🌊PAPER 10~QNS

 

UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

MARKAZ ISLAMIC SEMINARY

FORM THREE MID-TERM TEST

BIOLOGY-O33

April, 2024-Time: 3:00

INSTRUCTIONS

1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of eleven (11) questions.

2. Answer all questions in sections A and B and two (2) questions from section C.

3. Section A carries sixteen (16) marks, section B fifty four (54) marks and sectionC carries thirty (30) marks.

4. Except for drawings which must be drawn in pencil, all writings must be in blue or black ink not allowed in

5. Cellular phones and any unauthorised materials are in the exámination room.

6. Write your Name in Full on every page of your answer booklet(s)

SECTION A: (16 MARKS)

Answer all questions in this section

1. For each of the items (i) – (x), choose the correct answer among the given alternatives and write its letter beside the item number

(i) Skeletal muscles are always in pairs. Why shouldn't they be singly in function?

1. One muscles alone cannot extend a joint

2. Muscles can only work by contraction

3. Muscles normally work in antagonistic fashion

4. Paired muscles are stronger

5. One muscle alone cannot flex a joint

(ii) Zulfa, a form one student claimed to have improper vision in darkness.Mariam a form three student, advised her to take a meal treatmen.What does this kind of meal consist of?

1. Red meat

2. Green vegetables

3. Orange

4. Milk

5. Chicken

(iii) Bowman’s capsule in the kidney is accidentally removed. Conventionally, what sub organ is missing?

1. Filter

2. Sanction pump

3. Transmitter

4. Sponge

5. Absorber

(iv) Animals, like plants, can respire in the absence of oxygen. Which of the following product will be an indicator that the process has taken place in animals?

1. Carbon dioxide

2. Lactic acid

3. Alcohol

4. Water

5. Oxygen

(v) Viruses are considered to be non-living as well as living organisms. What is a very special features which make them similar to stones.

1. They have true nuclei

2. They are only active in the contents of a living cell

3. The body is covered by a cell wall

4. They are single-cell eukaryotic organisms

5. They are multicellular organisms

(vi). The cat is in the genus felis it's species name in Great Britain, the best English speaking people, in the world will be:

Felis Domestica FELIS DOMESTICA Felis domestica felis domestica FELIS domestica

(vii). Which of the following plant hormones is responsible for phototropism in plants during suny days?

1. Gibberellins

2. Auxin

3. Ethylene

4. Cytokinins

5. Oxytocin

(viii). Spitting, coughing and sneezing into a tissue paper are considered as

1. Environmental pollution

2. Risk behaviors of spreading diseases

3. Waste disposal methods

4. Away of killing pathogens in the tissue

5. Good manner

(ix). Both the lion and leopards depend on zebras for food. In biology, this is referred to as:

1. Commensalism

2. Mutualism

3. Competition

4. Predation

5. Amensalism

(x). The nervous pathway taken by an impulse in Juma's arm when he accidentally touched a sharp nail on his friend's desk.

1. Reflex action

2. Effector

3. Motor neuron

4. Reflex arc

5. Relay neuron

2. Match the items in list A with responses in list B by writing the letter of the correct response from list B beside the item number of list A in your answer

LIST A	LIST B
The bone that protects reproductive and excretory organs The function of synovial membrane The fibula, femur, ulna and humerus are bones that found on Used to protect the surfaces of bones that may come into contact with each other The inelastic structures that holds the bones of a joint together and prevent them from dislocation The inelastic structure holding muscles to bones	Axial skeleton Appendicular skeleton Vertebral column Pelvic girdle Secretes synovial fluids Protects bones from dislocation Tendons Ligaments Cartilage Muscles Hinge joint Ball and socket joint

SECTION B (54 MARKS)

Answer all questions in this section

3. Sketch a good diagram of a system X, and on it, label the following parts

• The organ which stores food temporarily

• The tube which links the food storing organ to the outside

• The organ which produces bile

• The organ from which waste materials exit

• The tube which absorbs water

• The organ in which protein is broken into amino acids

4. (a) (i) What name is given to the process of blood transfer to sick people?

(ii) Mention two risks of the process in (a) i above

2. Outline any four (4) functions of blood in mammals

5. (a) A group of form two students collected a variety of organisms for a practical study. Among their specimen there was a plant leaf with parallel veins.

1. suggest the identity of the plant from which the leaf was obtained.

2. How does the identified specimen perform gaseous exchange?

3. Suggest possible uses of the plant from which the leaf was obtained.

2. Make a well labeled diagram of the structure in (a) above.

6. (a) Which part of the brain;

1. Do you use to think?

2. Controls your breathing?

3. Control body temperature.

2. Give out the hormone that;

1. Prepare the body for action.

2. Causes the kidneys to reabsorb more water back to blood steams?

3. Control the amount of glucose in the blood.

7. (a) (i) Define the term “Fist Aid”.

(ii) Give out three items found in first aid kit and state one use to each.

2. (i) Give the meaning of “Ecosystem”.

(ii) State three Abiotic factors in Ecosystem

8.(a) (i) Give the meaning of the term “Excretion”

2. Describe the excretory organs and their waste products that are excreted.

3. Outline the hormone that increase the absorption of water and mineral salts ions in the nephron respectively

(b) State where in the urinary system do the following processes take place

1. Filtration

2. Storage of urine

3. Reabsorption of water

SECTION C: (30 Marks)

Answer any two (2) questions from this section

9. Discuss the lymphatic system under the following guidelines

• Meaning

• Components of lymphatic system

• Importance of lymphatic system. (15 marks)

9. Munga of Markaz secondary school, is 142 cm tall. His body weight is 65 Kg.

   1. Find his body mass index.

   2. By using the BMI obtained, predict the nutritional health status of Munga and state any nutritional problem he suffers.

   3. As a biologist suggest ways to prevent Munga's problem. (15 marks)

9. In a running competition called Kili marathon a competitor fell down abruptly. Preliminary investigation showed that he was silent.

   1. What major process might have stopped?

   2. Describe the mechanism of the process in its active mode. (15 marks)

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