SALEM BAPTIST ACADEMY, YEMETU ALAADORIN, IBADAN
FIRST TERM EXAMINATION
SUBJECT: BASIC SCIENCE. CLASS JSS2
OBJECTIVES
1. Aquatic habitats are classified into three types based on ________(a) Water body
(b) Water volume (c) pH (d) Salt content
2. Another name for brackish water habitat is? (a) Pandorina (b) Bay (c) Estuarine
(d) Pistia.
3. The possession of some peculiar structures by an organism that make it to survive
successfully in a given habitat is called? (a) Ecosystem (b) Adaptation (c)
Ecological factor (d) Ecology.
4. Which of the following is not an adaptive feature for fish? (a) Gills (b) Streamline
body (c) Poisonous gland (d) Fins
5. Which of the following is NOT an example of fresh water habitat? (a) Streams (b)
Ponds (c) Rivers (d) Oceans.
6. Growth can be defined as the ________ (a) Irreversible increase in size, weight
and height (b) Emergence of ability to function well (c) Ability to overcome
environmental stress (d) Irreversible decrease in size, weight and height
7. The possession of S-curve backbone makes (a) Man to be different from other
primates (b) Monkey to be different from other primates (c) Chimpanzee to be
different from other primates (d) Man to be similar to all other primates.
8. Instrument that is used to measure the degree of coldness and hotness of a body is
called? (a) Hydrometer (b) Thermometer (c) Psychrometer (d) Photometer.
9. ________ is the ability to think rationally and use resources effectively when
faced with challenges (a) Brain (b) Articulate (c) Intelligence (d) Language.
10. When organisms live on tree branches or among leaves, the organisms are said to
be (a) Aquatic (b) Aboreal (c) Terrestrial (d) Brackish.
11. Which of the following is NOT a factor that influences growth? (a) Hormonal
factor (b) Environmental factor (c) Genetic factor (d) Chemical factor.
12. _______ is the series of changes that occurs during growth (a)Growth (b)
Development (c) Adaptation (d) Adulthood.
13. The branch of biology that studies interrelationship between living organism with
respect to their environment is called _______ (a) Biology (b) Ecology (c)
Zoology (d) Entomology.
14. Human being belong to a group of mammals called (a) Primates (b) Gorilla (c)
Mammals (d) Chimpanzee
15. Two stages of development where rapid growth occur are _______ (a) Infancy
and adolescent (b) Childhood and adolescent (c)Infancy and adulthood (d)
Adulthood and adolescent
16. The environment is the totality of all _______ and _______ factors which affect
an organism (a) Water and climate (b) Internal and climatic (c) Internal and
external (d) External and Ecological
17. _______ is a place or a specific type of environment where plant and animal live.
(a) Environment (b) Community (c) Niche (d) Habitat
18. Examples of plants living in water include (a) Spirogyra (b) Pistia (c) Pandorina
(d) All of the above.
19. ________ has the most complicated and largest brain among animals (a) Elephant
(b) Lion (c) Man (d) Rat
20. Man is referred to as ________ (a) Rattus rattus (b) Oryza sativa (c) Homo
sapiens (d) Panthera leo.
21. Which of the following is not an intelligent skill? (a) Inference (b) Observation (c)
Inquisitive (d) Measurement.
22. Growth is ________ (a) Structural (b) qualitative (c) functional (d) Chemical.
23. Newborn is called _______ (a)Infant (b) Embryo (c) Neonate (d) child.
24. Puberty stage starts from ___ and ends in ___ years (a) 2 - 8 (b) 9 - 20 (c) 20 - 45
(d) 0 - 2
25. The growth of pubic hair in pubic region and armpits and menstruation occur in
_________ stage. (a) Childhood stage (b) Adulthood (c) Infancy stage (d)
Adolescent stage.
26. ________ are changes that cannot be reversible (a) Temporary charges (b)
Permanent changes (c) Menstruation (d) Development.
27. The adaptive feature in mammals for excretion and cooling is ________ (a) Hairs
(b) Skin (c) Sweat glands (d) Gills
28. Gills are for movement in aquatic habitat. True or false
29. Lungs are for gaseous exchange in terrestrial habitat. True/False
30. Which animal possesses camouflage in order to survive in aboreal habitat? (a)
Snake (b) Chameleon (c) birds (d) Shark.
THEORY
Instructions: Answer any four.
1a. What is Adaptation?
1b. List four animals and their habitat
1c. Define Habitat
2a. What is intelligence?
2b. Mention four intelligence skills that you know.
2c. State two uses of intelligence to man.
3a. What is growth?
3b. Mention three differences between growth and development.
3c. List three factors influencing growth and development.
4a. Define Development?
4b. List the four stages of development in human
4c. Mention three characteristics of puberty stage.
5a. Define Marine habitat.
5b. State the ecological zones of terrestrial habitat in Nigeria.
5c. State the types of aquatic habitat you know
