BIOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS FOR SS1 THIRD TERM

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THIRD TERM EXAMINATION             

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SUBJECT   BIOLOGY                         CLASS: S. S. S ONE      DURATION 2HR

1. Which of these is a micro-organism?  A.  bacteria   B. mosses  C. spirogyra  D. fern.

2. When bacteria are arranged in chains they are called ————–   A.  spirilla   B staphylococci    C streptococci  D bacilli

3. Virus are considered to be living organism because they ————-   A. possess transmittable character  B. move from one place to another C. respond to stimulation  D. ingest food materials

4. Which of the following does a virus have in common with animals?  A. nucleus  B.DNA  C .glycogen  D .cytoplasm.

5. Which of the following diseases is not caused by bacteria?  A .tuberculosis  B.  syphillis  C. cholera   D. chicken pox.

6. Which of the following  is not  a protozoan?.  A. paramecium  B. plasmodium   C.    penicillium  D. amoeba

7. Which of the following pairs are examples of unicellular algae?  A yeast and chlamydomonas   B. chlamydomonas and protoccocus   C. spirogyra and yeast  D.spirogyra  and protoccocus.

8  .Which of the following best defines a culture solution?  A.a population of micro-organism cultivated in a medium.   B. a population of weeds cultivated in a medium  C. solution containing different chemicals   D. solution containing dead organisms.

9. Which of the following habitats is a means of keeping micro-organisms from striving on our body?  A. trimming our nails regularly B .taking three meals regularly C .wearing beautiful dresses D .working hard at one’s job.

10.  All  of the following allow for the natural growth of micro-organisms except  A .air  B .food  C. soil  D .agar.

11. The first person to discover micro-organisms was  A. Van Leeuwenhoek   B .Louis Pasteur C.  Spallanzani  D. Robert Koch.

12. All of the following are micro-organisms except  A .bacteria   B. virus  C. mosses  D. cyanobacteria.

13 .Which of these is not  a fungus?  A .Rhizopus  B. plasmodium  C.  mucor  D. aspergillus.

14 .The following diseases can be spread through contact except  A. leprosy   B. syphilis   C. tuberculosis D. filariasis

15. The growth phase in bacteria in which bacterial cells divided steadily at a constant rate is called:  A. Exponential phase  B. lag phase  C. stationary phase  D. decline phase E. dividing phase

16. Growth of microorganism can be measured by the following methods except;  A. serial dilution method  B. turbidity method  C. physical counting method D. squared transparent paper E. dry weight method.

17. Which of the following microbes cause cholera? A. virus B. bacterium C. protozoan  D. plasmodium  E. fungus

18. The following practices contribute to controlling the spread of diseases except: A. sewage treatment with chemicals. B. proper sewage disposal C. disinfecting the surrounding D. using human waste as manure

19. The vector of the trypnosome parasite is A. housefly B. tsetsefly C. mosquito D. black fly E. may fly

20. All the following are caused by bacteria except A. cholera B. leprosy C. tetanus D. measles E. typhoid

21. Which of the following diseases is caused by protozoan?  A. measles B. malaria C. cholera D. leprosy E. gonorrhea

22. The time interval required for a cell of an organism to divide into two is called ——————— A. lag period B. generation period C. regeneration period D. division

23. The causative agent of malaria fever is ——————— A. male anopheles mosquito B. plasmodium C. female anopheles mosquito D. culex mosquito

24. Which of these is not one of the uses of bacteria? A. they are used in the production of amino-acids B. they are used as a leavening C. they are used production of vinegar D. they are used in the manufacture of lactic acid

25. Which of the following diseases is caused by a protozoan? A. sleeping sickness B. amoebic dysentery C. malaria D. all of the above

26. The health organization that is saddled with the responsibilities of providing  for the emergency needs  of children in devastated areas is —————– A. world health organization  B. united nation children’s fund {UNICEF}  C. international red cross society  D. Nigeria medical association.

27. A way of providing good health in a community is —————— A. control of diseases B. sewage disposal C. refuse disposal D. all of the above

28. Which of these is not a vector? A. black fly B. snake D. dog E. housefly

29. A diseases characterized by high fevers,  loss of weight, chronic, diarrhea, skin fever, wasting away and final death is ——————- A. gonorrhea B. AID’S  C. syphilis D. staphylococcus

30. Deficiency of protein in the diet of the young children will result in a diseases called    A. night blindness  B. river blindness   C. marasmus  D. kwashiorkor.

