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PES SS 1 Biology Term 1 Exam 2025-2026
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  • 1. The word 'Oikos' means _______
A) Environment
B) Home
C) People
D) Life
  • 2. Organisms that feed on flesh only are termed _______
A) Omnivores
B) Canivores
C) Herbivores
D) Patientvores
  • 3. 6CO2 +6H2O------>C6H12O6 +6O2 is an equation of reaction for _____ nutrition
A) Symbiotic
B) Heterotrophic
C) Autotrophic
D) Holozoic
  • 4. Ticks found on cattle is an example of ____ type of nutrition
A) Saprophytic nutrition
B) Parasitic nutrition
C) Chemosynthetic nutrition
D) Holophytic nutrition
  • 5. _______ is NOT an example of an omnivore
A) Man
B) Pig
C) Rat
D) Lion
  • 6. Hydrosphere covers how many percent of the earth?
A) 70%
B) 99%
C) 21%
D) 78%
  • 7. The solid portion of the earth is _______
A) Atmosphere
B) Biosphere
C) Hydrosphere
D) Lithosphere
  • 8. _____is defined as the natural dwelling place of an organism
A) Ecosystem
B) Ecology
C) Habitat
D) Population
  • 9. The study of internal structures of plants and animals is _____
A) Anatomy
B) Morphology
C) Zoology
D) Botany
  • 10. ________ is not a usefulness of science
A) Heist
B) Construction
C) Communication
D) Medicine
  • 11. The 'A' in MR NIGER CAD mean_________
A) Assistant
B) Abaptation
C) Assassin
D) Adaptation
  • 12. The scientific name of orange is _____
A) Oryza sativa
B) Rattus rattus
C) Musca domestica
D) Citrus sinesis
  • 13. There are _____ kingdoms
A) 3
B) 4
C) 2
D) 5
  • 14. Choose the correct arrangement of the classification of living things
A) Species--->Genus--->Family--->Order--->Class--->Phylum--->Kingdom
B) Kingdom --->Class--->Family--->Phylum--->Species--->Order--->Genus
C) Family--->Kingdom--->Class--->Genus--->Order--->Species--->Phylum
D) Kingdom--->Phylum--->Class--->Order--->Family--->Genus--->Species
  • 15. The system of classification of living things used today is based on the one introduced by a swiss scientist called ____
A) Felix Dujardin
B) Robert Hooke
C) Carlos Linnaeus
D) Matthias Scheldin
  • 16. Brown algae is also called ____
A) Chlorophyta
B) Tracheophyta
C) Phaecophyta
D) Rhodophyta
  • 17. Kingdom Animalia can be grouped into _____ phylum
A) 7
B) 9
C) 8
D) 6
  • 18. ____ is not an example of cell in animals
A) Ova
B) Nerve cell
C) Bone
D) Spermatozoa
  • 19. What is the fourth level of organization of life
A) Organ
B) Cell
C) Tissue
D) System
  • 20. H2O can be written as ____
A) Hydro(II)oxide
B) Water
C) Gas
D) Hydrogen
  • 21. The release of toxic substance into the environment by man or other animals to an extent that causes biological damage to man and his resources is called _____
A) Harm
B) Toxification
C) Pollution
D) Competition
  • 22. ______ is not an example of adaptation of animals to terrestrial habitat
A) Possession of wings for flight
B) Possession of sweat glands for excretion and cooling
C) Possession of lungs for gaseous exchange
D) Possession of powerful limbs for movement
  • 23. The area where a species of organism can only be found within the minimum and maximum limits of its tolerance
A) Geographic range
B) Competition
C) Adaptation
D) Tolerance
  • 24. Mistletoe and flowering plant is an example of ______
A) Competition
B) Commensalism
C) Predation
D) Parasitism
  • 25. Biotic components include all except ______
A) Climatic factors
B) Consumers
C) Decomposers
D) Producers
  • 26. _____is when a stable community is attained in ecological succession
A) Ecological niche
B) Hydrosphere
C) Habitat
D) Climax community
  • 27. A community of plants and animals functioning together with their non-living environment is termed______
A) Biotic community
B) Community
C) Population
D) Ecosystem
  • 28. Biotic community is also known as ____
A) Biome
B) Niche
C) Habitat
D) None of the above
  • 29. According to Carlous Linnaeus, living things are classified _____ kingdoms
A) 5
B) 4
C) 3
D) 2
  • 30. Car Von Line published the classification of plants in _____
A) 2025
B) 1999
C) 1753
D) 1758
  • 31. The system of giving each type of organism genus and specie name is termed ________
A) Binomial nomenclature
B) Classification
C) I don't know
D) Taxonomy
  • 32. Physiology is the study of _____
A) The study of animals
B) How plants and animals function
C) The external structures of plant and animals
D) The internal structures of plant and animals
  • 33. The systematic process of making enquiry about living and non living things in our environment is _____
A) Science
B) Biology
C) Technology
D) Physics
  • 34. Irritability is also known as ______
A) Adaptability
B) Succession
C) Sensitivity
D) Competition
  • 35. The scientific name of Agama lizard is ______
A) Argama oryza
B) Agama agama
C) Agama sinesis
D) Argama argama
  • 36. The term biology is coined from a _____ word
A) Arabic
B) Hebrew
C) Greek
D) Latin
  • 37. Carlos Linnaeus is a ______scientist
A) Swiss
B) Nigerian
C) Ghanian
D) Togolese
  • 38. Lion belong to family ______
A) Felidae
B) Canivora
C) Homonidae
D) Mammalia
  • 39. _____is not true about kingdom Monera
A) They are prokaryotic
B) There is no sexual reproduction
C) There is sexual reproduction
D) They may possess autotrophic and heterotrophic mode of nutrition
  • 40. Kingdom plantae is divided into three phyla namely
A) Rhodophyta, Chlorophyta, Phaecophyta
B) Thallophyta, Bryophyta, Tracheophyta
C) Gymnosperm, Angiosperm, Dicotyledonous
D) Pteridophyta, Spermatophya, Angiophyta
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