AIC SS 2 Biology Revision Questions - 3rd Term 23/24
  • 1. 1. The following are all types of aquatic habitats except ......
A) Marine
B) Estuarine
C) Fresh water
D) Eschew
  • 2. 2. All of the following are characteristics of salt marsh habitat, except......
A) Low light penetration
B) Presence of low level oxygen
C) High salinity
D) Presence of high-level oxygen
  • 3. 3. The major zones of the marine habitat include all except.........
A) Benthic zone
B) Littoral zone
C) Meridian zone
D) Supratidal zone
  • 4. 4. The following are characteristics of Freshwater habitats except.....
A) Variation in temperature
B) Low salinity
C) High concentration of oxygen content
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) Eutropication
B) Eutriphication
C) Etrophication
D) Eutrophication
  • 6. 6. Tropical rain forest has the following characteristics except.......
A) Presence of broad leaves
B) Presence of buttress root.
C) Existence of canopies
D) Presence of thick barks
  • 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) Respiratory surface
B) Respiratory medium
C) Water vapour
D) Transportation 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 fume
C) Gill raker
D) Gill filament
  • 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) Distal tubule
B) Henle's loop
C) Bowman's capsule
D) Urethra
  • 13. 13. One of the following is not a cause of food shortage.
A) War
B) Urbanisation
C) Poor storage facilities
D) Overpopulation
  • 14. 14. Effects of food shortage on the size of a population include the following except.......
A) Decline in the rate of reproduction
B) Increased supply of a particular type of food
C) Emigration
D) Competition
  • 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) Light
C) Mortality
D) Food
  • 17. 17. A factor which limits the population growth is called .......
A) Balance in nature
B) Dispersal
C) Environmental resistance
D) Limiting factor
  • 18. 18. One of the following is not an importance of family planning to a nation.
A) Promotion of maternal and mother's health
B) Prevention of indiscriminate abortion
C) Increased risk of STDs
D) Prevention of population explosion
  • 19. 19. The organelle used for osmoregulation in unicellular organisms such as amoeba and paramecium is called ..........
A) Contractile vacuole
B) Cytoplasm
C) Ribosome
D) Endoplasmic reticulum
  • 20. 20. The maintenance of a fairly constant internal environment in an organism is known as .........
A) Neutralisation
B) Osmotic pressure balance
C) Concentration gradient
D) Homeostasis
  • 21. What adaptive feature do animals in estuarine habitats have to deal with the changing salinity levels?
A) Camouflage
B) Water-retaining cells
C) Osmoregulation
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) Water-retaining cells
B) Salt-excreting glands
C) Thick cuticle
D) Waxy coating
  • 24. Which of the following is a major zone of the marine habitat?
A) Desert zone
B) Intertidal zone
C) Grassland zone
D) Freshwater zone
  • 25. Which of the following is an advantage of double circulation?
A) Increased efficiency of oxygen delivery to cells
B) Decreased heart rate
C) Decreased oxygen delivery to cells
D) Increased blood pressure
  • 26. Which of the following is a characteristic of open circulation?
A) Blood is pumped directly to the entire body
B) Blood flows from the heart to the gills and then to the rest of the body
C) Blood is transported in a closed system of blood vessels
D) Blood passes through a heart with four chambers
  • 27. What is the purpose of capillaries?
A) To exchange oxygen and nutrients with cells
B) To store blood
C) To regulate blood pressure
D) To transport large molecules
  • 28. What is the main function of the xylem?
A) To transport water and minerals
B) To transport sugars and amino acids
C) To transport oxygen and carbon dioxide
D) To transport hormones and growth factors
  • 29. Which part of the plant is responsible for most transpiration?
A) Stems
B) Leaves
C) Roots
D) Flowers
  • 30. What is the main substance translocated in phloem?
A) Minerals
B) Sugars
C) Amino acids
D) Water
  • 31. Which vascular tissue is responsible for translocation?
A) Cambium
B) Xylem
C) Phloem
D) Collenchyma
  • 32. What is translocation in plants?
A) The movement of hormones from shoots to roots
B) The movement of oxygen from leaves to roots
C) The movement of sugars and amino acids from leaves 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) 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) Stomata transpiration
C) Root transpiration
D) Cuticular transpiration
  • 35. What is the main driver of transpiration in plants?
A) Translocation
B) Respiration
C) Photosynthesis
D) Evaporation
  • 36. What is the main factor affecting root pressure?
A) Water availability
B) Humidity
C) Light
D) Temperature
  • 37. What is the cohesion-tension mechanism?
A) The force that pushes water up the xylem
B) The force that holds water in the xylem
C) The force that pulls water up the xylem
D) The force that repels water from the xylem
  • 38. Which experiment can measure transpiration rate?
A) Respiration experiment
B) Photosynthesis experiment
C) Translocation experiment
D) Potometer experiment
  • 39. What is the unit of measurement for transpiration rate?
A) mL/min
B) mm/sec
C) cm3/sec
D) mL/hr
  • 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 low to high concentration
C) The movement of water from low to low concentration
D) The movement of water from high to high concentration
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