BIOLOGY 



Monday 2-4 p. m. 



A teacher's certificate covering the laboratory instruction must be presented as part 

 of the examination. 



I. (Answer both questions.) 



1. (a) Name and define three functions common to plants and animals. 



(b) Make a drawing of some cell you have studied and label the various 

 parts. 



2. Name five animals or plants which are economically important and state in 



what way each is beneficial or injurious. 



II. (Answer any three questions.) 



3. (a) Compare the bean seed and corn kernel as to (i) number of seed leaves 



(cotyledons); (2) kinds of stored food; (3) position of stored food in each. 

 (b) Which one of these foods must be changed before being used by the 

 young plant ? (c) Why must this change occur ? (d) How is this change 

 accomplished ? 



4. Discuss photosynthesis, telling : 



(a) the conditions necessary for carrying on the process; 



(b) the kinds of material used in the process; 



(c) the sources of the materials used. 



5. (a) State briefly the common agencies of seed dispersal, (b) Describe three 



ways in which seeds and fruits are structurally adapted to use these agencies. 



6. (a) Name three substances used by man which are found in seeds, (b) How 



would you detect the presence of any two of these substances ? (c) What 

 part of a plant furnishes: flour, manila-hemp, linen, castor oil? 



III. (Answer any three questions.) 



7. Name and describe briefly a representative of each of four different animal 



groups found in a fresh water pond. 



8. Describe three examples of the adaptation of animals to their surroundings. 



9. Name two important functions performed by any vertebrate and show how 



the animal selected is enabled by its structure to perform these functions. 

 10. Describe the life history of any insect whose development proceeds through 

 a series of stages (metamorphosis). 



