Biology SSS 1

Objectives
1. Viruses are economically important because they _____. (a) do not have cell
structures (b) can only reproduce inside living cells. (c) cause diseases in
plants and animals (d) exist as crystals outside living cells
2. Which of the following statements about living things is correct? (a) animals
respire using carbon(iv)oxide as a raw material (b) growth in plants is
limited after some time (c) most plants respond to stimulus slowly (d) higher
animals can reproduce asexually
3. Tropical rain forests can be conserved by the following practices except
_____. (a) agroforestry (b) deforestation (c) shifting cultivation (d) crop
rotation
4. The atmosphere can be polluted by which of the following? l. Fertilizer II.
Insecticides III. Sewage IV. Crude oil V. Sulphur dioxide. (a) l only (b) lll
only (c) lV only (d) ll and lV only
5. Plants and animals of an ecosystem make up a _____. (a) habitat (b)
succession (c) community (d) population
6. Soil with the finest texture is _____. (a) silt (b) clay (c) sand (d) gravel
7. Air pollution can be reduced by the following methods except _____.
(a) building tall factory chimneys (b) passing waste gases through filters and
absorbers (c) using lead-free petrol in car (d) recycling tins, cans and bottles
8. The cell is a functional unit of living organisms because _____. (a)
multicellular organisms are made up of cells (b) all cells in a multicellular
organism function as a single cell (c) the function of a multicellular
organism is the sum total of the functions of its constituent cells (d) the
function of a single cell is superior to that of the multicellular organism (e)
the cells of a multicelullar organism are similar in structure
9. What can best be described as the science of life? (a) anatomy (b) biology
(c) ecology (d) phylogeny
10.Which of the following characteristics is not possessed by most plants?
Ability to (a) move away from stimuli (b) respire (c) reproduce (d) adopt to
environment.
11.The following life processes are common to both plants and animals
except_____. (a) respiration (b) growth (c) reproduction (d) photosynthesis
12.Which of following is not a characteristics possessed by most plants? Ability
to _____. (a) move away from stimuli (b) respire (c) reproduce (d) adapt to
environment
13.The main two branches of biology are _____. (a) morphology and anatomy
(b) zoology and physiology (c) botany and anatomy (d) botany and zoology
14.The scientific study of heredity and variation in living things is known as
_____. (a) Ecology (b) Genetics (c) Anatomy (d) Morphology
15.Which of the following substances will living things not respond to? (a) light
(b) heat (c) sound (d) food
16.Which of these is not what living things needed in order for them to survive?
(a) food (b) sound(c) light (d) space
17.The breakdown of food into simple, soluble and absorbable end-product is
termed (a) absorption (b) Ingestion (c) digestion (d) nutrition
18.Which of these is the smallest group of organism? (a) kingdom (b) order (c)
class (d) genus
19.Which of the following does not fit into any of the five kingdoms? (a) virus
(b) England (c) bacteria (d) fungi
20.A collection of cells that are similar in structure and perform similar function
is known as _____. (a) system (b) tissue (c) tissue-cell (d) organs
21.The existence of life from a single called organism to a multicellular
organism with complex forms that perform different function is known as
_____. (a) higher organization (b) existence of complexity (c) organization
of life (d) characteristics of life
22.The deficiency of vitamin D and calcium ions the diet of a human causes
_____. (a) anaemia (b)night-blindness (c) kwashiorkor (d) rickets
23.Chemical energy in wood is converted to _____ and _____ energy when
firewood is burned. (a) kinetic, heat (b) light, heat (c) heat, kinetic (d)
chemical, sound
24.An example of system in the human body are all these except _____. (a)
reproductive system (b) circulatory system (c) heart system, (d) excretory
system
25.The group mollusca is characterized by the presence of _____. (a) jointed
appendages (b) star-shaped bodies (c) soft, non-segmented bodies (d)
backbones
26.The branch of Biology that deals with the principles of classification of
organisms is known as _____. (a) biological index (b) ecology (c) taxonomy
(d) nomenclature
27.Which of the following features enables the tape worms to live successfully
in the small intestine of human? (a)Hooks and suckers for strong attachment
(b)A long neck for forming young proglottis (c) The absence of
segmentation and appendages (d) Possession of flame cells for excretion
28.Which of the following is an example of a prokaryotic cell? (a) Algae (b)
Fungi (c) Bacteria (d) Protozoa
29.Which of the following best describes an enzyme? (a) A protein that speeds
up chemical reactions (b) A type of carbohydrate (c) A genetic material (d) A
form of lipid
30.Which of the following is not one of the main features of photosynthesis? (a)
photosynthesis take place in the chloroplasts of plant cells in the presence of
sunlight (b) The raw materials of the process are the low-energy containing
inorganic compounds e.g. carbon dioxide and water (c) The energy needed
to drive this anabolic process does not comes from the sunlight (d) The final
products of the process are high energy containing sugars
31._____ are flowering plants that form the largest group in the plant kingdom.
