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) Eschew
C) Estuarine
D) Marine
  • 2. 2. All of the following are characteristics of salt marsh habitat, except......
A) High salinity
B) Presence of low level oxygen
C) Low light penetration
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) Supratidal zone
D) Benthic zone
  • 4. 4. The following are characteristics of Freshwater habitats except.....
A) Low concentration of oxygen content
B) Low salinity
C) High concentration of oxygen content
D) Variation in temperature
  • 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) Eutriphication
C) Eutropication
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 Britain desert
B) Kalahari desert
C) Arabian desert
D) Great Australian desert
  • 8. 8. The condition necessary for respiration include the following except........
A) Transportation medium
B) Respiratory surface
C) Respiratory medium
D) Water vapour
  • 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) Moist surface
C) Thin-walled to shorten diffusion distance and make diffusion easier and faster
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 raker
C) Gill arch
D) Gill filament
  • 11. 11. The following are the processes involved in the formation of urine except.......
A) Ultra filteration
B) Hormonal secretion
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) Urethra
C) Distal tubule
D) Bowman's capsule
  • 13. 13. One of the following is not a cause of food shortage.
A) Urbanisation
B) War
C) Poor storage facilities
D) Overpopulation
  • 14. 14. Effects of food shortage on the size of a population include the following except.......
A) Increased supply of a particular type of food
B) Competition
C) Emigration
D) Decline in the rate of reproduction
  • 15. 15. Abiotic factors affecting a population include the following except......
A) Heat
B) Parasites
C) Water
D) Space
  • 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) Limiting factor
B) Balance in nature
C) Environmental resistance
D) Dispersal
  • 18. 18. One of the following is not an importance of family planning to a nation.
A) Prevention of population explosion
B) Promotion of maternal and mother's health
C) Prevention of indiscriminate abortion
D) Increased risk of STDs
  • 19. 19. The organelle used for osmoregulation in unicellular organisms such as amoeba and paramecium is called ..........
A) Contractile vacuole
B) Endoplasmic reticulum
C) Cytoplasm
D) Ribosome
  • 20. 20. The maintenance of a fairly constant internal environment in an organism is known as .........
A) Osmotic pressure balance
B) Homeostasis
C) Concentration gradient
D) Neutralisation
  • 21. What adaptive feature do animals in estuarine habitats have to deal with the changing salinity levels?
A) Water-retaining cells
B) Osmoregulation
C) Camouflage
D) Salt-excreting glands
  • 22. What adaptive feature do plants in estuarine habitats have to deal with the changing water levels?
A) Stilt roots
B) No roots
C) Shallow roots
D) Deep roots
  • 23. What adaptive feature do organisms in the marine habitat have to deal with the high salt concentration?
A) Salt-excreting glands
B) Thick cuticle
C) Water-retaining cells
D) Waxy coating
  • 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) Increased efficiency of oxygen delivery to cells
B) Increased blood pressure
C) Decreased heart rate
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 store blood
B) To exchange oxygen and nutrients with cells
C) To transport large molecules
D) To regulate blood pressure
  • 28. What is the main function of the xylem?
A) To transport sugars and amino acids
B) To transport oxygen and carbon dioxide
C) To transport hormones and growth factors
D) To transport water and minerals
  • 29. Which part of the plant is responsible for most transpiration?
A) Flowers
B) Leaves
C) Stems
D) Roots
  • 30. What is the main substance translocated in phloem?
A) Minerals
B) Water
C) Sugars
D) Amino acids
  • 31. Which vascular tissue is responsible for translocation?
A) Cambium
B) Phloem
C) Xylem
D) Collenchyma
  • 32. What is translocation in plants?
A) The movement of oxygen from leaves to roots
B) The movement of water and minerals from roots to leaves
C) The movement of sugars and amino acids from leaves to roots
D) The movement of hormones from shoots to roots
  • 33. Which physiological factor affects the rise of water in the xylem?
A) Root pressure
B) Cohesion
C) Adhesion
D) Transpiration pull
  • 34. Which type of transpiration occurs through small openings on the surface of leaves?
A) Lenticular transpiration
B) Cuticular transpiration
C) Stomata transpiration
D) Root transpiration
  • 35. What is the main driver of transpiration in plants?
A) Respiration
B) Evaporation
C) Photosynthesis
D) Translocation
  • 36. What is the main factor affecting root pressure?
A) Humidity
B) Water availability
C) Light
D) Temperature
  • 37. What is the cohesion-tension mechanism?
A) The force that holds water in the xylem
B) The force that pulls water up 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) Potometer experiment
B) Photosynthesis experiment
C) Translocation experiment
D) Respiration experiment
  • 39. What is the unit of measurement for transpiration rate?
A) cm3/sec
B) mL/hr
C) mm/sec
D) mL/min
  • 40. What is the water potential gradient in plants?
A) The movement of water from high to low concentration
B) The movement of water from high to high concentration
C) The movement of water from low to low concentration
D) The movement of water from low to high concentration
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