PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
KIGAMBONI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL
FORM THREE TERMINAL EXAMINATION 033 BIOLOGY
Time 2:30 Hours TUESDAY 16TH MAY, 2023 A.M
INSTRUCTIONS:
This paper consists of section A, B and C
Answer all question from section A, B and two question from section C
Section A carries sixteen (16) marks, section B fifty-four (54) marks and section c carries thirty (30) marks.
Write answer must be written in the space provided
All writing must be in blue or black ink. EXCEPT diagrams which must be in pencil
Write your assessment Number at the top right hand corner of every page.
SECTION A
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 your sheet.
i.The following are characteristics of division coniferophyta. Which one is not
They are core bearing plants
They have vascular tissues
Their seeds are protected by ovary
They lack flowers
They have a well-defined root system
ii.Which safety precaution should be taken when administering first aid to a wounded person?
Washing hands with soap
Wearing protective gloves
Calling the ambulance
Washing the wound with soap
Drying the wound with a clean cloth
iii.What will happen if phloem tissue is destroyed in green plants?
Absorption of water in the plant body will stop
Absorption of mineral salts will stop
Transport of water and manufactures food will stop
Transport of manufactured food will stop
Transport of oxygen in plant body will stop
iv.What is the function of hydrochloric acid when testing for reducing sugar?
To decolourize food sample
To test reducing sugar
To oxidize the food sample
To neutralize sugary foods
To hydrolyze complex sugar to simple sugar
v.Mrs. Juma`s child has protruding stomach and swollen tower limbs. What type of food should she give to her child to overcome the problem?
Starch
Protein
Minerals
Vitamins
vi.What type of immunity is given to a baby when a mother breast feeds her new born baby?
Natural passive immunity
Artificial active immunity
Natural active immunity
Artificial passive immunity
Immunization immunity
vii.Which of the following sets in the mammalian body contains smooth muscles?
TRICEPS, Blood vessels and urinary bladder
Intestines, triceps and urinary bladder
Intestine, triceps and blood vessels.
Intestines, blood vessels and urinary bladder
Biceps, triceps and blood vessels.
viii.At the university Juma is specialized in studying bacteria virus and plasmodium. Therefore, Juma studies
Anatomy
ix.The presence of chloroplast enables an organism to manufacture its own food. Which of the following organisms contain chloroplast?
Virus
x.One of the following characteristics is used to identify producers in an ecosystem
Feeding on readymade food
Growing on fertile soil
Feeding on plants
Making their own food
Decomposing dead organisms.
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2. Match the function of parts of all in column A with the corresponding part in List B by writing the letter of the correct response beside the item number in your answer sheet.
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SECTION B
Answer all question in this section
3. When form one students visited the biology laboratory, they found different equipment which were not familiar to them. As a form three students explain to them the role of the following apparatus
b) it is emphasized that “every school should have a biology laboratory” provides two reasons to support the statement.
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4. Study carefully the following food web taken from part of Serengeti national park then answer the question that follows.
What will happen if bacteria is removed from the food web?
Name the organisms that are herbivores in the food web
Identify the organism in the third tropical level
Extract two food chains from the food web above
Write two significances of food web and food chains
5. For each of the following processes state the site of the process the raw materials, important and by products
Photosynthesis
Respiration
b) Give one reasons why it is healthier to breathe through the nose than through the mouth
6. Name the parts of the alimentary anal where the following takes place
Digestion of starch starts
Absorption of the products of digestions
Storage of fasces
b) Name four diseases against which children are immunized
c) identify the part of the human brain which perform the following actions
Control breathing, heartbeat, digestion, dilation and constriction of blood vessels
Control speech, reasoning memory, decision making and imagination
7. Angiospermophytes and coniferophytes are divisions of kingdom plantae. Explain why angiosperms are said to be more successful than conifers. (Give four point)
b) plants can be grouped as vascular plants and non vascular and nonvascular plants when are plants said to be vascular?
8. Living things cannot survive without moving from one point to another. Justify this statement by giving four points.
b) Distinguish maize plants and bean plants by looking at their leaves, roots and seeds.
SECTION C
Answer two questions from this section
9. All living things have common life processes occurring in their body. Explain six (6) life processes common to all organisms.
10. Explain five (5) functions of the human skeleton
11. A group of form III students from Kome Secondary school had a study tour at Ifakara hospital. They noted a patient with sunken eyes, severe dehydration weak pulses, deep breathing vomiting and convulsion
What could be the possible diseases the patient was suffering from?
Explain the causative agent transmissions and five (5) preventive measures for the disease a patient was suffering from.
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