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a yellowish patch on one side of the grain that makes the embryo.
(vii) Fats and oils are obtained from a large variety of seeds.
(viii) The anterior duodenum and posterior ileum constitute the small intestine.
(ix) Diaphragm is a longitudinal partition across the body of the rabbit.
(x) Chlorophyll absorbs light mainly from green wave length.
(xi) There are molar in lower jaw than the upper jaw in carnivores.
(xii) Respiration is a rapid step by step oxidation controlled by many enzymes.
(xiii) Osmosis, a special type of diffusion performs the process of transport.
(xiv) The haemoglobin combines with in the uterus.
(xviii) The genotype of the offspring is formed by the combination of the gametes.
(xix) Nature selects the fittest and strongest individual in a given environment.
(xx) Production of radioactive materials causes pollution.

1. Complete the following statements with appropriate words. Don’t copy the statements. (20 marks)
   (i) The type of roots in the sugarcane and bamboo are known as ……….. roots.
   (ii) In bladderwort, some segmented leaves are modified into ……….. .
   (iii) Flowers which have both stamens and carpels are termed as ……….. .
   (iv) The definitive nucleus is formed by the fusion of two ……….. .
   (v) We can get many ………..products like dyes,oils, waxes and drugs from fruits.
   (vi) A ………..is a fertilized and mature ovule.
   (vii) Beans seed is germinated by ………..method.
   (viii) The cavity containing the heart is called ………..cavity.
   (ix) Behind the prostates are Cowper’s glands, the secretion of which helps in the transfer of ………... .
   (x) The ………..is the organ where photosynthesis occur.
   (xi) Mammals have two sets of teeth, the milk dentition and ………. dentition.
   (xii) The energy produced during aerobic respiration is stored in the ……….. as a chemical compound.
   (xiii) Absorption of water in lans place by fission ………..fragmentation.
   (xviii)Deoxyribonucleic acid is normally a ………. molecule with capacity for self-replication .
   (xix) The selection done by man is called ………..selection.
   (xx) Animal in an ecosystems are………..
2. Answer ALL questions. (12 marks)
   (a) Differentiate fleshy fruits and dry fruits.
   (b) Give characteristics of mammals dealing with skeletal and food habits.
   (c) State the effect of temperature on the rate of photosynthesis.
   (d) State what you understand of respiration and name its two types.
   (OR)
   Explain how absorption of mineral salt takes place in plants.

(e) State the nature of a nerve and a synapse.
(OR)
Explain how vegetative propagation takes place in strawberry and potato.
(f) Clarify what you understand of diploid and haploid condition in cell division.
(OR)
State what factors cause md non-endospermic seeds.
(b) Name the parts of the intestine and state the nature of the part increases the absorptive surface of the
intestine as found in the rabbit.
(c) State how the process of photosynthesis tak