Waterford High School
End of Year Examination 2023
Subject: Biology
Teachers Name: Ms. N Anderson
Student Name: _____________________________________
Class: _____________________________________________
Date: ______________________________________________
READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY:
l. This test consists of 3 questions. You will have 2 hours to answer ALL three (3) questions
2. Each question in this test has lines provided for your response. Read each item you are
about to answer and write your response on the lines provided.
4. When you are told to begin, turn the page and work as quickly and as carefully as you can.
If you cannot answer a question, go on to the next one. You may return to that question later.
5. You may do any rough work in this booklet.
6. Figures are not necessarily drawn to scale.
DO NOT TURN THE PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO
1.
(a) (i) What are decomposers? (2 marks)
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(ii) Explain the role of decomposers in the carbon cycle. (2 marks)
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(iii) Identify TWO types of decomposers and describe the characteristics they possess that make
them suited to their role as decomposers. (4 marks)
(b) Excessive amounts of gas such as carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have resulted in increased
trapping of heat energy around the earth, causing higher global temperatures (global warming)
similar to that which occurs under greenhouse conditions.
(i) Suggest TWO reasons why global warming is NOT generally desirable. (2 marks)
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(c) Draw a diagram of the carbon cycle to show the processes that contribute to the recycling of
carbon in the atmosphere (10 marks)
Total 20 marks
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2.
(a) Using an example in EACH case, distinguish between the following pairs of terms used in the
study of ecology.
Biotic and physical (2 marks)
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Food chain and food web (2 marks)
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Community and population (2 marks)
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Habitat and environment (2 marks)
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(b) (i) Explain why food chains usually begin with a plant species. (1 mark)
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(ii) Using an appropriate diagram, show how a plant or animal may belong to more than one food
chain. (4 marks)
(iii) Explain why the number of organisms decreases at the successive trophic levels. (2 marks)
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(c) (i) What is the role of the organism to which the arrow points in a food chain? (1 mark)
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(ii) Apart from predator/prey, identify ONE other relationship that may exist in a food web, and
provide an example (2 marks)
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(iii) Give ONE advantage of having special relationships among organisms in a food web (2 marks)
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Total 20 marks
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(a) (i) Name ONE visible feature, other than wings, shown in the organisms in Figure 1, and
complete Table 1 to classify the organisms into groups, using this visible feature. (5 marks)
Name of Visible Feature Name of Group Name of All Organisms in
Group
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The negative effects of human activity can also be observed in urban areas. For example, although
""No Dumping" signs are placed at strategic locations throughout most cities, indiscriminate garbage
disposal is still a universal problem.
(ii) Suggest FOUR reasons why indiscriminate garbage disposal should be discouraged. (4 marks)
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ii) Apart from posting signs, suggest One OTHER way to encourage proper garbage disposal (1 mark)
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Total 10 marks