31. An example of noise pollutant is   A. aero plane or aviation noise   B. crude oil   C. fertilizer   D. metal scrape.

32 . Which of the following is a producer?  A. rhizopus   B. snail  C .spirogyra  D. tadpole.

33.An interlocking form of feeding relationship is called   A. food chain  B. nutrition  C. consumer  D. food web

34 .In a food chain, each stage in the chain is a   A .chain level  B. web level  C .trophic level  D .consumption level.

35 .In  a complex food relationship in a community, the primary, secondary and tertiary consumers are referred to as    A. symbiosis  B. omnivores  Heterotrophs  D. carnivores.

36. Which of the following organisms has a symbiotic with green algae?  A.  amoeba  B .paramecium  C .euglena  D. hydra.

37.The numerical relationships of  any chain in a  community is the  A. food web B. population ratio  C. pyramid of number  D. number of each species.

Use the diagram below to answer questions38—41

                                      King fish

                                     Big fish

                                    Small fish

                                    Tadpole

                                   ytoplankton

38. The diagram illustrates  A. the size of various organisms  B. types of organisms in a habitat   C .the flow of energy in a habitat D .the hierarchy of organisms in a habitat.

39. Which of the following organisms has the highest energy?  A .king  fisher  B. big fish  C. tadpole  D .phytoplankton.

40. Which of these organisms occupies the third trophic level?  A. king fisher   B. small fish   C. tadpole  D. phytoplankton.

40. Which of these organisms has the least energy?  A. king  fisher  B. big fish  C. tadpole   D .phytoplankton.

41. Which of these organisms is a herbivore?  A. tadpole  B. phytoplankton  C .king fisher D. small fish.

42. The association in which one member benefits and the other is relatively unaffected by the interaction is termed   A. symbiosis   B. parasitism  C .commensalism   D. neutralism .

43. Which of the following is not a characteristics of  a xerophyte?    A small leaves   B. succulent leave  C. well -developed roots   D .poorly developed roots.

44. Which of the following is not   a pollutant of the air?  A. dust  B. heat  C. smoke  D. moisture.

45. Which of the following is not a renewable  natural resource?  A. soil   B. water  C .gold   D. air.

46. All of the following  are pollutants except   A. carbon(11)oxide    B.sulphur dioxide   C. lead oxide   D. oxygen.

47. Which of the following is not an annual crop?  A. rice  B. maize   C .millet   D .cocoa.

48. Which of the following  substances cannot control the growth of harmful micro-organisms?  A. antibiotic  B. antiseptic   C. hypertonic salt solution  D. isotonic sugar solution.

49. A collection of cells performing   specific function in a living thing is called   A. system   B. cells   C .organism   D. organ.

50. Which of these organisms at tissue level of organization?  A. amoeba  B. hydra  C .tapeworm  D. earthworm.

THIRD TERM SS1 BIOLOGY EXAMINATION QUESTIONS – EDUDELIGHT.COM

THEORY   QUESTIONS; Answer three questions only this section

1a. What is immunization? (2mk

b. State three diseases which can be prevented by immunization and name their causative organism (3mk

c. State five ways in which a community can maintain the health of the its members (5mk

2a.What is culturing? (2mk

b. List four instruments used for the preparation of culture solution (2mk

c. State the steps that are involved in the preparation of culture (4mk

d .Explain  an experiment to demonstrate the presence micro-organisms the dirt under the finger nails(2mk

3a.Make a labeled diagram of a bacterium (3mk

b. State two evidences to show that virus is living thing (2mk

c. Explain the following (i) a pathogen (ii) a vector   (iii)  a parasite(3mk

d. Mention one micro- organism that reside in the human mouth (1mk

4a.What is sexually transmitted disease?(1mk

B .Mention three sexually transmitted diseases and explain one of them in detail based on causative organism, mode of spread, symptoms and control (7mk

C .Name the bacteria responsible for the following diseases (1) typhoid fever (ii) tuberculosis (2mk

