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