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Biology Paper 1 Practical, May/June 2007  
Questions:   1 2 3 4   Main
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Question 1

  1. SPECIMEN'S PROVIDED

    Specimen A - Mixture of groundnut paste and water.
    Specimen B -  Lizard/ Agama Lizard.
    Specimen C - Grasshopper.
    Specimen D -  Grass (freshly uprooted, standing in water)
    Specimen E - Garden soil.
    Specimen F  - Branch of Cactus plant
    Specimen G - Quill feather
    Specimen H  - Bony scales.
    Specimen J   - Spirogyra filament.
    Specimen L - Branch/twig of Cocoa

    (Theobroma cacao)Fig/Avocado pear/Gimelina/Cashew with leaves in a bucket ofwater.
    Specimen M     -           Freshly uprooted Elephant grass (Panicum maximum)/any
     wild grass(not sedges) with soil washed off the roots in a
    bucket of water.

Question 1
(a) Specimen A is a food mixture.
Carry out the instructions given in 1 (a)(i) to (iii) and record your observations
and inference as shown in the format of the Table below:

TEST

OBSERVATION

INFERENCE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(i) Put a drop of A on a white tile and add a few drops of iodine solution. Record your observation and inference.

(ii) Put 2cm2 of A in a test tube and add 1cm3 of sodium hydroxide solution and shake the mixture. Add 1.0% copper (II) sulphate solution drop by drop to the mixture in the test tube. Shake the test tube after each drop and record your observation and inference.

(iii) Smear a drop of the mixture A on a piece of white paper, hold the paper against sun light, record your observation and inference.  [6 marks]

(b) Which of the classes of food in mixture A is likely to be absorbed first into the blood stream after digestion? [1 mark]

(c) For each class of food identified in mixture A;

(i) name two local sources;

(ii) state two uses to the human body.   [12 marks]

(d) Name two elements each present in the food classes identified in the mixture A.  [6 marks]

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OBSERVATION

This was the most popular question in this paper and candidates that attempted it performed fairly well and tabulated the processes as required. Most candidates were able to carry out the experiment and get the right observations and inferences e.g. blue-black colour, showing that starch is present. A few candidates however could not copy the table properly. A number of candidates lost marks because they could not spell translucent properly. Many candidates could not state which class of food in mixture A is likely to be absorbed first into the blood stream after digestion. The expected answer is carbohydrate.
           
Most candidates could state local sources of food classes in as well as uses to the human body and the elements present in each food class.

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