SS 2 BIOLOGY 5.

In which of the following is the cell NOT

capable of independent existence
1ST TERM EXAMS. SECTION ONE OBJ.
(A) Paramecium
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS (B) Euglena
(C) Spirogyra
1. Which of the following statements best (D) Amoeba
describes species 6. The structure responsible for
(A) The naming, describing and reproduction in the cell is
classifying of organisms (A) Nucleus
(B) Organisms of the same genus with (B) Mitochondrion
different characters (C) Endoplasmic reticulum
(C) A group of organisms that (D) Lysosome
interbreed to produce viable off 7. Which of the following statements best
springs defines plasmolysis
(D) Organisms within the same family (A) Shrinking of the cytoplasm away
that share the same characteristics from the cell wall due to water loss
(B) Movement of water from a region
of higher concentration to a region
of lower concentration
(C) Shrinking of an animal cell when
placed in a hypotonic solution
(D) Absorption of water by cells leading
to turgidity
8. When the tip of a shoot is removed in
an experiment on phototropism, the
shoot
(A) Stops growing
2. The organism in the diagram belong to (B) Maintains straight growth
class (C) Bends downwards
(A) Insect (D) Bends away from light
(B) Arachnida 9. The main importance of excretion to a
(C) Chilopoda living organism is that it
(D) Crustacean (A) Gets rid of toxic waste
3. In which of the following habitat can (B) Reduces constipation in the cell
the organism be found (C) Remove all the water from the cell
(A) Marine (D) Builds up the body of the cell
(B) Forest 10. The layer of cell which is specially
(C) Swamp designed to absorb sunlight in the
(D) Pond leaves is
4. The structure that confirms the habitat (A) Upper epidermis
of the organism is (B) Lower epidermis
(A) Antenna (C) Guard cells
(B) Compound eye (D) Palisade mesophyll
(C) Abdomen
(D) Uropod
11. Which of the following food items
produces the greatest amount of 15. The diagram also represents
energy for the farmer (A) Pyramid of biomass
(A) Beans (B) Histogram
(B) Vegetables (C) Food chain
(C) Cabbage (D) Food web
(D) Yam 16. Which group of organisms are likely to
12. Rivers, lakes, oceans, are part of the be found in the part labeled III
(A) Biosphere (A) Producers
(B) Lithosphere (B) Carnivores
(C) Hydrosphere (C) Primary consumers
(D) Atmosphere (D) Secondary consumers
13. Which of the following populations is 17. In which of the labeled parts in the
most likely to go into extinction diagram will herbivores be found
(A) A small population in a very (A) I
unstable environment (B) II
(B) Large population with high survival (C) III
value (D) IV
(C) Small population with adequate
resources In a population of rats, the statistics
(D) Large population with little show 86 births and 36 deaths, per
predation 1000. Use this statement to answer
14. Interaction between living and non-livi the questions 18 and 19.
ng components of the environment is 18. What is the birth rate of the rats
called (A) 8.6%
(A) A community (B) 10.9%
(B) An ecosystem (C) 34.0%
(C) A biotic factor (D) 86.0%
(D) An abiotic factor 19. Wild life is conserved in
(A) Game reserves
The diagram below is a representation (B) Forest reserves
of a pyramid of numbers. Use it to (C) Amusement parks
answer the following questions (D) Natural parks
20. Which of the following statements is
true of all living cells
(A) They are surrounded by cell walls
(B) They are the basic unit of life
(C) About 30% of the cell is made up of
water
(D) They have chloroplast for the
production of food
21. A virus is not regarded as a cell because 26. The part labeled I is the
(A) It has no nucleus or cytoplasm (A) Nucleus
(B) Has no nuclear material (B) Vacuole
(C) It has no cell membrane (C) Ribosome
(D) Cannot be seen under the light (D) chloroplast
microscope 27. which of the following reagents is used
22. Which of the following organisms are for testing the presence of reducing
called eukaryotic sugars
(A) Protozoa (A) benedict and Felling’s solution
(B) Bacteria (B) benedict and Sudan III solution
(C) Viruses (C) iodine and Felling’s solution
(D) Blue green algae (D) millon and Biuret solution
23. Which structure in the plant cell 28. The functionsl role of an organism in a
contains cell sap community is termed
(A) Cell wall (A) Ecological system
(B) Cell vacuole (B) Food web
(C) Chloroplast (C) Ecological niche
(D) Nucleus (D) Food chain
29. The base of a pyramid of numbers may
be narrow because the
(A) Producers are numerous
(B) Primary consumers are ruminants
(C) Producers comprise mainly of trees
(D) Carnivores occupy the second
trophic level

