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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) Eschew
B) Estuarine
C) Fresh water
D) Marine
  • 2. 2. All of the following are characteristics of salt marsh habitat, except......
A) Presence of low level oxygen
B) Presence of high-level oxygen
C) Low light penetration
D) High salinity
  • 3. 3. The major zones of the marine habitat include all except.........
A) Supratidal zone
B) Littoral zone
C) Benthic zone
D) Meridian zone
  • 4. 4. The following are characteristics of Freshwater habitats except.....
A) Low salinity
B) Variation in temperature
C) Low concentration of oxygen content
D) High 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) Presence of broad leaves
B) Presence of thick barks
C) Presence of buttress root.
D) Existence of canopies
  • 7. 7. One of the following is not a known desert
A) Great Britain desert
B) Great Australian desert
C) Arabian desert
D) Kalahari desert
  • 8. 8. The condition necessary for respiration include the following except........
A) Water vapour
B) Transportation medium
C) Respiratory medium
D) Respiratory surface
  • 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) Moist surface
C) Large surface area to aid easy diffusion of gases
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 raker
B) Gill arch
C) Gill fume
D) Gill filament
  • 11. 11. The following are the processes involved in the formation of urine except.......
A) Ultra filteration
B) Hormonal secretion
C) Selective reabsorption
D) Glomerulus in the bowman's capsule
  • 12. 12. Selective reabsorption occurs in one of the following.
A) Urethra
B) Henle's loop
C) Bowman's capsule
D) Distal tubule
  • 13. 13. One of the following is not a cause of food shortage.
A) War
B) Poor storage facilities
C) Overpopulation
D) Urbanisation
  • 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) Decline in the rate of reproduction
C) Competition
D) Emigration
  • 15. 15. Abiotic factors affecting a population include the following except......
A) Heat
B) Parasites
C) Space
D) Water
  • 16. 16. The following are biotic factors affecting a population except......
A) Light
B) Competition
C) Food
D) Mortality
  • 17. 17. A factor which limits the population growth is called .......
A) Environmental resistance
B) Balance in nature
C) Dispersal
D) Limiting factor
  • 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) Cytoplasm
B) Endoplasmic reticulum
C) Ribosome
D) Contractile vacuole
  • 20. 20. The maintenance of a fairly constant internal environment in an organism is known as .........
A) Neutralisation
B) Homeostasis
C) Osmotic pressure balance
D) Concentration gradient
  • 21. What adaptive feature do animals in estuarine habitats have to deal with the changing salinity levels?
A) Salt-excreting glands
B) Osmoregulation
C) Water-retaining cells
D) Camouflage
  • 22. What adaptive feature do plants in estuarine habitats have to deal with the changing water levels?
A) Stilt roots
B) Shallow roots
C) Deep roots
D) No roots
  • 23. What adaptive feature do organisms in the marine habitat have to deal with the high salt concentration?
A) Salt-excreting glands
B) Waxy coating
C) Water-retaining cells
D) Thick cuticle
  • 24. Which of the following is a major zone of the marine habitat?
A) Desert zone
B) Intertidal zone
C) Freshwater zone
D) Grassland zone
  • 25. Which of the following is an advantage of double circulation?
A) Increased efficiency of oxygen delivery to cells
B) Decreased oxygen delivery to cells
C) Decreased heart rate
D) Increased blood pressure
  • 26. Which of the following is a characteristic of open circulation?
A) Blood passes through a heart with four chambers
B) Blood is transported in a closed system of blood vessels
C) Blood flows from the heart to the gills and then to the rest of the body
D) Blood is pumped directly to the entire body
  • 27. What is the purpose of capillaries?
A) To regulate blood pressure
B) To exchange oxygen and nutrients with cells
C) To transport large molecules
D) To store blood
  • 28. What is the main function of the xylem?
A) To transport sugars and amino acids
B) To transport hormones and growth factors
C) To transport water and minerals
D) To transport oxygen and carbon dioxide
  • 29. Which part of the plant is responsible for most transpiration?
A) Stems
B) Flowers
C) Roots
D) Leaves
  • 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) Xylem
B) Phloem
C) Cambium
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 water and minerals from roots to leaves
D) The movement of sugars and amino acids from leaves to roots
  • 33. Which physiological factor affects the rise of water in the xylem?
A) Cohesion
B) Adhesion
C) Transpiration pull
D) Root pressure
  • 34. Which type of transpiration occurs through small openings on the surface of leaves?
A) Stomata transpiration
B) Cuticular transpiration
C) Lenticular 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) 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 repels water from the xylem
C) The force that pulls water up the xylem
D) The force that holds water in the xylem
  • 38. Which experiment can measure transpiration rate?
A) Photosynthesis experiment
B) Translocation experiment
C) Respiration experiment
D) Potometer experiment
  • 39. What is the unit of measurement for transpiration rate?
A) mL/min
B) cm3/sec
C) mm/sec
D) mL/hr
  • 40. What is the water potential gradient in plants?
A) The movement of water from high to high concentration
B) The movement of water from high to low 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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