5a.State five benefits of micro-organisms to humans (5mk

B .State three methods by which mosquito can be prevented (3mk

c. State two functions of UNICEF to children in Nigeria (2mk

6a.State five functions of W.H.O to member countries (5mk

b. Briefly outline the steps in population studies (5mk

THIRD TERM SS1 BIOLOGY EXAMINATION QUESTIONS – EDUDELIGHT.COM

3^RD TERM EXAMINATION

CLASS: S.S.1

SUBJECT: BIOLOGY                                              

OBJECTIVES

1. Overcrowding is a situation whereby ___________

(a) population in a habitat decreases beyond normal         (b) population in a habitat increases

beyond normal        (c) population in a habitat is static        (d) all of the above

2. _________ is the average number of individual of a species per unit area of the habitat

(a) Overcrowding  (b)Habitat        (c)population size            (d) population density

3. The two important habitat are ____________ and ______________

(a)aquarium& terrestrial (b) aquatic & terrestrial         (c) All of these     (d) None of these

4. The water on the continental shelf is known as _________

(a) Littoral    (b) neritic        (c) damp      (d) splash

5. A food chain always begin with a ________

(a) producer            (b) consumer         (c) decomposers      (d) all of the above

6. The organisms that are able to use  sunlight to manufacture their food are called _________

(a) heterotrophys  (b) chemotrophys   (c)autotrophys      (d) all of these

7. _______ represents the total wet or dry mass of the organism in each trophic level

(a) Pyramids of number   (b) pyramid of biomass       (c) pyramids of energy  (d) energy content

Guinea grass                              grasshopper             toad                     snake                        hawk

8. __________ is the secondary consumer

(a) grasshoper         (b) toad      (c) hawk          (d) all of these

9. __________ & __________ are the tertiary consumers

(a) toad& snake      (b) snake & hawk        (c) grasshopper & toad   (d) all of these

10. ________ is the second tropical level

(a) guinea grass      (b) toad        (c) grasshopper        (d) hawk

11. In pyramid of energy, energy _______ from the base of the pyramid to the apex while in pyramid of number, the number of individual organisms

12.________ progressively at each trophic level

(a) decrease, decrease      (b) increase, increase       (c) decrease, increase        (d) increase, decrease

13. Which of the organism listed below is not a micro organism

(a) Virus        (b) tapeworm      (c) cocus           (d) plasmodium (e) None of the above.

13. Which of the following organism are transmitted by houseflies

(a) gonoccusspp     (b) vibrio cholera       (c) plasmodium    (d) trypanosome

14. Some micro organisms are beneficial and harmless to the body

(a) True         (b) False       (c)may be       (d) None of these

15. Bacteria can be grouped majorly into _______ and bacteria on the basis of the use of oxygen

(a) bacteria on the basis of their size    (b) bacteria  on the basis of their shape    (c) bacteria on the basis of their strength       (d)None of these

16. __________ is an example of animal disease caused by virus

(a) chicken pox       (b) influenza       (c) AIDS  (d) all of these

17. __________ is an example of food & water born diseases

(a) typhoid   (b) cholera        (c) all of these      (d) Amoebic dysentery

18. The causative organsm of sleeping sickness is _____________

(a) trypanosomes   (b) rat flea       (c) rickettsia          (d) plasmodium

19. One of these is a way of controlling harmful micro-organisms

(a)use of drugs        (b) abuse of drugs       (c) overgrazing  (d) None of these

20. _________ is not an example of STI

(a) Syphilis                (b) HIV              (c) Malaria (d) None of these

21. One of the location of HIV in the body is _________

(a)semen      (b) urine     (c) eyes (d) intestine

22. _______ & ________ are examples of pulses in plants

(a) soyabeans& maize (b) millet & guinea corn   (c) Cowpea & cassava   (d) None of these

23. Deforestation is the ___________

(a) continuous removal of trees either by felling or bush burning          (b) discontinuous removal of trees      (c) continuous removal of trees with replacement              (d) continuous removal of trees without replacement.

