AIC SS 2 Biology Revision Questions - 3rd Term 23/24
  • 1. 1. The following are all types of aquatic habitats except ......
A) Fresh water
B) Estuarine
C) Eschew
D) Marine
  • 2. 2. All of the following are characteristics of salt marsh habitat, except......
A) Low light penetration
B) High salinity
C) Presence of high-level oxygen
D) Presence of low level oxygen
  • 3. 3. The major zones of the marine habitat include all except.........
A) Benthic zone
B) Supratidal zone
C) Littoral zone
D) Meridian zone
  • 4. 4. The following are characteristics of Freshwater habitats except.....
A) High concentration of oxygen content
B) Variation in temperature
C) Low salinity
D) Low concentration of oxygen content
  • 5. 5. The excessive growth of plant life or algae in water courses or bodies caused by an increase in organic nutrients or minerals leading to the death of aquatic organisms is called ...........
A) Etrophication
B) Eutropication
C) Eutriphication
D) Eutrophication
  • 6. 6. Tropical rain forest has the following characteristics except.......
A) Presence of thick barks
B) Existence of canopies
C) Presence of broad leaves
D) Presence of buttress root.
  • 7. 7. One of the following is not a known desert
A) Great Britain desert
B) Arabian desert
C) Kalahari desert
D) Great Australian desert
  • 8. 8. The condition necessary for respiration include the following except........
A) Water vapour
B) Respiratory medium
C) Transportation medium
D) Respiratory surface
  • 9. 9. One of the following is not a characteristic of the respiratory surface.
A) Moist surface
B) Thin-walled to shorten diffusion distance and make diffusion easier and faster
C) Large surface area to aid easy diffusion of gases
D) Small area to aid easy diffusion of gases
  • 10. 10. The respiratory organ (gills) of the fish are arranged in chambers listed below except .........
A) Gill fume
B) Gill arch
C) Gill filament
D) Gill raker
  • 11. 11. The following are the processes involved in the formation of urine except.......
A) Hormonal secretion
B) Glomerulus in the bowman's capsule
C) Selective reabsorption
D) Ultra filteration
  • 12. 12. Selective reabsorption occurs in one of the following.
A) Bowman's capsule
B) Distal tubule
C) Urethra
D) Henle's loop
  • 13. 13. One of the following is not a cause of food shortage.
A) War
B) Overpopulation
C) Poor storage facilities
D) Urbanisation
  • 14. 14. Effects of food shortage on the size of a population include the following except.......
A) Competition
B) Decline in the rate of reproduction
C) Emigration
D) Increased supply of a particular type of food
  • 15. 15. Abiotic factors affecting a population include the following except......
A) Space
B) Water
C) Heat
D) Parasites
  • 16. 16. The following are biotic factors affecting a population except......
A) Mortality
B) Competition
C) Light
D) Food
  • 17. 17. A factor which limits the population growth is called .......
A) Limiting factor
B) Dispersal
C) Environmental resistance
D) Balance in nature
  • 18. 18. One of the following is not an importance of family planning to a nation.
A) Prevention of indiscriminate abortion
B) Prevention of population explosion
C) Increased risk of STDs
D) Promotion of maternal and mother's health
  • 19. 19. The organelle used for osmoregulation in unicellular organisms such as amoeba and paramecium is called ..........
A) Endoplasmic reticulum
B) Contractile vacuole
C) Ribosome
D) Cytoplasm
  • 20. 20. The maintenance of a fairly constant internal environment in an organism is known as .........
A) Concentration gradient
B) Neutralisation
C) Homeostasis
D) Osmotic pressure balance
  • 21. What adaptive feature do animals in estuarine habitats have to deal with the changing salinity levels?
A) Camouflage
B) Salt-excreting glands
C) Water-retaining cells
D) Osmoregulation
  • 22. What adaptive feature do plants in estuarine habitats have to deal with the changing water levels?
A) Shallow roots
B) Stilt roots
C) Deep roots
D) No roots
  • 23. What adaptive feature do organisms in the marine habitat have to deal with the high salt concentration?
A) Thick cuticle
B) Waxy coating
C) Salt-excreting glands
D) Water-retaining cells
  • 24. Which of the following is a major zone of the marine habitat?
A) Desert zone
B) Intertidal zone
C) Freshwater zone
D) Grassland zone
  • 25. Which of the following is an advantage of double circulation?
A) Decreased oxygen delivery to cells
B) Increased blood pressure
C) Increased efficiency of oxygen delivery to cells
D) Decreased heart rate
  • 26. Which of the following is a characteristic of open circulation?
A) Blood is transported in a closed system of blood vessels
B) Blood passes through a heart with four chambers
C) Blood is pumped directly to the entire body
D) Blood flows from the heart to the gills and then to the rest of the body
  • 27. What is the purpose of capillaries?
A) To transport large molecules
B) To store blood
C) To exchange oxygen and nutrients with cells
D) To regulate blood pressure
  • 28. What is the main function of the xylem?
A) To transport hormones and growth factors
B) To transport water and minerals
C) To transport oxygen and carbon dioxide
D) To transport sugars and amino acids
  • 29. Which part of the plant is responsible for most transpiration?
A) Leaves
B) Stems
C) Roots
D) Flowers
  • 30. What is the main substance translocated in phloem?
A) Minerals
B) Water
C) Amino acids
D) Sugars
  • 31. Which vascular tissue is responsible for translocation?
A) Cambium
B) Collenchyma
C) Xylem
D) Phloem
  • 32. What is translocation in plants?
A) The movement of sugars and amino acids from leaves to roots
B) The movement of water and minerals from roots to leaves
C) The movement of hormones from shoots to roots
D) The movement of oxygen from leaves to roots
  • 33. Which physiological factor affects the rise of water in the xylem?
A) Root pressure
B) Adhesion
C) Transpiration pull
D) Cohesion
  • 34. Which type of transpiration occurs through small openings on the surface of leaves?
A) Cuticular transpiration
B) Lenticular transpiration
C) Root transpiration
D) Stomata transpiration
  • 35. What is the main driver of transpiration in plants?
A) Translocation
B) Photosynthesis
C) Respiration
D) Evaporation
  • 36. What is the main factor affecting root pressure?
A) Humidity
B) Light
C) Water availability
D) Temperature
  • 37. What is the cohesion-tension mechanism?
A) The force that repels water from the xylem
B) The force that pushes water up the xylem
C) The force that pulls water up the xylem
D) The force that holds water in the xylem
  • 38. Which experiment can measure transpiration rate?
A) Respiration experiment
B) Translocation experiment
C) Photosynthesis experiment
D) Potometer experiment
  • 39. What is the unit of measurement for transpiration rate?
A) mL/hr
B) mL/min
C) mm/sec
D) cm3/sec
  • 40. What is the water potential gradient in plants?
A) The movement of water from low to high concentration
B) The movement of water from low to low concentration
C) The movement of water from high to low concentration
D) The movement of water from high to high concentration
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