THE PRESIDENTโS OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
REGIONAL JOINT MONTHLY TEST - FEBRUARY
FORM II
033 BIOLOGY
TIME: 2:30 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS
This paper consist of section A,B and C with the total of 10 questions
Answer all questions in section A and B and ONE (1) question in section C
All writings must be in blue or black ink, except drawings which must be in pencil
SECTION A
1. Choose the correct answer for the items (i-x) and write its letter on the space provided
i) In a school laboratory, a biology teacher observed very small living organisms by using a light microscope, such organisms are known as
Insects
Microorganisms
Termites
Living things
ii) The biology teacher at a certain school advised the students during the morning assembly on what to do in order to have a healthy lifestyle. The following are what should be done to ensure a healthy lifestyle, EXCEPT
Do physical exercises daily for 30 to 40 minutes
Take low fat dairy products and low salt foods
Drink 3 to 4 beers daily
Avoid processed and baked foods of all kinds
Msalala sports club medical team enters with their first aid kit in the playground once one of their players gets injured during the match, which of the items can NOT be found in the first aid kit of the medical team?
A) Safety pins C) Steel wool B) Sterile gauze D)Whistle
Most of the villagers at Mtoni village are aware of the proper ways of waste disposal, this has helped them a lot in maintaining the cleanliness of their homes and village at large. Which of the following is among the principles of waste disposal that can be used by the villagers at Mtoni village?
Tearing
Re-using
Throwing
Immunization
v) Plants and animals are both made up of cells, cells unite together to form tissues, tissues unite to form organs, which of the following is NOT true about cell theory?
Cells are produced from another cells
Cells are one hundred in the body of human being
Cells are basic unit of structures and function of living things
All living things are composed of cells
vi) A Form two student was walking around the school compound and finally found the mushroom which was growing near the school farm. He uprooted the mushroom and took it to the biology teacher as a specimen. The teacher told the student that mushrooms belong to the kingdom Fungi, which of the following might be characteristics of Members of kingdom Fungi?
They store food in the form of starch
They are higher plants which have vascular tissues for the conduction of water, mineral salts and manufactured food
Their bodies are made up of mycelium consisting of a network of fine, tube like filaments called hyphae
They have cell wall made up of cellulose
vii) Organisms all over the world are classified in their groups. Organisms in the same group are having features in common. The type of classification of organisms which is based on few observable features is called
External system of classification
Natural system of classification
Internal system of classification
Artificial system of classification
viii) Cells have various functions in the human body, the process in which a cell change from one form to another and becomes more specialized to perform specific function is called
Cell differentiation
Cell Multiplication
Cell Division
Cell Cleavage
ix) The minister of health walked around the whole country elaborating the importance of a balanced diet to the people. She explained the importance of foods rich in protein, carbohydrates and lipids in our bodies. Lipids provide more energy than all other food substances, which of the following is the other function of lipids?
Maintenance of water and ionic balance in the body
They help in the synthesis of bones and haemoglobin
They are very important components of cell membrane
They improve absorption of iron in the body
x) A form one student was confused when his friends from form two told him that there is hydrochloric acid in the stomach of a human being, he did not understand the role of the acid in the stomach, which of the following is the function of hydrochloric acid in the stomach?
A) It kills disease -causing germs and converts pepsinogen into pepsin
It coagulates milk
It protects the stomach walls against damage by digestive enzymes
It provides the medium for enzyme activity during digestion