AIC SS 2 Biology Exam Second Term
  • 1. 1. The following are all types of aquatic habitats except ......
A) Fresh water
B) Eschew
C) Estuarine
D) Marine
  • 2. 2. All of the following are characteristics of salt marsh habitat, except......
A) Presence of low level oxygen
B) Low light penetration
C) High salinity
D) Presence of high-level oxygen
  • 3. 3. The major zones of the marine habitat include all except.........
A) Littoral zone
B) Benthic zone
C) Supratidal zone
D) Neptunic zone
  • 4. 4. The following are characteristics of Freshwater habitats except.....
A) Variation in temperature
B) High concentration of oxygen content
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) Eutriphication
B) Etrophication
C) Eutropication
D) Eutrophication
  • 6. 6. Tropical rain forest has the following characteristics except.......
A) Existence of canopies
B) Presence of buttress root.
C) Presence of thick barks
D) Presence of broad leaves
  • 7. 7. One of the following is not a known desert
A) Kalahari desert
B) Arabian desert
C) Great Britain desert
D) Great Australian desert
  • 8. 8. The condition necessary for respiration include the following except........
A) Respiratory surface
B) Water vapour
C) Transportation medium
D) Respiratory medium
  • 9. 9. One of the following is not a characteristic of the respiratory surface.
A) Thin-walled to shorten diffusion distance and make diffusion easier and faster
B) Large surface area to aid easy diffusion of gases
C) Moist surface
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 foam
B) Gill raker
C) Gill arch
D) Gill filament
  • 11. 11. The following are the processes involved in the formation of urine except.......
A) Glomerulus in the bowman's capsule
B) Hormonal secretion
C) Ultra filteration
D) Selective reabsorption
  • 12. 12. Selective reabsorption occurs in one of the following.
A) Henle's loop
B) Distal tubule
C) Bowman's capsule
D) Urethra
  • 13. 13. One of the following is not a cause of food shortage.
A) Overpopulation
B) Poor storage facilities
C) Urbanisation
D) War
  • 14. 14. Effects of food shortage on the size of a population include the following except.......
A) Decline in the rate of reproduction
B) Competition
C) Increased supply of a particular type of food
D) Emigration
  • 15. 15. Abiotic factors affecting a population include the following except......
A) Heat
B) Space
C) Water
D) Parasites
  • 16. 16. The following are biotic factors affecting a population except......
A) Competition
B) Mortality
C) Food
D) Light
  • 17. 17. A factor which limits the population growth is called .......
A) Environmental resistance
B) Dispersal
C) Limiting factor
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) Increased risk of STDs
C) Prevention of population explosion
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) Cytoplasm
B) Ribosome
C) Endoplasmic reticulum
D) Contractile vacuole
  • 20. 20. The maintenance of a fairly constant internal environment in an organism is known as .........
A) Homeostasis
B) Osmotic pressure balance
C) Neutralisation
D) Concentration gradient
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