Marker Code
Student Personal Identification Number (SPIN)
South Pacific Form Seven Certificate
BIOLOGY
2009
QUESTION and ANSWER BOOKLET
Write your Student Personal Identification Number (SPIN) on the top right hand corner of this page and on the fold-out flap on the last page. Answer ALL QUESTIONS. Write your answers in the appropriate spaces provided in this booklet. If you need more space for answers, ask the Supervisor for extra paper. Write your SPIN on all extra sheets used and clearly number the questions. Attach the extra sheets at the appropriate places in this booklet. Marks Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 Question 5 Question 6 Question 7 Question 8 Question 9 Question 10 Question 11 Question 12 Question 13 Question 14 Question 15 Question 16 Plant Responses Plant Hormones Animal Responses Social Hierarchies Activity Patterns Protein Synthesis Human Blood Groups Gene Interactions Sex Linkage Metabolic Pathways Mutation Natural Selection in Moths Polyploidy Population Genetics Transgenesis Genome Analysis Suggested Time
10 marks 12 mins 9 marks 11 mins 7 marks 8 mins 9 marks 11 mins 10 marks 12 mins 23 marks 28 mins 8 marks 10 mins 6 marks 7 mins 8 marks 10 mins 7 marks 8 mins 4 marks 5 mins 10 marks 12 mins 7 marks 8 mins 10 marks 12 mins 10 marks 12 mins 12 marks 14 mins -------------------------150 marks 180 mins ======== ======= Check that this booklet contains pages 2-28 in the correct order and that none of these pages is blank. Pages 29 and 30 are blank. YOU MUST HAND THIS BOOKLET TO THE SUPERVISOR AT THE END OF THE EXAMINATION.
TOTAL MARKS
150
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QUESTION ONE
PLANT RESPONSES
(10 marks)
Explain the meaning of the terms in bold in the following statements. (a) Flowering in many plants shows a circannual rhythm. _______ _______ _____ _____ (2 marks)
(b)
Vines show positive thigmotropism when they grow up another tree. _______ _______ _____ _____ (2 marks)
(c)
Plant roots show positive geotropism when growing into