NAME ………………………………………………ADM. NO ………………CLASS:……….
DATE……………..
231/3
BIOLOGY
PAPER 3
PRACTICAL
MARCH/APRIL
TIME: 13/4HRS
KENYA CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION
Instruction to Candidates
- Write yourName, Adm. No., Class and Date in the spaces provided
- Answer all the questions in section A in the spaces provided.
- You are required to spend the first 15 minutes of the 13/4Hrs around for this paper reading the whole paper carefully before commencing your work
- The paper consists of six printed pages.
| QUESTION | MAXIMUM SCORE | CANDIDATE’S SCORE |
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| TOTAL SCORE | 40 |
- You are provided with a specimen labelled Q and hydrogen peroxide.
- What part of the plant is specimen Q? (1mk)
- Cut two equal cubes whose sides are about 1cm from specimen Q. place one of the cubes into a boiling tube labelled A. Crush theother cube using pestle and mortar. Place the crushed material in another boiling tube labelled B. To each boiling tube add 4ml of hydrogen peroxide.
- Record your observations (2mks)
Test tube A:…………………………………………………………………….
Test tube B:…………………………………………………………………….
- Account for the results in b)(i) above (2mks)
- Write an equation for the break down of hydrogen peroxide (1mk)
- Peel half of specimen Q and crush in a mortar. Use the reagent provided to test for the various food substances in the extract obtained from the crushed material. Record the procedure, observation and conclusion in the table below (9mks)
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- The photograph below represents the lower and upper jaw of a mammal. Study it and answer the questions that follow.
- Name the parts labelled (5mks)
A –
B –
C –
D –
F –
- Name one observable structural difference between B and C (1mk)
- i) Draw and label the external structure of part labelled B (3mks)
- i) Define the term “dental formula” (1mk)
- ii) Write the dental formula from the diagram above (1mk)
- Suggest the mode of feeding in the above animal (1mk)
- Name one common disease that affect part labelled D (1mk)
- What class of food is digested in the cavity shown in the diagram? (1mk)
- You are provided with the photographs below labelled A, B, C, D, E, F, G and a dichotomous key. Use them to answer questions that follow.
- Fill the missing information in the dichotomous key below (2mks)
1 (a) Animals with jointed appendages ……………………go to 3
(b) Animals without jointed appendages …………………go to 2
2 (a) Animals with a slender long body ……………………Nematoda
(b) Animals with a thick short body ……………………..Mollusca
3 (a) ………………………………………………………..go to 5
(b) Animals without wings ………………………………go to 4
4 (a) Animals with numerous legs ……………………….Myrioponda
(b) ………………………………………………………Hymenoptera
5 (a) Animals with short antenna …………………………Diptera
(b) Animals with a pair of long antenna ………………..go to 6
6 (a) Animals with cuticulized forewings ………………..Dictyoptera
(b) Animals with a pair of membranous wings………….Hymenoptera
- Use the completed dichotomous key to identify the family to which each plant belongs (7mks)
Identity Steps followed
A ……………………………… …………………………………………..
B ……………………………… …………………………………………..
C ……………………………… …………………………………………..
D ……………………………… …………………………………………..
E ……………………………… …………………………………………..
F ……………………………… …………………………………………..
G ……………………………… …………………………………………..
- Name two features that are used to classify B as phylum arthropoda.(2mks)
EXAMS TERM 2
FORM 3 BIOLOGY P3 MARKING SCHEME
- (a) (i) Test tube X
Liquid becomes cloudy/turbid suspension formedÖ/oil broken up into small droplets which are dispersed throughout the liquid. Ö (The oil becomes emulsified)
Test tube Y
Oil floats on the water/two separate/immiscible layers are formedÖ
(ii) Emulsification Ö
(iii) Increased surface area for action of enzyme lipase Ö (answer tied to a (ii))
(iv) BileÖ
(v) DuodenumÖ (tied to (a) (ii) and (iv) )
(b) (i) Blue black Ö
(ii) Starch Ö
(iii) Contents of F remain unchanged. Blue black colour in E disappears/fades/changes to pale/light yellow/light brown/orange. (Answer tied to b (ii) )
(iv) Enzyme/Amylase in potatoÖ breaks down starch/converts/hydrolyses/changes/digests Östarch into maltose/reducing sugarsÖ/simple sugars that do not give a blue black colour with iodine.Ö(1mk)
Procedure
(c) (i) Add equal amount of Benedict’s solution to paste and boil in a hot water bath
| Food being tested | Procedure | Observation | Conclusion |
| Reducing sugarÖ | To the food substance add equal amounts of Benedict’s solution and heat/boil (in a hot water bath) Ö | Colour changes from blue to green to yellow to orange and finally brown Öor colour changes to brown | Reducing sugars present Ö |
4/2 max 2mks
(ii) Starch Öin potato is converted to maltose/glucose/reducing sugar Öby enzyme amylase/maltose/diastaseÖ. Rejptylin
Q2. The photographs labelled J, K and L are all related to mammalian kidney.
(a) Name the hormone produced by the structure labelled P.: Adrenaline ;aldosterone (1 mk)
- Name the parts labelled Q – Cortex R –pelvis T- Collecting tubule (3mks)
- State the process by which wastes are filtered from blood in the structure labelled S. – Ultrafiltration (1 mks)
(d) (i) Give two components of blood that that are not filtered at structure S. – Blood cells / Plasma protein (2 mks)
(ii) Give reason why the components you have named in d (i) above are not filtered. (2mks)
They have very large molecules; structures that can filter through the pores in the glomerulus.
(e) Give two nutrients reabsorbed at the part labelled S – Glucose / Amino acids (2 mks)
(f) What three adaptations would be expected in the structure L in a desert animal like a camel. (3 mks)
- Small glomerulus to reduce filtration of water.
- Long loop of Henle to maximize reabsorption of minerals (sodium salt)
- Very long distal convoluted lobule to increase surface area for water reabsorption.
- Highly coiled distal convoluted lobule to allow more time for water re-absorption.
- a) Reproduction ;
- b) R Q
| Superior / hypogynous Ovary ; | Inferior / Ovary;Epigynous ovary |
| Monocarpous ; | Polycarpous / apocarpous / free capels |
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C – Anther ;
D- Sepal / Calyx ;
- d) The petals degenerate / weather and are shed ;
The ovary develop into a fruit ;
The ovules develop into seeds
The ovary wall develop into a pericarp;
- e) Class – dicotyledonae ;
Reason – The floral structure (anthers ) are in five in Q and 12 ( multiple of 4) in R ;

