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BSC410S – BASIC SCIENCE: FULLTIME QUIZ 1 QUESTION PAPER – 7 AUGUST 2015
Name:___________________________
Student Number:__________________
Mode of Study:____________________
Instruction: Answer all the questions on the questions paper.
SECTION A: BIOLOGY
QUESTION 1 [30 MARKS]
Question Type: Multiple Choices. Each answer equals 2 marks.
1.1 Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of living things?
A. Evolution
B. Movement
C. Growth
D. None of the above
[2]
1.2 Which is the correct order for increasing complexity?
A. cells → tissues → organs → organ systems
B. organs → organ systems → tissues → cells
C. tissues → cells → organ systems → organs
D. cells → organs → tissues → organ systems
1.3 The cell theory states that cells are;
A. Used to make tissues
B. Produced by living things
C. Simplest units of living things
D. Able to maintain homeostasis
[2]
1.4 A garden pea plant forms flowers that undergo self or cross pollination to produce
seeds. These seeds mature in two to three weeks. Which characteristics of living
things are being described here?
[2]
A.
B.
C.
D.
Growth and reproduction
Cellular organization and use of energy
Reproduction and response to environment
Use of energy and development
1.5 Stomata’s are small openings present on plant leaves. On a hot dry day the
stomatal openings remain closed to reduce the loss of water. Which characteristic
of living things is described here?
[2]
A.
B.
C.
D.
Energy usage
Reproduction
Cell growth
Homeostasis
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1.6 Who of the following scientists developed the 7 level classification scheme? [2]
A.
B.
C.
D.
Aristotle
Limnaeus
Whittaker
Darwin
1.7 An organism’s scientific name consists of _____________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Its class name and its family name
Its kingdom name and its phylum name
Its genus name and its species name
Its phylum name and its species name
1.8 One characteristic used to place organism into kingdom is___________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
[2]
Mammals
Invertebrates
Birds
Vertebrates
1.10 Which classification level is broader than the domain level?
A.
B.
C.
D.
[2]
How they move
Where they live
Their ability to make food
Their ability to reproduce
1.9 Animals that do not have a backbone are called
A.
B.
C.
D.
[2]
[2]
Kingdom
Class
Domain
None of the above
1.11 In time, bread becomes stale and grows mould on the exposed surfaces. Why
does mould not begin growing inside the bread loaf?
[2]
A. Mould can grow only on dry surfaces
B. Only mould at the surface of the bread can get oxygen to respire.
C. Mould actually begins from anywhere inside but produces coloured spores at
the surface.
D. The bread was sterilized when it was baked and thereafter mould spores settle
only on the outside of the cooled bread.
1.12 Absorptive nutrition is _____________.
A. When fungi absorb CO2 and N2 from the atmosphere for food.
B. Means that fungi engulf their food and digest it inside the cytoplasm.
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C. Is when fungi secrete digestive enzymes that break down the organism matter
externally.
D. Requires external water.
1.13 Which of the following statements best describes the gymnosperms?
[2]
A. They are lower plants with seeds that are totally exposed and borne on the
scales of cones.
B. They are higher plants with seeds that are totally exposed and their seeds are
enclosed in the ovary.
C. They are basically vascular plants
D. They can produce fruits from their flowers.
1.14 Dioecious plants have;
A.
B.
C.
D.
[2]
Separate male and female flowers on the same plant
Separate male and female flowers on different locations on the same plant
Separate male flowers on one plant and female flowers on another plant.
Same male and female flowers on different location on different plant.
1.15 The main difference between monocots and dicots is;
[2]
A. Dicots exhibit hypogeal germination and monocots exhibit epigeal germination.
B. Dicots have vascular system arranged in a haphazard manner and monocots
vascular bundles are clearly arranged.
C. Dicots are perennial plants and monocots are seasonal plants
D. Dicots have two leaf-like structures during germination while monocots have a
single leaf structure like.
SECTION B: PHYSICS
QUESTION 2 [10 MARKS]
Question Type: Brief statement responses / calculations.
2.1 Study the speed-time graph below representing a journey of a car and answer the
questions relating to the graph.
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a) Describe the speed over the parts A, B and C of the graph using the following
terms: constant, zero, increasing, decreasing and acceleration
[3]
Part A: ____________________________________________________________
Part B:____________________________________________________________
Part C:____________________________________________________________
b) Calculate the acceleration over Part A and Part C of the graph.
[4]
c) Calculate the total distance travelled over parts A and B.
[3]
TOTAL: 40 MARKS
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