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Part B - Essay
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A. The process by which the body adapts to changes in the internal and external environment. is called Coordination
i). There are two systems that contribute to human coordination. One is the nervous system
. Name the other system. (01)
ii). The diagram showing the external appearance of the human brain
a. What is the covering layer which protects the human brain? (01)
b. Write another function of the membrane mentioned above. (01)
c. Label the parts mentioned as X and Y (02)
d. Write the function of Y. (01)
iii).
a. What is the functional unit of the nervous system? (01)
b. Write an example for a cranial reflex action (01)
B. Human is a homeothermic animal.
i).
a. Define homeothermic animal. ( 01)
b. Write another group of homeothemic animals except mammalia. (01)
c. What is the temperature-controlling center of the human body? (01)
d. Write two changes that take place in the human body to maintain a constant temperature when the temperature
of the external environment decreases. (02)
ii).
a. Name the hormone that controls the rate of metabolism in the human body. 01)
b. What is the endocrine gland that produces the hormone mentioned above? (01)
c. Write two special features of hormones. (01)
C. The flower is the reproductive organ of a plant. The following diagram indicates the androecium and gynoecium of a flower.
i). Label A, B, C, and D mentioned above 02)
ii). Explain fertilization using the letters mentioned above (01)
iii). "Fruits like grapes and apples do not have seeds." Explain scientifically (01)
06) The following diagrams indicate some of the methods used to separate
and identify the components of different mixtures.
i). Write the relevant letter according to the separation technique given below. (04 )
a. Identification of the pigments in a food.
b. Extraction of iodine from aqueous iodine
c. Obtaining distilled water from seawater.
d. Extraction of crystals from aqueous solution
ii) Label the apparatus a and d mentioned above. ( 02 )
iii) a) what is the purpose of using equipment Q? (01)
b) From which point does the cold water enter in to Q? ( 01)
c) Explain your answer. (01)
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B) 500 cm3 of 0.4moldm-3 of NaOH solution should be prepared.
i) Calculate the number of NaOH moles needed to prepare the above solution ( 02)
ii) Calculate the mass of NaOH needed to prepare the above solution ( 02)
iii) How does the temperature change when dissolving NaOH in water? ( 01)
C) The following setup was prepared by a group of students to examine the rate of reaction .
i) Define the rate of a reaction. (01)
ii) Arrange the above setups according to the
ascending order of their rate of reaction.. (01)
iii) a. This experiment was arranged to examine
two factors that affect the rate of reaction. .
What are those two factors? (02)
iv) b. Write a possible strategy to maintain the temperature of the above setup at 600C. (01)
c. Write the balanced chemical equation for the above reaction. (01)
07). This diagram shows how
electricity is supplied to
the house from the
national grid.
A i) Write the voltage and frequency of the electricity coming to the house from the national grid. ( 02)
ii) Name the A, B, D nodes in the household circuit. (03)
iii) a) What is the the device that works, when the magnitude of the current flowing through the house
hold circuit increases to a certain number?. (01)
iv) b) In addition to the two wires above, there is another wire that should be in the household circuit.
What is it? (01)
B) In addition to the two wires above, there is another wire that should be in the household circuit.
i) What is it?Write down the energy conversion that takes place here. (01)
ii) Write down 2 physical properties that the heating coil must have? ( 02)
iii) This device has a switch to turn it off automatically. Write down the
advantage of it. (01)
iii) The water is expected to heat up by sending 6A of electric current with
240V of potential difference.
a. Calculate the power of the heating coil. (02)
b. Write the methods of heat transfer in the following situations. (02)
i) Heating the Nichrome coil
ii) Heat transfer in water
C) A student explained that heat loss as radiation from this device is a disadvantage.
i) To what type of wave that thermal radiation belong? ( 01)
ii)Write 02 common properties of above mentioned waves. ( 02)
iii) Write a way to minimize the heat loss caused by the above-mentioned method.
( 02)
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