CSEC Biology January 2020 P2
CSEC Biology January 2020 P2
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FORM TP 2020002 JANUARY 2020
EXAMINATION
BIOLOGY
2 hours 30 minutes
1. This paper consists of SIX questions in two sections. Answer ALL questions.
5. If you need to rewrite any answer and there is not enough space to do so on the
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SECTION A
1. (a) (i) Briefly describe the process of transpiration in plants. Your description must
include the names of TWO of the organs involved in transpiration.
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(ii) An experiment was carried out to determine the effect of relative humidity (RH)
on the rate of transpiration. The results are presented in Table 1. Use the grid on
page 5 to draw a graph of the results.
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(iii) Using the results from Table 1, state how the rate of transpiration changes as the
relative humidity changes.
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(iv) Suggest TWO ways by which the results given in Table 1 support your answer in
(a) (iii).
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(v) A farmer observed that his plants wilted during the day but recovered at night.
Suggest to the farmer ONE reason for this occurence.
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(b) (i) Suggest TWO ways in which the animal transport system and the plant transport
system are different.
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(ii) Differentiate between the transport needs of a unicellular animal and a multicellular
animal.
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(iii) Both plants and animals need to store food. With reference to ONE storage site
in animals, explain why food storage is important.
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2. (a) (i) Figure 1 shows the internal structures of a generalized plant cell.
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(ii) Differentiate between plant cells and animal cells by identifying TWO differences.
Explain how EACH difference is important to the plant’s existence.
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(b) (i) State the expected observation if EACH of the cell types (plant cell and animal
cell) was placed in distilled water for 15 minutes. Suggest ONE reason for EACH
observation.
Plant cell
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(ii) Name the process which is responsible for the observation in (b) (i).
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3. Figure 2 shows a boy reading a book under a tree while his friends play in the distance.
Figure 2. Diagram of boy reading a book with his friends playing in the distance
(a) Describe the process by which the structure of the boy’s eye will allow him to
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(b) (i) Name the type of corrective lens which would help the boy see distant objects
clearly if he is nearsighted.
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(ii) John is nearsighted but his sister Mary has normal vision. What would cause
John’s sight to be different from Mary’s?
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(iii) How would wearing corrective lenses/glasses allow John to see objects as clearly
as Mary?
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(c) Explain why the appearance of the boy’s eyes while seated under the shade of the tree
would be different if he is seated in the sun.
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SECTION B
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(b) Recently, there has been an increase in human activities which resulted in the increase of
atmospheric carbon dioxide. Suggest THREE human activities that could have contributed
to the increasing levels of carbon in the ecosystem and for EACH activity, state ONE way
by which it increases the carbon levels in the ecosystem.
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(c) Suggest THREE practices that can be adopted to reduce the impact of human activities
on the carbon cycle.
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(d) Human activities can lead to an increase in greenhouse gases. Name TWO greenhouse
gases other than carbon dioxide.
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5. (a) Complete the following table to compare the diseases hypertension and yellow fever for
each characteristic given.
Disease
Characteristic
Hypertension Yellow Fever
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(b) Explain how vaccination works to prevent persons from becoming ill with yellow fever.
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(c) Discuss THREE strategies that can be used by hypertensive patients to control their
signs/symptoms.
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6. (a) Describe how the human skin helps the body to keep cool on a hot, sunny day.
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(b) State ONE similarity and ONE difference between human beings and invertebrates in the
ways they cool their bodies on hot days.
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(c) Persons with the inherited condition albinism do not produce the pigment (melanin) that
gives the skin its dark colour.
(i) Using the symbols A to represent a normal allele and a to represent the albino
allele, draw a genetic diagram to illustrate how two heterozygous parents could
produce an albino child.
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