Combine science June 2025 answers
1.
a) For chemical reactions in the cells, helps regulate the body temperature
through sweating, helps transport nutrients, oxygen and waste products
through out the body.
b)
i. Male builder requires more energy than an office worker because a
builder does a lot of work that requires a lot energy.
ii. Age/gender/pregnancy
c) Obesity, kwashiorkor, diabetes, anorexia nervosa
2.
a) Sperm duct
b) Temporary storage of sperms
c) Produces sperms and produces hormones
d) Prostate gland
e) It blocks the sperm duct and leads to infertility/ sterility.
3.
Sub-atomic particle Position Mass Charge
Electron Shells 1 Negative
1840
Neutron Nucleus 1 Zero
Proton Nucleus 1 Positive
b)
i. Isotopes
ii. 18 – 8 = 10 neutrons
iii. 2.6
4.
a) Electrolysis is the breaking down of an ionic compound by passing electric current
through it.
b) Graphite/carbon/platinum
c) Hydrogen
d) For it to conduct electricity.
e) 2H+ + 2e- H2
Hydrogen ion in the solution gains electrons and form hydrogen gas.
5.
a) A is an air filter
B is a jet
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ii) Less fuel will combine with the air thereby slowing down the speed of
the engine.
b) On intake, the intake valve opens and piston moves down whereas on the exhaust
stroke the intake valve closes and piston moves up.
c) They start fast/less emission of carbon monoxide/high performance/better power
output.
6.
a) Instrument 1 voltmeter
Instrument 2 ammeter
b) Voltage = current x resistance
Voltage = 0.5A x 5ohms
Voltage = 2.5V
Section B
7.
𝑐ℎ𝑙𝑜𝑟𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑦𝑙𝑙
a) Carbon dioxide + water 𝑠𝑢𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡
glucose + oxygen
b) Light intensity, the amount of light intensity affect the rate of photosynthesis the
more the light intensity the higher the rate of photosynthesis. the low the light
intensity the lower the rate of photosynthesis.
Carbon dioxide concentration, the more the concentration of carbon dioxide the
higher the rate of photosynthesis and the low the concentration the lower the
concentration of photosynthesis.
c) It produces oxygen for all living organisms/reduces the amount of carbon dioxide
in the atmosphere/provides energy and organic substances needed to support life.
8.
a) Soil infertility, caused by one type of plant species growing in an area resulting in
the draining of soil nutrients.
Pests and diseases, caused by very few animals and plant species because the
species which could control the pests may have become extinct.
ii) A food web shows more accurate representation of the interaction of
organisms in an ecosystem.
b) A = nitrifying bacteria
B = denitrifying bacteria
C = nitrogen fixing bacteria
ii) process B helps in minimizing the amount of nitrogen in the soil thereby
preventing nitrogen buildup.
iii) Animals feed on plants to obtain nitrogen compounds.
9.
a) Parasite worm called schistosomiasis
ii) swimming and bathing in contaminated water/ contamination of freshwater
sources.
iii) Adult worms mate and lay eggs
Eggs are passed out through feaces and urine.
Eggs hatch into forming a larvae and enters water snails
Larvae multiplies into free living larvae and enters the water
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Larva penetrates through human skin to start a new cycle.
b) Passive immunity involves antibodies being obtained from outside the body,
passive immunity is provided when a person is given antibodies to a disease.
Active immunity is when a body produces antibodies in respond to a disease.
c) Tuberculosis
Section C
10.
a) Calcium carbonate + hydrochloric acid calcium chloride + water + carbon dioxide
b) Wear protective clothes because the reactants are corrosive
c) pH of products is 7
d) distillation
e) limewater turns milky/chalky/cloudy in the presence of the gas produced (carbon
dioxide)
f) used in food and beverage industry/ in fire suppression/ used as a raw material for
production of other chemicals.
11.
a) Animal waste/ plant waste
ii) an optimum temperature of 350C – 550C/solution should not be too acidic or too
alkaline/absence of oxygen
b) Plant and animal waste is put and sealed in a pit.
The waste is digested by anaerobic bacteria.
c) Hydrogen/methane/carbon dioxide/sulphides
d) Cooking/lighting
12.
a) A gas at room temp and pressure/highly reactive and toxic/reacts with metals to form
chlorides
ii) chlorine is more reactive than bromine.
chlorine is a gas at rtp while bromine is a liquid at rtp.
iii) Used for disinfection and sanitization.
Used for water treatment.
b) 1 mole of chlorine give 6.02 x 1023 molecules
3.01 x 1023 molecules give ? moles
3.01 x 1023/ 6.02 x 1023 = 0.5 moles
c) React with acid to form salt and hydrogen gas
React with oxygen to form oxides that are basic in nature.
Reactivity of the metals increase down the group
Section D
13.
𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒
a) V.R = ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒
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4𝑚
V.R = 1𝑚
V.R = 4
𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑑
ii) M.A = 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡
160𝑁
M.A = 80𝑁
M.A = 2
iii) minimize the effort applied to the load/ minimize friction between the inclined
plane and the object/ reduce the angle between the inclined plane and the surface.
b)
𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑛 𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑑 𝑔𝑒𝑎𝑟
i) V.R = 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑛 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑔𝑒𝑎𝑟
10
V.R = 5
V.R = 2
ii) Cars/clocks/bicycles/wind-up toys
14. a) wind energy/ solar energy/ hydro energy/
a.ii) electrical/light/heat
bi) chemical energy from cells is changed to electrical energy which is then changed to
light energy
iii) the bulb
ci) elastic energy
cii) kinetic energy
di) light energy from the sun/ radiant energy
dii) series arrangement
15. a) magnetic forces/gravitational force/electrostatic force
bi) force = mass x acceleration
𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒
acceleration = 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠
100𝑁
A = 0.25𝑘𝑔
A = 400m/s2
bii) frictional force
biii) car braking system/ shoe soles/ road surfaces/ tyre threads
c) states that an object at res will remain at res or if moving will continue to move at a
constant motion in a straight line unless acted upon by an external force.
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