MID TERM 1 2025

BIOLOGY FORM TWO EXAMS

DURATION: 2HOURS

Name...............................................................Adm number.............................

Candidates Signature......................................Date...........................................

Instructions to Candidate

(a)Write your name and class in the spaces provided above.

(b)Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above.

(c)Answer all the questions in this paper.

(d)All answers should be written in the space provided in the question.

(e)This paper consists of 28 QUESTIONS and 9 printed pages.

(f)Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are
printed as indicated and no questions are missing.

For Examiners Use Only

Number Marks

1-27 80

1. State the importance of each of the following in living organisms?

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 (a)Gaseous exchange (1 mark)

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(b)Excretion. (1 mark)

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2.State two precautions to observe when using a microscope
(2marks)

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3. . The diagram below represents common used by biologists.

(a) Identify the equipment……………………………………………………………… (1mark)

(b) State the use of the equipment. (1mark)
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(c) State one the role of the roof in the apparatus above (1mark)

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4. State two roles of coverslip when preparing a specimen for observation

under a light microscope. (2

marks)

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5. State two functions of Golgi apparatus. (2marks)

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6.State three forces that facilitates movement of water up the xylem (3marks)
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7.Unicellular organisms lack elaborate transport system,explain
(2marks)

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8. The diagram below represents an experimental set up to investigate a certain
scientific concept. The potted plant was first destarched by keeping it in dark for four
days.

The set up was then placed in sunlight for five hours and leaves were tested for starch
(a) Name the process that was being investigated
(1mark)
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(b) (i) Give the results likely to be obtained after starch test for A and B
A………………………………………………………………………………..
(1mark)
B………………………………………………………………………………….
(1mark)

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(ii) State the function of sodium hydroxide pellets in the above experiment
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9. Explain two adaptations of leaf to photosynthesis process

(2marks)

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10. State two rules of Binomial nomenclature

(2marks)

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11.(i) Name two cells that makes up xylem tissue

(2marks)

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(ii) From the named cells, which one is more efficient in transporting water
(1mark)
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(iii) State two adaptations of xylem tissue to its functions
(2marks)
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12. Name two disease of the heart
(2mks)
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13. State the functions of the following in the heart
(i) Pericardium membrane. (1mark)

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(ii) Vagus nerve. (1mark)
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(iii) Septum (1mark)
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14. The diagram below shows a section through a young plant .

(a)i. From which plant organ was the section above obtained (1mark)
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(ii). Giving one reason for your answer,state whether the section is from a monocot or a dicot plant
(2marks)
Type of plant………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Reason……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
(b). Name parts labelled A,C and D (3marks)
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15.Explain why the left ventricle of the of mammalian heart has thicker walls
compared the right ventricles. (2mks)
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16.State two functions of cuticle that covers the surface of a leaf (2mks)
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17. The apparatus below is used to measure a certain process in plants.Use it to answer

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 questions that follows

(i)
Name the apparatus
(1mk)
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(ii)
State the process under investigation
(1mk)
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(iii)
State two precautions to be observed when using the apparatus above
(2mks)
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18. State three structural differences between arteries and veins
(3mks)

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19. Name two patterns of lignification in the xylem vessels (2mks)

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T 20. The diagram below indicates parts of a microscope use it to answer the questions that
follows

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 Name the parts labelled

A…………………………………………………………………………………………………….(1mark)

) B……………………………………………………………………………………………………….(1mark)
C. What is the function of the part labelled C in the above diagram (1mark)
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21. Name two photosynthetic cells in plants (2marks)

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22. . The diagram below shows a stage of the cardiac cycle.

(a) Identify the stage. (1mark)

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(b) Give one reasons for your answer. (1 mark)
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(c). On the above diagram,label the following parts; intervascular septum,semilunar valve,tricuspid valve and left
auricle (4marks)
23. .Red blood cells placed in different liquids A and B obtained the results as shown in diagrams below

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 Solution A

Solution B

a) Name process A: ………………………………………………………………..

B……………………………………………………………….. (2 marks)

b) (i). Account for the results obtained in (3 marks)

A:
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24. Give the reason for carrying out the following procedures during temporary slide
preparation (3mks)
(i) Cutting into thin
sections………………………………………………………………………………………..
(ii) Addition of iodine
solution………………………………………………………………………………….
(iii)Cutting the section using a sharp
razor…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
25. The following is a schematic representation of the blood clotting process.

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 a) Identify the following components of the blood clotting process. (2 marks)
i) C ……………………………………………………………………………………...
ii) D ……………………………………………………………………………………..
b) i) Name the component of blood that stops the process illustrated above. (1 mark)
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ii) Name the vitamin that is required for the above process (1mk)
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26.State two roles of mammalian blood in the body (2mks)

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27. Below is the basic functional unit in plants

State the functions of the parts labeled:

(i) A………………………….…………………………………………………………. (1 mark)

(ii) B………………………….………………………………………………………… (1 mark)

(iii) C……………………………….…………………………………………………… (1 mark)

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