Kitende S.3 Biology Holiday Package

SMASK HOLIDAY PACKAGE ASSIGNMENTS 4.
a) What is self pollination
BIOLOGY SENIOR THREE b) Explain how self-pollination is naturally prevented in plants?
TEST ONE c) Describe the features of a flower that favour pollination by

insects.
1 (a) What are the characteristics of a respiratory surface?
5. a) Describe the digestion of cooked cassava and eggs in a mammal.
(b) Describe how the respiratory surfaces in each of the following is
adapted for its function. b) How is the absorptive surface of the alimentary canal adapted for
its functions?
(i) Man (ii) Insect (iii) Fish
c) What is the importance of bile in digestion?
2. S.2 students carried out an experiment to determine the percentage of
air in soil samples P Q and R obtained from three plots in the school farm. d) What is the fate of the products of digestion after absorption?
The results obtained are shown in the table below;
6. a) What are the functions of blood?
Type of soil Volume of Volume of Volume of b) Differentiate between arteries and veins.
soil/cm3 water added / soil and water
c) How are red blood cells adapted for its functions?
cm3 after stirring /
cm3 TEST TWO
P 50 100 125
Q 100 250 325 1. a) The smallest viruses each consists of nucleic acids inside a protein
R 100 180 200 coat. In the cells of living organisms, viruses form exact replicas of
a) Calculate the percentage of air in each soil sample themselves.
b) Identify the soil type from above that would drain best
c) Suggest the identities of the soil types P and R. (i) Describe the ways in which viruses resemble a living organism
d) State three importance of soil air.
(ii) Describe two ways in which a virus resembles a non living matter.
3.(a) What is metamorphosis?
(ii) What effect would viruses have on host cells?
(b) State three structural differences between a male and a female
b) Give three examples of viruses and describe how they are transmitted.
cockroach.
(c) Describe how the cockroach is suited to survive in its habitat. 2. (a) what is an enzyme?
(d) State the economic importance of cockroaches.
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(b) State any three properties of enzymes. b) How are stems modified to perform extra functions in plants?
(c) Complete the table below by filling in the examples of physical 2.a) Describe an experiment to compare the drainage of different soil
digestion, the part of alimentary canal, where it takes place and one samples.
importance of physical digestion in the human body.
b) What is the significance of water and air in soil?
Example of physical Part of alimentary Importance
digestion canal 3. State the economic importance of bacteria, giving an example in each
(i) case.
(ii)
4.a) How are plant leaves adapted to for maximum absorption of sunlight.
(iii)
3. a) Using a well labelled diagram, describe the structure of an animal b) Describe any five factors that affect the rate of photosynthesis.
cell.
5.a) What is anaerobic respiration?
b) State the functions of any four parts labelled in (a) above.
b) How is anaerobic respiration different from aerobic respiration?
c) How does a plant cell differ from a bacterial cell?
c) Of what importance is anaerobic respiration to humans.
4. a) Describe the nitrogen cycle
6.a) Define the term nutrition
b) What is the significance nitrogen cycle in an ecosystem?
b) Write short notes about the following terms, giving examples in each
5.a) What is osmosis? case.
b) Describe an experiment to demonstrate osmosis in a named plant (i) Autotrophic nutrition
material.
(ii) Heterotrophic nutrition
c) State the importance of osmosis to plants.
(iii)Saprophitic nutrition
6.a) Describe the mechanism of gaseous exchange in a cockroach.
(iv)Holozoic nutrition
b) Outline the adaptations of the tracheal system for gaseous exchange.
TEST THREE
END
1.a) Using well labelled drawings only, distinguish between the internal
structures of the dicot root and dicot stem.
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SMASK HOLIDAY PACKAGE ASSIGNMENTS 4.

a) What is self pollination

BIOLOGY SENIOR THREE b) Explain how self-pollination is naturally prevented in plants?

TEST ONE c) Describe the features of a flower that favour pollination by

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