(a) Reducing sugar test;
(b) When the mixture of urine and Benedict solution is heated the color of the mixture turns from blue to green - to yellow – to orange/brown/red; indicating the presence of reducing sugar
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A goat weighing 20kg requires 216KJ while a mouse weighing 54gms requires 2830KJ per day. Explain.
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A goat weighing 20kg requires 216KJ while a mouse weighing 54gms requires 2830KJ per day. Explain.
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In a prolonged drought period, forage was scarce. It made animals reach out for higher forage and this way the giraffes got the stretched long...
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In a prolonged drought period, forage was scarce. It made animals reach out for higher forage and this way the giraffes got the stretched long necks.
(a) What is the term used for a characteristic such as the long necks outlined?
(b) What is the name given to the theory that describes the evolution of such structures like the long necks?
(c) State and explain the limitation of the theory you named in (b) above.
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The table below shows differences in air breathed in and out.
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The table below shows differences in air breathed in and out.
What is the reason for there differences.
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Which substance in the cigarettes smoke may cause lung cancer.
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Which substance in the cigarettes smoke may cause lung cancer.
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Mr. Juma has sued Serenity Hospital on grounds that their child was wrongly identified such that they got the wrong one.The child is blood group...
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Mr. Juma has sued Serenity Hospital on grounds that their child was wrongly identified such that they got the wrong one.The child is blood group O. Mr. Juma is blood group AB while Mrs. Juma is heterozygous blood group A.
(a) Work out the possible blood group of their offsprings.
(b) Is Mr. Juma justified in his claims?
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The diagram below show single circulation of a fish.
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The diagram below show single circulation of a fish.
(a) Write down the names of the parts labelled T,U and V.
(b) Explain the main disadvantage of this type of circulation.
(c) How is this type of circulation different from that found in man?
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The table below shows approximate numbers of organisms found in an ecosystem.
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The table below shows approximate numbers of organisms found in an ecosystem.
(a) Using the information in the table draw a pyramid of numbers.
(b) Explain what would happen to the other organisms if all the lizards suddenly died off.
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The photographs labelled K, L, M, N and P below are bones obtained from a mammal. For each of the bones K, L and M,...
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The photographs labelled K, L, M, N and P below are bones obtained from a mammal. For each of the bones K, L and M, two views are shown.
(a) Identify the bones and name the part of the mammalian body from which each was obtained. (5mks)
(b) Name the parts labelled 1, 2 and 4.
(c) Name the bones that form a joint with bone K at its anterior and posterior end
and in each case name the type of joint they form.
Anterior end.
(i) Bone(s)
(ii) Type of joint
Posterior end.
(i) Bone(s)
(ii) Type of joint
(d) State the function of the structure labelled 6 in bone P.
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Name the hard body covering found in organisms of the phylum arthropoda.
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Name the hard body covering found in organisms of the phylum arthropoda.
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Write the kingdoms to which the following organisms belong.
Plasmodium
Bat
Yeast
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Write the kingdoms to which the following organisms belong.
Plasmodium
Bat
Yeast
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A student collected a plant with the following features:
-Vascular bundles in the stem were scattered with no cambium.
-Fibrous root system.
Name the sub-division and the class...
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A student collected a plant with the following features:
-Vascular bundles in the stem were scattered with no cambium.
-Fibrous root system.
Name the sub-division and the class to which the above plant belonged.
Sub-division
Class
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Name one waste product that is transported in the blood but not removed by the kidneys.
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Name one waste product that is transported in the blood but not removed by the kidneys.
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Arrange the following nitrogenous waste products in order of decreasing toxicity:
urea, uric acid and ammonia.
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Arrange the following nitrogenous waste products in order of decreasing toxicity:
urea, uric acid and ammonia.
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Name two substances that are excreted through diffusion process in plants.
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Name two substances that are excreted through diffusion process in plants.
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Explain why the garden pea plant was preferred by Gregor Mendel in his crossing experiments.
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Explain why the garden pea plant was preferred by Gregor Mendel in his crossing experiments.
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Potato cylinders were weighed and kept in distilled water overnight. They were then reweighed.
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Potato cylinders were weighed and kept in distilled water overnight. They were then reweighed.
(a) Calculate the average mass of the potato cylinders at the end of the experiments.(Show your working).
(b) Explain why the mass of the cylinders had increased.
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What is the importance of fixation in preparation of temporary slide?
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What is the importance of fixation in preparation of temporary slide?
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Give one structural difference and similarity between a mitochondrion and a chloroplast.
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Give one structural difference and similarity between a mitochondrion and a chloroplast.
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Explain why athletes practicing at high altitude zones have a higher number red blood cells than those at sea level.
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Explain why athletes practicing at high altitude zones have a higher number red blood cells than those at sea level.
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Below is across section of a fruit.
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Below is across section of a fruit.
(a) Name the type of placentation shown.
(b) Identify the parts labelled A.
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