(a) Gymnosperms (b) Spermatophyte (c) Angiosperms (d) Cones:
32.Which of these is not a monocotyledonous plant? (a) maize (b) oil-palm (c)
yam (d) rice
33.Vertebrates are divided into all of the classes except _____. (a) Pisces (b)
Aves (c) Insecta (d) Reptila
34.Green plants lose water to the atmosphere through the process of _____. (a)
respiration (b) photosynthesis (c) transpiration (d) translocation
35.Which of the following is a characteristic of living things? (a) growth (b)
Photosynthesis (c) Movement (d) Reproduction
36.Which of these structures is common to both plant and animal cells? (a)
Chloroplast (b) Cell wall (c) Nucleus (d) Large central vacuole
37.The locomotory organ for paramecium is _____. (a) pseudopodia (b) flagella
(c) filia (d) feet
38.Fishes carries out gaseous exchange by _____. (a) body surface (b) gulls (c)
bladder (d) lateral line system
39.How many Kingdoms are there in the classification of living things? (a) five
(b) fifteen (c) four (d) seven
40.The two division of Kingdom monera kingdom are _____ and _____. (a)
Bryophyta and Tallophyta (b) schzophyta and Tallophyta (c)Gyanophyta and
schizophyta (d) protista and protozoa.
 41.Excessive bleeding from an injury may due to lack of vitamin _____. (a) A
(b) B (c) D (d) K
42.What is the full meaning of DNA? (a) Deoxytribonucleic acid (b)
DeoxyNitronucleic acid (c) Deoxyribonucle acid (d) Doxynitronucleus acid.
43.All of these are excretory products except (a) water (b) salts (c) sugar (d)
urea
44.Which of these is capable of polluting water? (a) smoke (b) rainfall (c)
sewage (d) carbon monoxide
45.Erosion could be prevented by _____ . (a) burning (b) ploughing (c) cover
cropping (d) grazing
46.The removal of unwanted waste product is known as _____ . (a) irritability
(b) nutrition (c) excretion (d) respiration.
47.Which of the following is a biotic factor in an ecosystem?(a) Temperature
(b) Light (c) Bacteria (d) Soil
48.Which of the following structures is not a sense organ? (a) Eye (b) Tongue
(c) mouth (d) skin
49.The ability of organisms to response to change in environment is called
_____ . (a) stimulus (b) dialysis (c) hepatitis (d) irritability
50.Which of the following is a method of soil conservation? (a) Deforestation
(b) Overgrazing (c) Crop rotation (d) Urbanization
Theory
1. (a) What is photosynthesis?
(b) List: (i) four external factors
(ii) two internal factors; that affect the rate of photosynthesis.
(c)(i)List the major products of the light dependent stage of photosynthesis.
(ii)State the importance of each of the products listed in (c)(i) above.
(d) State one way in which chlorophyll is important in plants
2. (a) Describe the mode of nutrition in a named carnivorous plant.
(b) (i) What are autotrophs?
(ii) Name two unicellular organisms that are autotrophs
(c) Name three organisms that carry out holozoic mode of nutrition.
(d) (i) Explain briefly the relationship between three examples of symbiotic
organisms.
(ii) State two effects of parasites.
3. (a) State four characteristics of enzymes
(b) (i) List two digestive enzymes produced in the duodenum of human.
(c) (i) Name two diseases that can attack plant crops.
(ii) State six beneficial effects of microorganism to humans.
(d) State three differences between tillage and bush burning as farming practices.
4. (a (i) What is ecology?
(ii) Explain the term ecological niche using an example.
(b) Explain the following terms:
(i) biosphere
(ii)population
(iii)community
(iv)ecosystem.
(c) Name one instrument each used for measuring:
(i) relative humidity
(ii) wind speed
5.(a) (i) What is a habitat?
(ii) State three roles of a decomposer in an ecosystem.
(b) State two effects of high temperature on a terrestrial habitat.
(c) (i) List four bacterial disease associated with poor food hygiene.
(ii) State three effects of poor food hygiene.
(d) Explain briefly the biological basis of preserving foods using each of the
following methods;
(i) salting (ii) irradiation (iii) smoking
6. (a) List three characteristics of living organisms.
(b) (i) Explain briefly the characteristics listed in (a) above.
(ii) Using the three characteristics listed in question 1(a) above explain how plants
can be described as living things.
(c) In a tabular form, state four differences between plants and animals.
7. (a) Name one organism that exhibits both plants and animal features.
(b) State two animal features and two plant features possessed by the organism
named in question (1a) above.
(c) Give a clear and well labeled drawing of the organism.