(a) Dry/ Arid/ Semi-arid/ Desert
(b) - Succulent/ fleshy stem to store water
- reduced leaves/ leaves reduced into thorn/ spine to reducing surface area for water loss
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The figure below illustrates a food web in a certain ecosystem.
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The figure below illustrates a food web in a certain ecosystem.
From the food web:
(a) Draw the shortest food chain;
(b) Identify the organisms with the highest (i) Number of predators;
(ii) Biomass.
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The diagram below shows a transverse section of a leaf.
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The diagram below shows a transverse section of a leaf.
(a) Name the habitat of the plant from which the leaf is obtained.
(b) Give two reasons for your answer in (a) above.
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State two ways in which aerenchyma tissue in aquatic plants are adapted to their function.
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State two ways in which aerenchyma tissue in aquatic plants are adapted to their function.
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Other than using the quadrat, give two methods of estimating population of grass.
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Other than using the quadrat, give two methods of estimating population of grass.
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Name two benefits that a parasites derives from the hosts.
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Name two benefits that a parasites derives from the hosts.
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State two characteristics of aerenchyma tissue.
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State two characteristics of aerenchyma tissue.
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Describe the three characteristics of a population
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Describe the three characteristics of a population
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State one way by which HIV/ AIDS is transmitted from mother to child.
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State one way by which HIV/ AIDS is transmitted from mother to child.
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State two ways in which schistosoma species is adapted to parasitic mode of life.
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State two ways in which schistosoma species is adapted to parasitic mode of life.
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(a) Distinguish between population and community.
(b) Name a method that could be used to estimate the population size of the following organisms (i) Fish in a pond
(ii) Black jack in a garden
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(a) Distinguish between population and community.
(b) Name a method that could be used to estimate the population size of the following organisms (i) Fish in a pond
(ii) Black jack in a garden
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(a) Distinguish between pyramid of numbers and pyramid of biomass.
(b) Give three reasons for loss of energy from one trophic level to another in the food chain.
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(a) Distinguish between pyramid of numbers and pyramid of biomass.
(b) Give three reasons for loss of energy from one trophic level to another in the food chain.
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The chart below represents a simplified nitrogen cycle.
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The chart below represents a simplified nitrogen cycle.
What is represented by X, Y and Z?
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What is the importance of the following in an ecosystem? (a) Decomposers (b) Predation
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What is the importance of the following in an ecosystem? (a) Decomposers (b) Predation
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Name the organism that causes amoebic dysentery.
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Name the organism that causes amoebic dysentery.
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How is aerenchyma tissue adapted to its function
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How is aerenchyma tissue adapted to its function
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What is meant by: (i) Autecology (ii) Synecology
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What is meant by: (i) Autecology (ii) Synecology
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Name the causative agent of typhoid.
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Name the causative agent of typhoid.
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How are leaves of submerged plants adapted for photosynthesis?
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How are leaves of submerged plants adapted for photosynthesis?
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(a) Name the bacteria found in root nodules of leguminous plants.
(b) What is the role of the bacteria named in (a) above?
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(a) Name the bacteria found in root nodules of leguminous plants.
(b) What is the role of the bacteria named in (a) above?
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Ascaris lumbricoides in an example for an endo - parasite
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Ascaris lumbricoides in an example for an endo - parasite
(a) The name Ascaris refers to
(b) State the habitat of the organism.
(c) State three ways in which the organism is adapted to living in its habitat.
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