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    NATIONAL

    SENIOR CERTIFICATE

    GRADE 10

    LIFE SCIENCES P3 (PRACTICAL)

    EXEMPLAR 2012

    MEMORANDUM

    MARKS: 60

    This memorandum consists of 4 pages.

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    Life Sciences/P3 (Practical) 2 DBE/2012
    NSC – Grade 10 Exemplar – Memorandum

    QUESTION 1
    1.1 Use the following checklist to assess the making of the wet mount.

    CRITERIA DESCRIPTION MARK


    Condition of slide Is it free of dirt? 1
    Thinness/Amount Is it thin enough/spread out for light to pass
    of specimen through? 1
    Mountant Was the correct amount of water used – not
    too little or too much? 1
    Cover slip Is there a cover slip? 1
    Cover slip lowered at an angle of 45 degrees? 1
    Presence of air No air bubbles under the cover slip 1
    bubbles under
    cover slip
    TOTAL 6

    1.2 Use the following checklist to determine whether the microscope is set up
    correctly.

    CRITERIA DESCRIPTION MARK


    The mirror Is the correct mirror used? 1
    Is it adjusted to allow light to pass through
    onto the specimen? 1
    The condenser Is it adjusted correctly to focus the light
    source onto the specimen? 1
    The diaphragm Is it adjusted to regulate the amount of light
    reaching the specimen? 1
    Focus Is the specimen in clear focus? 1
    TOTAL 5

    1.3 Use the following checklist to assess the drawing from the specimen.

    CRITERIA DESCRIPTION MARK


    Correct Does the drawing look like that which is under
    representation the microscope, i.e. are the shape, size,
    proportion and position of all parts correct? 1
    Caption Is there a suitable caption? 1
    Labels Are all visible parts correctly labelled? 1
    Are all the labels one below the other? 1
    Magnification/scale Is this indicated in the caption of the drawing? 1
    Rules for biological The pencil lines of the drawing are neat and
    drawings continuous. 1
    There is no crossing over of label lines. 1
    TOTAL 7
    [18]

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    Life Sciences P3 (Practical) 3 DBE/2012
    NSC – Grade 10 Exemplar – Memorandum

    QUESTION 2

    2.1 Use the following checklist to assess the candidate's procedure.

    DESCRIPTION MARK
    Mixed powder with water in test tube 1
    Selected iodine solution as reagent 1
    Used dropper to put in a few drops of iodine solution 1
    Boiled water NOT used 1
    Recorded that white powder contained starch and turned black/did
    not contain starch and remained yellow 1
    TOTAL 5

    2.2 2.2.1 (a) B (2)


    (b) A (2)
    (c) C (2)
    (d) E (2)

    2.2.2 D (2)


    [15]
    QUESTION 3
    3.1 Graph showing the decrease in mass of the apparatus inside and
    outside the classroom.

    Inside Outside
    45
    40
    35
    Decrease in mass (g)

    30
    25
    20
    15
    10
    5
    0
    0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
    Time (minutes)

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    Life Sciences/P3 (Practical) 4 DBE/2012
    NSC – Grade 10 Exemplar – Memorandum

    Allocation of marks for drawing of graph:

    Correct type of graph/ 1


    All plotted points joined
    Title of graph 1
    Correct label for X-axis,
    including correct units and 1
    appropriate scale for X-axis
    Correct label for Y-axis,
    including correct units and 1
    appropriate scale for Y-axis
    Plotting of points for graph 3: Plotted2: Plotted 1: Plotted 0: No
    all 11 6–10 of 1–5 of points
    points the the plotted
    correctly points points correctly
    correctly correctly
    If the wrong type of graph is drawn, marks will be lost for correct type of graph. (7)
    3.2 High light intensity
    High temperature
    Increased wind 
    Low humidity  (Any TWO) (2)
    3.3 Repeat the investigation several times  (1)
    3.4 Mass of apparatus after 80 minutes: (150 – 24)  = 126 g (2)
    [12]
    QUESTION 4
    4.1 A – Aorta
    B – Ventricle
    C – Pericardium
    D – Tendon
    E – Atrium (5)
    4.2 A – Transports oxygenated blood from the heart to arteries of the body.
    D – Attached to the valves and muscles; prevents the valves from being
    forced inside out. 
    E – Chamber that receives blood from the veins (3)
    4.3 The left ventricle has to be able to produce a much greater force
    to push blood all around the body.
    The right ventricle has to push blood only to the lungs
    which are very close to the heart. (Any THREE) (3)
    4.4 4.4.1 Heart muscles are active living cells that require O 2 and food and
    have CO 2 and metabolic wastes removed. (2)
    4.4.2 The atrio-ventricular valves/bicuspid and tricuspid valves close
    ensuring that blood is pushed into the aorta and pulmonary
    arteriesand not back to the atria. (Any TWO) (2)
    [15]
    TOTAL: 60
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