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CARIBBEAN
EXAMINATIONS
COUNCIL
CARIBBEAN SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE®
EXAMINATION
INTEGRATED SCIENCE
Paper 01 - General Proficiency
933
1hour 15 minutes
02 JUNE 2023 (p.m.)
READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.
1.
This test consists of 60 items. Youwill have l hour and 15 minutes to answer them.
2.
In addition to this test booklet, you should have an answer sheet.
3.
Each item in this test has four suggested answers lettered (A), (B), (C), (D). Read each item you
are about to answer and decide which choice is best.
4.
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the same letter as the answer you have chosen. Look at the sample item below.
Sample Item
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Benzene dissolves stains caused by
(A)
tar
(B)
(C)
(D)
fruit
B
paint
starch
The best answer to this item is tar",
5.
6.
so (A) has been shaded.
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Item 1refers tothe following diagram.
4.
Dogs
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Goats
Grasses
Which of the following structures is found
ONLY inplant cells?
5.
Nucleus
Cell wall
Mitochondrion
Cell membrane
The testes of the human male correspond
to the anthers of flowers because they both
Insects
dogs
6.
insects
have tubes leading from them
bacteria and fungi
A
B
The structure in cells responsible for the
transfer of characteristics from parents to
offspring is the
goats and grasses
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Which of the following blood groups has
NO antigen?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
3.
have similar shapes
produce male sex cells
The decomposers are
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
2.
are separate organs
(B)
(C)
(D)
Bateria and fungi
1.
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7.
vacuole
cytoplasm
chromosome
cell membrane
Which of the following methods of birth
control is MOST likely to require an accu
rate prediction of the ovulation period?
AB
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Which of the following living organisms
are always at the beginning ofa food chain?
Barrier
Rhythm
Surgical
Hormonal
Producers
(A)
(B)
Carnivores
(C)
Consumers
(D)
Decomposers
8.
Which of the following is an example of
prenatal care?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Ultrasound of the baby
Nursing a newborn baby
Immunization of the baby
Providing clothing for the baby
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9.
Which of the following statements
13.
(A)
Anaerobic respiration produces
more energy than aerobic respi
ration.
(B)
Aerobic respiration requires carbon
dioxide while anaerobic respira
(C)
Aerobic respiration requires oxygen
while anaerobic respiration does
The MOST effective method used in
controlling pests is the
concerning respiration is true?
(A)
use of traps
(B)
use of chemicals
(C)
(D)
eradication of their breeding places
use of another organism
tion requires oxygen.
14.
The elimination of faeces from the body is
called
not require oxygen.
(D)
Aerobic respiration produces
Oxygen while anaerobic respira
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
tion produces carbon dioxide.
10.
Which of the following types of energy
conversion takes place in the chloroplast
11.
15.
excretion
metabolism
assimilation
Which of the following is a function of
during photosynthesis?
white blood cells?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Light energy to heat energy
Chemical energy to light energy
Light energy to chemical energy
Heat energy to chemicalenergy
Which of the following is NOT a cardio
16.
vascular disease?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
12.
egestion
The hard outer layer which protects the
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Hypertension
Atherosclerosis
Which ofthe following processes requires
Producing antibodies
Forming clots
teeth is called
Stroke
Diabetes
muscular contractions of the uterus?
Transporting carbon dioxide
Transporting oxygen
17.
tartar
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dentine
pulp cavity
Blood boosting increases the number ofred
cells in the blood. An athlete whose blood
has been boosted can perform better in a
(A)
Birth
(B)
(C)
(D)
Gestation
Fertilization
Menstruation
race because he/she
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
is stronger
can breathe faster
can absorb more oXygen
0S more immune to disease
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