(a) Explain briefly sexual reproduction in Rhizopus.
(b) A student suddenly stepped on a big snake, he cried for help and ran away.
(i) Name the hormone produced in the body for the reaction.
(ii) In which part of the human body is the hormone named in (b) (i) produced?
(iii) State five changes that must have taken place as a result of the hormone named in (a) (i).
(c) (i) In tabular form, state three differences between excretion in flowering plants and excretion in humans,
(ii) List two organelles found in plant cell that are responsible for the excretion of metabolic wastes.
(a) Sexual reproduction in Rhizopus - By conjugation;
(b) (i) Name of hormone Adrenalin /Adrenaline
(ii) Part where hormone is produced Adrenal gland/Medulla.
(iii) Changes that must have taken place as a result of the hormone
(c) (i) Differences between excretion in flowering plants and excretion in humans.
Flowering plants | Humans |
No definite excretory organs | Definite excretory organs /presence of kidney/liver/skin |
waste products include tannins/resins/alkaloids/gums etc | waste products include urine/urea/sweat/salts etc |
Excretory products produced in small quantity | Excretory products produced in large quantities |
Excretory products released at a slower rate | Excretory products released at a faster rate |
most excretory products tannins/resins/alkaloids/gums are stored | most excretory products are completely removed |
some excretory products/carbondioxide/oxygen/water vapour can be reused | some excretory products/urea/uric acid cannot be reused |
Excretory products are derived from simple organic molecules | excretory products are derived from complex organic molecules. |
(ii) Organelles in plant cells responsible for excretion of metabolic wastes.
Mitochondrion/ mitochondria; chloroplast/ chloroplasts.
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