the
(a) Disease the person was suffering from. (1 mark)
(b) Hormone that was deficient (1 mark)
13. State three factors that increase the rate of traspiration. (3 marks)
14. Explain how altitude may affect the rate of breathing. (2 marks)
15. State two characteristics of mesophytes’ habitat. (2 marks)
16. Briefly, explain the role of the following in the immune system of animals.
I Lymphocytes (1 mark)
II Antibodies (1 mark)
III Phagocytes (1 mark)

17. The diagram below shows some processes that take place in the ovary and oviduct around
the time of fertilization.

Name:
(a) The process labeled A. (1 mark)
(b) Structure X and B (2marks)
(c) The hormone produced by structure labeled X (1mark)
18. (i) Define the term polyploidy. ( 1 mark)
(ii) Polyploidy is common in plants, name the advantages associated with it. (3 marks)
19. Differentiate between open circulatory system and closed circulatory system. (3 marks)

20. Study the diagram below to answer the questions that follow.

(a) Explain the observations in the above diagram. (2 marks)

(b) If this happened in human body, state one way of which could have led to the above situation.
(1 mark)

(c) Draw a diagram to illustrate how a plant cell would appear if subjected to the same treatment.
 (2 marks)
21. Differentiate between mitosis and meiosis. (4 marks)
22. The diagram below represents part of gaseous exchange system in an organism. Study it
to answer the questions that follow.

(a) Name the part labeled A and C

(b) Give the differences between part labeled B and the one found in human being.
(2 marks)