ROSE MARIE GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL
FORM ONE TERMINAL EXAMINATION MAY 2023
BIOLOGY-1
TIME 2:30 HRS
INSTRUCTIONS
This paper consists of three sections A, B & C with a total of 11 questions. Section A carries 16 Marks, B carries 54 Marks & C carries 30 Marks.
Answer all questions in section A, B and ONLY TWO questions from section C.
Any unauthorized materials are not allowed in examination room
All writings must be done in blue or black ink except diagrams should be done in pencil
Write your name on every page of your answer sheet
SECTION A (16 Marks)
Answer all questions from this section
1. For each of the items (i-x) choose the correct answer from the given alternatives and write its letter beside the item number in the box space provided.
(i) A string tissue that holds muscles to bones at the joint is;-
Ligament
Cartilage
Connective tissue
Tendon
Blood
(ii) When a person suddenly sees a lion, which hormone is provided by the body to prepare the body for fight or flight?
Antidiuretic hormone
Adrenaline hormone
Aldosterone hormone
Progesterone hormone
Insulin hormone
(iii) Which of the following is likely to happen if blood supply to the brain is poor In man?
Vomiting
Shock
Sneezing
Increase in heartbeat
Fainting
(iv) The urine does not contain glucose because;
The kidney tubule does not allow glucose to pass through
Glucose is respired before reaching the collecting duct
Glucose passes back into the bloodstream from the tubules
Blood reaching the kidneys does not contain glucose
Glucose is absorbed in the liver
(v) Crossing unknown genotype of an individual with a homozygous recessive parent is regarded as;-
Monohybrid cross
Dihybrid cross
Back cross
Test cross
Vigor cross
(vi) When the first day of the menstruation is 8 April on which date a woman of 28 the day cycle is mostly likely to ovulate.
26 March
22 April
5 May
16 April
21 April
(vii)A pea plant can either be tall or short stem. When all stem pea plants were pollinated with a short stem pea plant, the offspring produced were 200 tall stem plants and 200 short stem plants. Which of the following represent the genotype of the parents?
TT x Tt
Tt x Tt
Tt x tt
TT x tt
tt x tt
(viii)โฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆโฆis the basic functional unit of life
Tissue
Cell
Organ
System
Organism
(ix) The following are examples of metabolic waste materials EXCEPTโฆ..
Sweat
Urea
Feace
Excess water
Oxygen and carbon dioxide
(x) Classification involves the science of systematic arrangements from highest level to lower level of classification. Which of the following is the highest level of classification.
Class
Phylum/division
Kingdom
Division
Order