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SERIES 1 BIO FOR LIFE TERM ………………….. YEAR………………………

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1.What is ecology (1mark)

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2.State the meaning of the following ecological terms ( 6marks)

a)Population

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b)Community

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c)Ecosytem

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d) Carrying capacity

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e) Habitat

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f) Biomas

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3.Distinguish between autecology and synecology (2marks)

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4.What are abiotic factors (1mark)

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SERIES 2 BIO FOR LIFE TERM III YEAR………………

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1 Distinguish between predation and competition (2marks)

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2.Give a reason why two species in an ecosystem cannot occupy same niche (2marks)

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3.Explain two ways in which prey organisms are suited to avoiding predation (2marks)

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4.How does a parasite differ from a predator (2marks)

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5.Explain why denitrification occurs mainly in water logged soils (2marks)

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6.How is aerenchyma tissue adapted to its function (1mark)

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1. Two herbivorous mammalian species were introduced into an ecosystem at the same period
and in equal numbers. The population growth during their first seven years. Study the graph
and answer the questions that follow.

a)Which species is better adapted to the ecosystem. Give a reason. (2marks)

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b) Account for the shape of the curve for species a between.
i)One and a half years (11/2years) and three and a half years (31/2 years). (2marks)
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ii)Three and a half years (31/2 years) and seven years (7yrs) (2 marks)
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c)A natural predator for species A was introduced into the ecosystem.Giving a reason explaining
how the population of each spicies would be affected (2marks)
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2.Name the organism that causes ( 2Marks)
a)Cholera…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

b)Amoebic dysentery…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

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SERIES 4 BIO FOR LIFE TERM …………………… YEAR………………………………

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1. The diagram below represents a food web in a certain ecosystem.

a) Name the trophic level occupied by each of the following: (1mark)

i) Caterpillar………………………………………………………………………………………
b) From the food web, construct two food chains which end with lizards as tertiary consumer.

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c) i) Which organisms have the least biomass in this ecosystem? (1 mark)
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ii) Explain the answer in c(i) above. (2 marks)
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d)Differentiate between pyramid of numbers and pyramid of biomass (2marks)
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e)Name the most suitable method for determining population of the following ( 3marks)
a)Fish in a dam…………………………………………………………………………………….
b)Lions in a game game reserve…………………………………………………………………..
c)plant species along river ………………………………………………………………………..
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SERIES 5 BIO FOR LIFE TERM ……………………… YEAR………………………………

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1.State two features of Xerophytic habitats (2marks)

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2.Account for the following features of xerophytes

i)Sunken stomata ( 2mark)

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ii)Hairy epidermis of leaves (2marks)

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3.Name two ecosystems in which mesophytes are found (2marks)

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4.Account for each of the following feature of mesophytes (2marks)

i)Presence of waxy and glossy surfaces on leaves

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ii)Presence buttress and prop roots in some mesophytes

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SERIES 6 BIO FOR LIFE TERM ……………………… YEAR………………………………

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1a)Halophytes experience physiological drought explain ( 2marks)

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b)How do halophytes overcome physiological drought ( 2marks)

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2.Name the organism that causes ( 2Marks)

Typhoid

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Malaria

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3.Name the organism that transmits malaria (1mark)

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4.state three adaptations of roundworms to its parasitic mode of life (3marks)

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SERIES 7 BIO FOR LIFE TERM III YEAR………………

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1.The diagram below represents a simplified Nitrogen cycle

Nitrogen in the
BJ atmosphere

Nitrates Animals DJ Ammonia

CJ Nitrites
EJ

AJ

1.a) Name the organisms that cause process A (1mark)

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b)Name the process labeled B and D ( 2marks)
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c)Name the group of organisms represented by C ( 1mark)
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d)Name the organisms represented by E ( 1mark)
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e)State the role of decomposition in an ecosystem ( 1mark)
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2.Explain how nitrogen fixation occurs in
i)in root nodules of leguminous plants (2marks)
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ii)by lightning (2marks)
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SERIES 8 BIO FOR LIFE TERM ……………………… YEAR………………………………

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1.How are leaves of submerged hydrophytes adapted for photosynthesis (2marks)

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2.What is pollution (1mark)

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3. Briefly explain greenhouse effect and its significance (2marks)

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4.What is Eutrofication (2marks)

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5.State the main pollutant in aerosols (2marks)

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6.What do you understand by the term food chain (1mark)

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SERIES 9 BIO FOR LIFE TERM ……………………… YEAR………………………………

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1.In an attempt to clear weed in fish pond a species of beetle was introduced in to the pond

a) give the term used for this type of control (1mark)

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b)State two advantages of this method over the use of herbicides (2marks)

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3.Explain how oil spillage on water affect life in aquatic ecosystem (3marks)

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4.Pollution by acid rain can lead to changes in PH of river name one acidic gas responsible for causing
acid rain (1mark)

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5.Give two reasons why some plants lose their leaves during dry season ( 2marks)

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6.State any one density dependent factors that affect population growth in an ecosystem (2marks)

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