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7 7' (.t,,' :::.. T .._, --THE KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education a 231/2 BIOLOGY Paper 2

Nov. 2017 - 2 hours

Name . ·-............................................... . Index N umber . .......................... .......................... ..

Candidate's Signature .... ........ ... .......... Date ........................... .......................................... ..

Instructions to candidates

(a) Write your name and index number in the spaces provided above. {b) Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above. (c) This paper consists of two sections; A and B. (d) Answer all the questions in section A in the spaces provided. (e) In section B answer question 6 (compulsory) and either question 7 or 8 in the spaces prov,ded a~er

question 8. {f) This paper consists of 12 printed pages.

(!]) Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as indicat.d and that no questions are missing.

(h) Candidates should answer all the questions in English.

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For Examiner's Use Only

Section Question Maximum Candidate's Score Score

1 8

2 8

A 3 8

4 8

5 8

6 20

B 7 20

8 20

Total Score

0 2017 The Kenya National Examinations Council 231/ 2

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SECTION A (40 maria)

Al'ISl#l'llll tJw fllOlloNI In this s«llon In the 1poca provided.

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E F

(a) Name the structun:s labelled E and F. (2 matks)

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bacterial cell ( 1 mark)

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Ill 111111 •tu11 , 1 hl11111pliyll ( I mark)

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2. 'I h<1 h1h11, Ix-low "howH vn11ntio11M in U,c form carbon (IV) oxide is transported in the blood at

1t11 •ml d11ri11K l)hy11ic11I e1tcrci11C.

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C'11rbo11 (IV) oxide transport in blood plasma at rest and during exercise

1-'u1 w uf U'UJ.l.5J)J.lll l>iltlll1lvcd curbon (IV) oxide B1c11rb111111lc 11111 ( 'aroon (IV) oxide bound to protein

Total corbon (IV) oxide in pla.,mn

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Rest (Mol/Q 0.52

12.34 0.26

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Exercise (Mol/\) 0.97

13.68 0.16

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(a) Explain why more carbon (JV) oxide is transported in the fonn of bicarbonate ion. (2 marks)

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(b) Account for the high to({1J pla: 1111 cootcnt of carbon (JV) Oltidc dunng cxcrci~I!-,.

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Y \-f'- (d) Name the protein re~ponsible for u(e transport of carbon (IV) oxide in t6e blood. I

3.

11n.s.s

( I mark) .:i..

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TI1e diagram below illustrates the appearance of a plant cell after it had been put ma certain solullon.

(a) Explain the appearance of the cell at the end of the trea~ent (3 marks)

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(b) Explain the results obtained if a red blood cell is subjected to the same treatment. (3 marks)

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(c) Exp~ y~~~f~~~istilled water is not recommended for a dehydrated patient. (2 marks)

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4. (a) Explain how the sex of a male child is determined in human beings.~ (2 marks) Y

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.-,...,v) (i) Define the term dip loidy. .J ( I mark)

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' (ii) Name the type of ce!J division that gives rise to diploid cells. (1 mark)

Mlfe.1it.;.. . . . . .. .. . . .... .. . .. :1 :\ Name the type of cells in which the process named in (b) (ii) above occurs .

.. /3..a~ ... Wllj.SR..MD.J,..c. ... c.at; ......... ~~.7 ... h.:":J/ !i~:;'._ w; if..,

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(c)

(iv) SIDie the significance of d1plo1dy. (2 marks)

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Nffl{t't:1~~it':t!li,,~;f ;~;tJtrh~:t!,.~,,. io human males. (1 mark)

Answer

6.

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~ S. In beans, the gene for purple colour is dominant over the gene for wh.ite colour. A pure breeding ~ ~

bean plant with purple colour was crossed with a heterozygous bean planL ·~ ..J~\ r; • (

(a) Using the letter P to represent the gene for purple colour, work out the genotypic ratio oft ~ ~ tbeoffspring. ('17/ (Smades) --: ,tll--

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1: ; (b) State two ad~ tage'Tcftusmg gfnetichl~f modified Jarieties in bean fanning. (2 mark:s)l"'>

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SECTION B (40 marks)

Answer question 6 (co,npulsory) and either question 7 or 8 in the spaces provided after question 8

6. In an investigation, two potted plants G and H belonging to the same species were exposed to increasing light intensities at different temperatures. 30 °C and 20°c respectively. The rate of photosynthesis was measured for each plant and results recorded as shown in the table below·

Light intensity (in arbitrary units) I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Rate of photosynthesis for plant G at 30°C 0 84 148 196 232 260 284 296

Rate of photosynthesis for plant H at 20 •c 0 72 ll 5 148 170 186 204 216

(a) On the same axis, plot graphs of rate of photosynthesis against light intensity for plants G and H. (8 marks}

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{h} Stare 11tc 0 1111 of the invcsligauon LI man,;)

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h\) i\l.'l1Hml lc,r the Jiffcr;:m:c• !11 rhc rate ol photo~ynthc:sis in the two plnnlS. (3 rruub)

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(d) Account f<,r thcditlcrcnc~ in the rate ofphotogynthcsis in the two plants bctWeCn the(= L) - I following hl,hl intcnsiticM: )

(1)

(i1)

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(c) ( i) Predict the rate of photosynthesis at light intensity of 16 units. ( \ mark)

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