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Life Sciences
NSC ~ Grade 10
INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION
Read the following instructions carefully before answering the questions.
1. Answer ALL the questions.
2. Write ALL the answers in the ANSWER BOOK.
3. . Start the answers to each question at the top of a NEW page.
4. Number the answers correctly according to the numbering system used in
this question paper,
5, Present your answers according to the instructions of each question.
6. ALL drawings must be done in pencil and labelled in blue or black ink.
7, Draw diagrams, flow charts or tables when asked to do so.
8. The diagrams in this question paper are NOT necessarily drawn to scale.
9, Do NOT use graph paper.
10. You must use a non-programmable calculator, protractor and a compass.
11. Write neatly and legibly.
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Life Sciences March 2015 Common Test
NSC - Grade 10
SECTION A
QUESTION 1
1.1. Various options are provided as possible answers to the following questions.
Choose the correct answer and write only the letter (A to D) next to the
question number (1.1.1 to 1.1.5) in your ANSWER BOOK, for example 1.1.6 D.
4.1.1 Study the diagram below of a microscope.
The coarse adjustment and fine adjustment is represented,
respectively by ...
A. 6 and 9.
B. 4and 7.
Cc. 1 and 10.
D. 9 and 10.
1.1.2 When a pupil observed plant tissue under a microscope, the
magnification was x400. Which combination of lenses provided
this magnification?
10x eye-piece and a 40x objective
40x eye-piece and a 20x objective
200x eye-piece and a 200x objective
100x eye-piece and a 300x objective
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NSC ~ Grade 10
Life Sciences larch 2015 Common Test
1.1.3 Which ONE of the following is an inorganic molecule that provides
a fluid medium for chemical reactions?
A. Proteins
B. Water
Cc. Carbon dioxide
D. Carbohydrates
1.1.4. Which ONE of the following would you expect to be in larger
numbers in a muscle cell as compared to a skin cell?
A. Golgi bodies
B. Vacuoles.
Cc. Mitochondria
Dd, Lysosomes
1.1.5 Osmosis is the movement of ...
A a solute across a differentially permeable membrane.
B. molecules from a region of high concentration to a region
of low concentration.
Cc water through a differentially permeable membrane.
D water molecules from a region of low concentration to a
tegion of high concentration. 5 x 2 (10)
TOTAL SECTION A: 10
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NSC = Grade 10
SECTION B
QUESTION 2
2.1. Study the line graph below showing the effect of temperature on enzyme
activity.
Effect of temperature on enzyme activity
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Enzyme activty
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20 30 40 50 60
10
Temperature °C
2.1.1 Identify the independent variable in the above investigation. (1)
2.1.2 At which temperature does the enzyme work the best? (1)
) 2.1.3 Account for the decrease in enzyme activity after the temperature
mentioned in QUESTION 2.1.2? (2)
2.1.4 Explain why the enzyme represented in the graph could be from a
human? (2)
(6)
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NSC — Grade 10
2.2 Grade 10 learners carried out three different food tests to investigate the
composition of apple juice, peanuts and beans. The table below shows the
results obtained from the investigation.
Food types
Chemical Reagent
Apple juice | Peanuts Beans
Millon’s reagent Negative Positive Positive
Benedict’s/ Fehling’s A and B Positive Negative | Negative
solution
Ether/ethanol solution Negative Positive Positive
2.2.1 Which chemical reagent indicates the presence of glucose? (1) ( ,
2.2.2 Name any ONE food type that contains fats and proteins. (2)
2.2.3. Which food type will be best for providing energy? (2)
(5)
2.3. The following is a list of characteristics related to vitamins:
A__ Promotes absorption of calcium
B___ Needed for good vision
C___ Scurvy (bleeding of gums)
D___Beriberi and loss of appetite
E___ Deficiency leads to night blindness :
F Slows down fat absorption (
Write the LETTER only that applies to each of the following:
2.3.1 TWO characteristics related to vitamin A. (2)
2.3,2 ONE characteristics related to vitamin D. (1)
2.3.3 ONE characteristic related to vitamin C. (1)
(4)
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NSC — Grade 10
QUESTION 3
3.1 Study the diagram of a cell below and answer the questions that follow.
3.1.1 Does this diagram represent a plant cell or an animal cell? (1)
3.1.2 Give THREE reasons for your answer to QUESTION 3.1.1. (3)
3.1.3 Write down the NUMBER and NAME of the:
(a) System of membranous sacs secreting cellular products. (2)
(b) Structure that carries genetic/hereditary information. (2)
J (c) Fluid that consists of 90% of water with dissolved
substances (2)
3.1.4 Explain what will happen if the structure labelled 11 becomes
impermeable. (2)
(12)
3.2 State ONE function for each of the following plastids:
3.2.1 Chloroplasts (1)
3.2.2 Chromoplasts (1)
3.2.3 Leucoplasts (1)
(3)
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TOTAL SECTION B: (30)
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SECTION C
QUESTION 4
Give a description of mitosis under the following headings:
4.1. Events during Interphase (2)
4.2 Events of the 4 phases of mitosis (12)
4.3 THREE biological importance of mitosis (3)
Content: (17)
Synthesis: (3) ( }
(20)
NOTE: NO marks will be awarded for answers in the form of
flow charts or diagrams.
TOTAL SECTION C: 20
GRAND TOTAL: 60
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