S3 Bio Holiday Test 2020 Caltec S.3

NAME: ………………………………………………………………………… CALTEC ACADEMY MAKERERE HOLIDAY REVISION TEST March/April 2020 S.3 BIOLOGY TIME: 2 hours Answer grid for section A SECTION A What is common about rhizomes, bulbs and corms? They have underground stems or may be underground stems They are swollen aerial stems Their stems run in a horizontal profile They all have no leaves. The major similarity between gymnosperms and angiosperms is that: They all produce seeds. They both have flowers. They both bear seeds and cones. They are both divided into monocots and dicots. Study the identification key for some six leaves and then use it to answer questions 3 and 4. Both sycamore and mint leaves: Have 3 leaflets Are simple Have smooth edges Are lobed In which of the following sets are all the leaves simple: Geranium, sycamore, lady mantle, mint. Sycamore, lady mantle, mint, bean. Lady Mantle, geranium, bean, acacia. Bean, acacia, mint, lady mantle Which letter indicates a palisade cell? A B C D What name is given to a plant which completes its life cycle in one growing season? Epiphyte Perennial Annual Dominant To which one of the groups do mosses belong? Angiosperms Cycads Bryophytes Ferns Which of the following statements about one of the great scientists, Linnaeus is not true? He was responsible for naming all plants and animals. He lived in the eighteenth century He produced scientific guidelines on classification He started the two name system for species. Which one of the following is a characteristic of insect pollinated flowers? Produce large quantities of pollen grains. Are small and dull coloured Have large feathery stigmas Their anthers are firmly attached. Fungi are not classified as plants because they Do not have proper roots Lack vascular tissue Lack chlorophyll Have rigid cell walls Plants which bear both pistilllate and staminate flowers …