24. The part labeled II is a

(A) Kidney
(B) Bean seed
(C) Stomatal pore
(D) Cell
25. The function of the part labeled II is for
(A) Transport of mineral salts
30. Which of the following statement about
(B) Emergence of the radicle
the organism in the diagram below is
(C) Transport of manufactured food
not correct
(D) Gaseous exchange
(A) It is destructive to farmers
(B) The larvae are called caterpillars
(C) Has aesthetic value
(D) It is the adult in the developmental
stage
31. The organism belongs to phylum 39. Mammals that lay eggs are called
(A) Arachnida (A) Monotrems
(B) Insect (B) Marsupials
(C) Arthropoda (C) Rodents
(D) Criustacea (D) Primates
32. The relationship of the organism with 40. A fresh kolanut weighing 10gms was
plants in the ecosystem is put into a salt solution and after
(A) Parasitic 3hrsthe kolanut weighed 12 gms. This
(B) Mutualism simple experiment demonstrates that
(C) Saprophytic the
(D) Commensalism (A) Cell sap of the kolanut is more
33. Which of the following organisms feed concentrated than the solution
on dead organic matter (B) The solution is more concentrated
(A) Lichens than the cell sap of the kola nut
(B) Rhizopus (C) Kola nut lost some water to the salt
(C) Mistle toe solution
(D) Spirogyra (D) The solution has the same
34. Which of the following organisms concentration as the cell sap of the
exhibits adaptive coloration kola nut
(A) Rabbit 41. The census method of population
(B) Chameleon sampling is NOT suitable for which of
(C) Mouse the following organisms
(D) Dog (A) Butterflies
35. The feeding habit of amoeba is (B) Mango tree
(A) Parasitic (C) Cats
(B) Endocytic (D) Chicken
(C) Pinocytic 42. Which of these organisms may likely
(D) Phagocytic show a random distribution in their
36. Which of the following plant hormones habitat
can be used to make plants tall (A) Baboons
(A) Ethylene (B) Earthworms
(B) Gibberellin (C) Termites
(C) Cytokinin (D) Blue jays
(D) Abscisic acid 43. Which of these cells of the hydra helps
37. Star fishes belong to the phylum in the sumersaulting movement of the
(A) Pisces animal
(B) Osteichthyes (A) Glandular cell
(C) Echinodermata (B) Musculo epithelial cell
(D) Mollusca (C) Flagellated cell
38. Octopuses belong to the phylym (D) Phagocytic cell
(A) Pisces
(B) Osteichthyes
(C) Echinodermata
(D) Mollusca
44. Which of these cells helps in
maintaining the freshness of the
enteron in the hydra
(A) Flagellated cell
(B) Glandular cell
(C) Musculoo epitelial cell
(D) Phagocytic cell
45. Which of these organelles has the
capacity of breaking down substances
in the cell
(A) Lysosome
(B) Ribosome
(C) Golgi body
(D) Mitochondrs
46. Aerobic respiration takes place in the
(A) Lysosome
(B) Ribosome
(C) Golgi body
(D) Mithochondria
47. Which of these organelles is involved in
cell division
(A) Smooth E R
(B) Centrioles
(C) Chloroplasts
(D) Lysosomes
48. Which of these is NOT found in an
animal cell
(A) Cell membrane
(B) Cell wall
(C) Centriole
(D) Nuclear pore
49. Which of these scientists help to
propound the cello theory
(A) Mattias Schleidon
(B) Gregor Mendel
(C) Robert Hooke
(D) Charles Darwin
50. The relationship between chicken and
maize is
(A) Producer consumer
(B) Prey predator
(C) Host parasite
(D) None of the above
SECTION TWO ESSAY QUESTIONS

ANSWER TWO QUESTIONS ONLY FROM THIS SECTION

1. (a) write short notes on the following

Habitat, community, population
(b) make a food web with the following list of organisms
Tridax, gradd, , rabbit, grass hopper, ant , lizard, chameleon, snake, hawk, antelope, toad
(c) what type of habitat can support the list of organisms above.

2. explain an experiment to demonstrate osmosis in a living system

3. make a labeled diagram of the ultra structure of a plant cell. 8-9cm.