Basic Science
JSS 2 Time: 1hr.
1. The presence of gills in fish, is an example of ________ a habitat (b)
technology (c) adaptive feature (d) respiration
2. The possession of stizalived bodies, associated with _______ animals (a)
terrestrial and arboreal (b) aquatic and terrestrial (c) aquatic and
amphibian (d) amplubian and terrestrial
3. Human beings are unique among other primates because ___________ (a)
they have higher intelligence due to a highly developed brain (b) they have
forward facing eyes (c) they have hands (d) they nails
4. The following are primate EXCEPT ________ (a) human-beings (b)
monkeys (c) chimpanzees (d) hippopotamus
5. Another name for habitat is _____________ (a) eco-system (b) biome (c)
garden (d) river
6. Which of these is not a classification of chemicals (a) industrials
(b)hazardous (c) toxic (d) liquid
7. The relationship between human beings and mosquitoes, is called
_____________ (a) commensalism (b) parasitism (c) capitalism (d) sapro-
plugtism
8. The study of the relationship between organism in the same habitat is
called ___________ (a) zoology (b) physiology (c) ecology (d) biology
9. Childhood is characterized by ___________ (a) development of secondary
sexual characteristics (b) well-formed reproductive system (c) small size (d)
well formed bones
10. The following are examples of terrestrial habitats EXCEPT ___________ (a)
grassland (b) rainforests (c) estuarine (d) desert
11. Features that help organisms to survive in a particular habitat is called
__________ (a) homes (b) adaptation (c) biome (d) habitation
12. Organism that read directly on plaids are called __________ (a) primary
consumers (b) secondary consumers (c) tertiary consumers (d) university
consumers
13. Examples of mammals are the following EXCEPT (a) fish (b) man (c) giraffe
(d) elephants
14. Human basic intelligence include the following EXCEPT (a) measurement
(b) interference (c) inference (d) reasoning and problem-solving
15. __________ refers to when the organs in the body are fully developed (a)
development (b) growth (c) maturity (d) measurement
16. Changes that occur in an organism which leads to maturity is called
___________ (a) maturity (b) development (c) growth (d) measurement
17. All these factors influence growth and development EXCEPT ___________
(a) environment (b) genetics (c) nutrition (d) Enzymes (e) hormones
18. ___________ are the living factors in the environment (a) biotic (b) abiotic
(c) aquatic (d) ecosystem
19. An irreversible increase in size of the body is called ___________ (a)
adaptation (b) development (c) ecology (d) growth
20. Calculate the population density of ants with population size of H o and area
400cm2 (a) 0.1per cm2 (b) 0.4 per cm2 (c) 10 percm2 (d) 40 percm2
Section B
1. (A) What is a Habitat (b) what do you understand by ‘habitat’(in your own words)
(c) explain the 3 types of habitats
2. (A) what is Adaptation (b) give 5 examples of adaptation in animals
3. (A) explain 5 reasons why you are unique among other privates (b) state four (4)
characteristics of primates
4. (A) what is growth (b) what is development (c) list any 3 growth changes in living
things
5. (A) what are chemicals (b) list and explain the classes of chemicals based on use
6. (A) what is ecology (b) explain the following and give one example for each (i)
parasitism (ii) commensalism (iii) saprophytes (iv) mutualism
Basic Science
JSS 3
1. Another word for combustion is ____________ (a) decomposition (b)
sublimation (c) burning (d) reduction
2. The main agent of soil erosion in arid rigouts is ___________ (a) Glacial (b)
sun (c) wind (d) water
3. Genetics is the study of ___________ (a) difference & variation (b)
veriation & hereditary (c) variation & difference (d) none
4. Which of the following agricultural activities cause soil erosion (a)
application of manure (b) crop rotation (c) bush burning (d) mulching
5. The indercules which govern the characteristics transmitted from parent to
child is called ________ (a) chromosome (b) gene (c) genotype (d)
phenotype
6. Which of the following scientist is involved in the study of genetics (a)
Robert Hooke (b) John Dalton (c) Greger Mendel (d) Thomas Morgan
7. The washing away of the topsoil is called (a) weathering (b) flooding (c)
Erosion (d) desertification
8. Flooding could be due to all of these EXCEPT (a) weathering (b) flooding
(c) Erosion (d) blocked gutters
9. Which of these is responsible for the folling of the greatest number of
timber (a) paper-making (b) making of drugs (c) manufacturing of
chemicals and gun (d) oxygen-carbon dioxide balance
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