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Life Sciences Grade 11 March Test 2015 Paper & Memo
Grade 11 Life Sciences question paper and memo from the March Test 2015, 12 pages. Read online or get the free PDF download.
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- Grade 11
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- Question paper and memo
- Year
- 2015
- Exam period
- March Test
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Life Sciences
INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION
Read the following instructions carefully before: answering the questions;
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Answer ALL the questions.
Write ALL the answers.in the ANSWER BOOK,
Start the answer to EACH question at the top.of a NEW page.
Number the answers correctly according to the numbering system used in
this question paper.
Present your answers according to the instructions of each question,
ALL drawings should be done in pencil and labelled in blue or black ink.
Draw diagrarns, flow charts or tables only when asked to do so.
The diagrams in this question paper are NOT necessarily drawn to scale.
Do. NOT usé graph paper.
You must use a.non-programmable calculator, protractor and a compass
where necessary.
Write neatly:and legibly.
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SECTION A
QUESTION 1
14 Various possible options are provided as answers to the following questions. Choose
the correct answer and write only the letter (A — D) next to the question number
(1.1.1 — 1.1.5) in the answer book, for example 1.1.6 D.
1.1.1. Which ONE of the following is present in the Bryophytes?
A. Seeds
B. Xylem
Cc. Spores
D. Flowers
j 1.1.2 Viruses are regarded as non-living because ...
A. _ they are very small.
B. they do not mutate.
C. they can only reproduce when in another living organism.
D. they do not have any nucleic acid.
1.1.3 A bacterial cell...
reproduces sexually.
is a prokaryote.
is a eukaryote.
contains mitochondria, vacuoles and plastids.
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1.1.4. Which of the following is a feature of an insect-pollinated flower?
Petals are large and brightly coloured
Large anthers with long filaments
Small, light and smooth pollen
Stigmas are large and feathery
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1.1.5 Which of the following is characteristic of the fungi?
Do not produce spores
Produce cones
Produce seeds
Do not possess chlorophyll
DODD
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Total Section A (10)
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SECTION B
QUESTION 2
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2.4 Grade 11 learners wanted to compare the effect of different antibiotics on the growth of
a bacterial species.
They set up agar plates containing nutrients as shown in the diagrams below. They
placed sterile discs (1, 2 and 3) containing three different antibiotics on each of the
plates. The dots represent the bacteria.
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2.1.1 Identify the following in the investigation:
(a) The dependent variable
(b) The independent variable
2.1.2 Formulate a hypothesis for this investigation.
2.1.3 Which of the antibiotics (1, 2 or 3) was least effective?
2.1.4 State TWO ways in which learners could improve the reliability of this
investigation.
2.1.5 Which TWO factors must be kept constant in this investigation?
(1)
(1)
(2)
(2)
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2.2 Study the graph below which shows the number of malaria cases reported in Limpopo
between 1999 and 2002.
Reported cases of malaria
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Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun.
Month
2.2.1 In which month, in the period 1999/2000, was the highest number
of malaria casés reported? (1)
2.2.2 How many cases of malaria were reported in the month of March
2000/2001? (1)
2.2.3 Suggest ONE way in which the data about the number of malaria cases
Cy was collected. (1)
2.2.4 Explain why an increase in the number of malaria infections would affect
the South African economy. (2)
(5)
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QUESTION 3
3.1 Study the diagrams and answer questions that follow,
PLANT 14 PLANT 3
PLANT 4
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3.1.1 Which ONE of the plant groups (2, 3 or 4) are dependent on water
for fertilisation? (1)
3.1.2 State TWO.characteristics of the group represented by Plant 1 that
prevent them from being as tall as the group represented by Plant 3. (2)
3.1.3. State which generation is dominant in:
(ay Plant4
(b) Plant 4 (2)
3.1.4 Explain why the presence of flowers in the group represented by Plant 4
have made them more successful as compared to the group represented
by Plant:3. (2)
(7)
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3.2 Study the phylogenetic tree showing possible relationships amongst the different plant
groups.
3.2.1
3.2.2
3.2.3
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Green algae + Mosses Ferns) Gymnosperms Angiosperms
100 -
’ First flowering plants
& 200-
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3 :
8 300 First seed plants
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#0. arly Vascular plants
500.
According to the phylogenetic tree:
(a) How long ago did the mosses first appear
(b) How long after the mosses did the first ferns appear
(c) Which was the most recent plant group to appear on earth
(d) What characteristic do ferns, gyrinosperms and angiosperms have
in common
Name TWO plant groups represented that produce seeds.
List TWO characteristics of seeds that make seed-bearing plants more
successful over seedless plants.
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QUESTION 4
Describe how the body plan of named examples of Cnidaria and Annelida relates to the mode
of life of each organism.
NOTE: No marks will be awarded for answers in the form of tables, flow charts and diagrams.
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Synthesis: (03)
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