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This document provides a biology revision test covering several topics: 1) Enzymes - including definitions of catalysts, examples of carbohydrases, and the properties and lock-and-key mechanism of enzymes. 2) Plant nutrition - how plants obtain nutrients like nitrates, water, magnesium, and carbon dioxide and their purposes, as well as differences between plant structures and their functions. 3) Animal nutrition - health issues like obesity, definitions of coronary heart disease and deficiency diseases, and differences between starvation/malnutrition and mechanical/chemical digestion. The test is out of 50 points and covers content to prepare students for an exam on these essential biology concepts.

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Form 3 Biology Revision Test First Term 2022: Answer All Questions On A Separate Answer Sheet Provided

This document provides a biology revision test covering several topics: 1) Enzymes - including definitions of catalysts, examples of carbohydrases, and the properties and lock-and-key mechanism of enzymes. 2) Plant nutrition - how plants obtain nutrients like nitrates, water, magnesium, and carbon dioxide and their purposes, as well as differences between plant structures and their functions. 3) Animal nutrition - health issues like obesity, definitions of coronary heart disease and deficiency diseases, and differences between starvation/malnutrition and mechanical/chemical digestion. The test is out of 50 points and covers content to prepare students for an exam on these essential biology concepts.

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Form 3 Biology Revision Test First Term 2022

Answer all questions on a separate answer sheet provided

Enzymes

1a) What is a catalyst? [2]

b) What are catalysts inside a living organism called? [1]

c) Give one example of a carbohydrase. [1]

2a) Outline the 6 properties of enzymes. [6]

b) Explain the lock and key mechanism of enzymes. [3]

Plant Nutrition

3. Copy and complete the table to show how, and for what purpose, plants obtain these substances.

Obtained from Used for


Nitrates
Water
Magnesium
Carbon dioxide
[8]

4. Explain the difference between each of these pairs of terms.

a) Chloroplast and chlorophyll

b) palisade layer and spongy layer

c) guard cell and stoma [6]

5. The diagram shows a section through a leaf

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a). Give the letters that indicate i a stoma, ii the cuticle and iii a vascular bundle. [3]

bi). The upper layers of a leaf are transparent. Suggest an advantage to a plant of this feature. [1]

ii). The cuticle is made of a waxy material. Suggest an advantage to a plant of this feature. [1]

iii). State two functions of vascular bundles in leaves. [2]

c). Most photosynthesis in plants happens in leaves.

i). Name two raw materials needed for photosynthesis. [2]

ii). Photosynthesis produces glucose. Describe how plants make use of this glucose. [4]

Animal Nutrition

6. List three health problems associated with obesity. [3]

7. What is coronary heart disease? [1]

8. Give two examples of deficiency diseases. [2]

9. What is the difference between:

a). starvation and malnutrition?

b). mechanical digestion and chemical digestion? [4]

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