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PRE-MOCK 1
BIOLOGY
PAPER 2
(THEORY)
TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:-
Write your name and admnumber in the spaces provided above.
This paper consists of two sections;AandB.
Answer all the questions in Section A in the spaces provided.
In section B, answer question 6(compulsory) and either question 7 or 8 in the spaces
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This paper consists of 10 printed pages. Candidates should check to ascertain that all the pages are
printed asindicated and that noquestions are missing.
1. In human beings, a downward pointed frontal hairline (“windows peak”) is a heritable trait.
A person with windows peak always has at least one parent who has this trait; where as persons
with frontal hairline may occur in families in which one or even both parents have windows
peak. Using W and w to symbolize genes for this trait
(a) Determine the F1 generation if a homozygous windows peak male parent is married to a
homozygous frontal hairlined female parent (4mks)
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c) Name two sex linked genetic disorders affecting human females and males (2mks)
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(d) What is genome
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(c) State the functions of the following parts
A (1mk)
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(d)Explain briefly why the organism is described as eukaryotic (2mk)
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3a) The diagram below shows some of the features of a synovial joint. Study the diagram
carefully and answer the questions that follow.
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(c) State two roles of the part labeled L. (2 marks)
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4. A student set up an experiment using soaked and dry seeds as shown below
5 a) Explain how the following meristematic tissues contribute to growth of higher plants
i) Vascular cambium (2mks)
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c) Name the series of stages through which the nymph undergoes to reach adult stage (1mks)
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a). Using the same axis draw graphs of oestrogen and progesterone against time/days (8mks)
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b) State the possible event taking place in the uterus during the first week? (1 mark)
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c) State the events taking place in the ovary between day 1 and day 13. (2 marks)
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d) Account for the sudden increase in the progesterone concentration between day 14 and day18.
(2 marks)
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e) Account for the change in temperature between day 14 and 17. (1 mark)
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f) Account for the change of the curve of progesterone between day 19 and 27. (2marks)
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a) State the function of the following.
(i) Ovary (1mark)
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(ii) Progesterone (1 mark)
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(iii) Oestrogen (1 mark)
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7 a) Describe how the following evidences support the theory of organic evolution: geographical
distribution, fossil records and comparative anatomy (10mks)
b) Explain tropic responses in plants and their survival values (10mks)
8 a) Describe the structural adaptations of mammalian heart to its Functions (10mks)
b) Explain the role of osmosis in organisms (10mks)
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