24. Pests can be controlled through physical and biological control only

(a)True          (b) False        (c) May be     (d) All of these

25. The introduction of natural enemies of pest to control them is __________ method

(a)chemical (b) cultural        (c) biological        (d) All of these

26. Tape worm belong to the group called _________

(a) proglottides       (b) platyhelminthes   (c) Ascaris (d) Molluscs

27. Round worm is __________

(a) Taeniasolium     (b) Ascarislumbricoides   (c) Taeniasaginata   (d)Hmenaeatruncatula

28. One of the economic importance of liver fluke is ___________

(a) it affects the digestion of food of animals   (b) it causes bilharzia         (c) it results in liver rot      (d) All of these

29. The causative agent of Newcastle diseases is __________

(a)fungi         (b) bacteria        (c) virus   (d) man

30. One of the ways of improving food production is _____________

(a) adoption of better, cultivation methods   (b) bush burning        (c) disposing sewage      (d) weeds uncontrolled.

31.     __________simply refers to the process whereby certain organizations use sunlight or chemicals to manufacture their food

          a.  Autotrophy        b.  heterotrophy      c. decompose    d. consumer

32.     _________ refers to the process or situation where certain organisms such as animals cannot manufacture their own food but depends directly or indirectly on plants for their food

33.     _________is defined as a feeding relationship involving the transfer of energy through food from producers to consumers

          a.  food chain    b. food web     c. trophic level    d. decomposer

34.     _________is defined as a complex feeding relationship among organisms in the same environment with two or more inter-related food chains

          a.  trophic level   b. Food chain      c. Food web     d. heterotrophs

35.     ________is defined as the degree of saltiness or concentration of salt solution in oceans

          a.  salinity       b.  density             c.  pressure     d. cursors

36.     __________is where a river divides into many channels before entry into

          the oceans or sea.

          a .  Lagoon            b. Delta    c. Bay     d. Desert

37.     _________is an extensive community of plants dominated by tall trees

          a.  Marst               b.  Forests             c. Desert      d. Grassland

38.     __________simply involves the technique of growing micro-organisms in special media in the laboratory

          a. Microscope       b. hand lens c.  culturing     d. cover slips

39.     _________is an animal which transmits a disease causing organisms (pathogen) from the victim of that disease to another person

          a. bacteria      b. virus       c. Vector       d, protozoa

40.     _________is the system of farming whereby different crops ae grown on the same piece of land year after year.

• Which of the following is not present in the nucleus of a cell? (a) mitochondrion (b) Chromosomes (c) Nucleolus (d) Genes
• The network of double membrane that helps to convey through the cytoplasm is the (a) endoplasmic Reticulum (b) plasma membrane (c) Vacuolar membrane (d) Nuclear Membrane
• Which of the following does not occur during photosynthesis? (a) Carbon dioxide is evolved (b) Water is split (c) energy from sunlight is absorbed (d) Oxygen is given off
• Which of the following is not regarded as a micro nutrient or trace element essential for plant growth? (a) Phosphorus (b) Zinc (c) Boron (d) Silicon
• The relationship between a herbivore and the bacteria which live in the caecum is known as (a) Symbiosis (b) Parasitism (c) Commensialism (d) Predation
• Autotrophic nutrition may be defined in terms of food obtained (a) by Synthesizing simple substances using from an external source (b) from other organisms in exchange for some products (c) by the break down of complex substances (d) by an organisms utilizing its own store of energy
• The causative organisms of sleeping sickness is the (a) Trypanosome (b) Plasmodium (c) Penicillin (d) Tsetse fly
• Which of the following are not causative organisms of plant diseases? (a) cercariae (b) Fungi (c) Viruses (d) Bacteria
• The vector of the malaria parasite is the (a) Female Annopheles (b) Male Culex (c) female Culex (d) Female Aedes
• A constituent of the exhaust gases of motor vehicles which causes serious air pollution is (a) Carbon Monoxide (b) Oxygen (c) Ozone (d) Water Vapour

BIOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS FOR SS1 THIRD TERM

THEORY

1.       Write 4 differences between food chain and food web

2a.     Define Aquatic        (b) Terrestrial       c. habitatal

2b      Mention 3 types of Aquatic habitals   2c.Mention 3 types of Aquatic habitals

3a.     What are microorganisms    b.  Name the groups of micro – organisms

b.       Name the groups of micro – organisms

c.       What is culturing    (ii) List 5 lost preparation of

4a.     Describe four diseases which are transmitted though water and food

b.       Define a Vector

c.       Define four diseases transmitted by vectors

d.       Name and describe three sexually transmitted diseases of man

5a.     List all the agricultural classification of plants

b.       Name four farming methods which may affect ecological system        

c.       List six pests of crops

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