ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE OMBACI
S.1 BIOLOGY
ACTIVITY OF INTEGRATION- INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGY
TIME: 1hour 30 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS
Answer all questions.
NAME____________________________________________
STREAM________________________
1a)You have a brother called Econi in primary six who has a challenge in choosing an occupation to take
after his studies and yet he performs very well in science. In fact he has never scored a mark less than 70
ever since he joined primary six. He really has a great passion for science but he doesn't know any job
that can satisfy his interests. Despite this, he has been seeing a number of people doing science related
jobs
similar to
the ones
shown
below.
Task. Use the above pictures to advise your brother on at least 5 occupations such that he can choose
what to do at the end of his studies.
b) One of the most important areas of biology is study of living things(life). Econi described in part (a)
above knows very well how to distinguish between living and non living things but he has always been
asking himself of what characteristics are considered in grouping living and nonliving things. He always
observes the items shown in pictures below in his school. Your Dad says that you are in a class above
him and wants you to help Econi understand the living things so that he can be a better biologist in
future.
Task.
names of
pictures
groups ie.
things and
things and
Econi why
contains
mentioned
its
Group the
the above
into two
A-Living
B-Nonliving
explain to
Group A
such
items using
characteristics
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