Which of the following statements best explains the reason why termites swarm at night?
(a) Explain briefly how the human ear carries out its function of balancing.
(b) (i) make a drawing 8 cm - 10 cm long of the structure of the human ear and label fully.
(ii) Describe briefly the structure of the middle ear in humans.
(a)(i) What is a deficiency disease?
(ii) Complete the table below by naming five nutrient deficiency diseases in humans and stating one remedy for each of the diseases.
(b) Outline a chemical test for (i) Starch in a tuber of yam (ii) Glucose in orange fruit
| Nutrient deficiency disease | Remedy |
(a) Complete the table below;
| Disease | Causative organism | Vector | Control |
| Cholera | |||
| Trypanosome | |||
| Female Anopheles mosquito | |||
| Ringworm | None |
(b) Explain briefly the biological basis of preserving foods using each of the following methods;
(i) salting (ii) irradiation (iii) smoking
(a) Explain briefly; (i) independent assortment of genes (ii) the reason blood group O in humans can only exist in homozygous form while blood groups A and B can exist both in homozygous and heterozygous forms.
(b) Complete the table below by naming the classes of vertebrates in their evolutionary trend and giving one example each of the classes.
| Classes of vertebrate | One example |