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H. DH.ATOLL SCHOOL

VAIKARADHOO
FIRST TERM TEST -2013
GRADE 8
BIOLOGY-PAPER-2

NAME OF THE STUDENT:

INDEX NO: .REG NO: Date:

Time: 90 min Max mark: 60

Answer any SIX questions.

Write your answers in the space provided.

1.
A. Define respiration.

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B. State how aerobic & anaerobic respiration differ.

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C. Describe a commercial use of anaerobic respiration.

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2. Describe the functions in a plant of?

A. Cell wall

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B. Cell membranes

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3.

Fig.1.1a shows the absorption and release of gases by an animal and by a

leaf of a plant during the day.

(a) Name
(1) Gas A, __________________________________

(2)

(2) Gas B, __________________________________

(3) On Fig.1.1b, place arrow heads on the four lines to indicate the
movement of the same gases during the hours of darkness.

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(b) Explain why, in the early morning and in the evening, there is no overall
movement of gases into or out of the leaf.
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(c) The animal eats the leaf.

Name a chemical substance in the leaf that

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(1) Will provide the animal with energy,

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(2) The animal will use for growth.
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4. Fig 4.1 shows diagrammatically the action of enzymes on two different food
molecules.

(a) Identify the molecules shown in Fig.4.1

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E _________________________
F _________________________
(b) Identify enzyme G. ___________________

(1)

It has been found that fresh pineapple contains an enzyme that can be used
to make meat tenderer.
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Explain why the pineapple is placed on the meat a few hours before,
rather than during, cooking.
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(ii)

Suggest the name of the enzyme and how it tenderizes the meat. (3)
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5. Fig.1.1 shows a plant in a beaker containing a solution of dye.Fig.1.2 shows the

tissues of the same plant as they would appear if a cross section is taken at X.

(a)
(i) On Fig.1.2,shade the tissue that would be most heavily stained by the dye.
(1)
(ii) Name this tissue_______________________________________

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(b) Explain the processes occurring in the plant that causes the dye to move
upwards through the stem.
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(c) Describe the process responsible for the uptake of the dye into the roots of
the plant.
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(d) Suggest and explain what would happen to a plant if its roots are
submerged in a concentrated salt solution for six hours.
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6. Either with reference to photosynthesis,

A. Explain what is meant by the term limiting factors.

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B. Describe the ways in which a plant obtains its oxygen for respiration.(5)
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7. Fig.5.1 shows some cells from a root of a plant.

(a) Identify cell F in Fig.5.1

F ________________________

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(b) Name the mineral ions absorbed by roots that are essential components of
(i)

Chlorophyll, ____________________________

(1)

(ii)

Amino acids, ____________________________

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(c) G & H show two different pathways for the uptake of mineral ions from the soil.
(i)

Explain how ions are taken up via pathway G, even when their
concentration in the surrounding soil is very low.

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(ii)

Suggest and explain why pathway H is more suited to the entry of ions
that are in high concentration in the soil.
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8.
(a) Describe how a molecule of carbon dioxide in the air becomes part of a
carbohydrate molecule stored in a leaf of a plant.
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(b) Describe how a carbohydrate molecule stored in a leaf of a plant can
become a starch molecule stored in the root.
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