Form 2 Science Mid Year Exam Revision Set 1

1. Which of these pairs is matched correctly? A. B. C. D. 2. stimuli. A. B. C. D. 3. Senses Nerve impulses Receptors Olfactory cells Tongue- chemicals in air Eyes light Ears pressure Skin chemicals in food are special structures found in sensory organs to detect

Figure 1 _________________ in the skin enable us to determine how rough a surface is. A. B. C. D. 4. Pressure receptors Touch receptors Sweat glands Erector muscles

Most receptors in the skin lie in the A. B. C. D. dermis epidermis sebaceous gland fatty layer

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Which of these areas of the skin has the most number of receptors? A. B. C. D. Fingertips Cheek Back of the hand Elbow

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6. Which of the following best describe the vertebrates? A. B. C. D. 7. They are very complex organisms They are very simple organisms They have backbones They are flowering plants

Which animal has fertilization that takes place inside the body? A. B. C. D. Newts Sharks Tods Pigeons

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Figure 2 Which of the following statement is true about the flowering plants? A. B. C. D. 9. Plants that can produce flowers Plants that can grow rapidly Plants that do not bear flower Plants do not have true leave

The sense of sight enables us to gather all these information except A. B. C. D. shape of objects colour of objects position of objects temperature of objects

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Which of these is the characteristic of the inner most layer of the eyeball? A. B. C. D. Contains black pigment Made of strong muscles Has millions of photoreceptors Transparent Page 2

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11. Which of these parts protects the front of the eye? A. B. C. D. 12. A. B. C. D. Eyelid Sclera Choroid Eyebrow shows nastic movement in response to touch. Mimosa pudica Rafflesia Hydrilla Hibiscus Shoots of plants grow towards light 13. Which of these should be made the manipulated variable in an experiment to test the hypothesis above? A. B. C. D. 14. Position of light The number of seedlings The presence or absence of light The presence or absence of water

Figure 3 Which of these does not take place in the large intestine? A. Reabsorption of water B. Absorption of digested food C. Absorption of dissolved minerals D. Break down of materials into vitamins by bacteria

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15. Which of the following are present in faeces? I. Undigested food II. Mucus III. Bacteria A. I, II and III B. I and II only C. II and III only D. I only helps to prevent constipation. A. B. C. D. 17. Vitamins Minerals Fibre Fats

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Which of these pairs is matched correctly? A. B. C. D. Constipation watery stool Faeces undigested material Diarrhoea hard stool Defecation removal of excrement can lead to high blood pressure.

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Too much A. B. C. D. sugar water salt vitamin C

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What is the cause of obesity? A. B. C. D. Overeating High blood pressure Practicing crash diet Insufficient water in diet are animals without backbones. A. B. C. D. Insects Vertebrates Invertebrates Mammals

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21. We classify organisms into different groups according to their A. B. C. D. 22. similar characteristics only different characteristics only similar and different characteristics life cycles kingdoms.

Todays classification divides organisms into A. B. C. D. two three four five has leaves with parallel veins. A. B. C. D. banyan tree coconut tree balsam plant rambutan tree

23.

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A fern is a A. B. C. D. flowering plant non-flowering plant monocotyledonous plant dicotyledonous plant

Questions 25 and 26 are based on Figure 4.

Animals With scales With moist scales (Animal R) With dry scales (Animal S) With fur (Animal T) Without scales Without fur (Animal U)

Figure 4 25. Which animals have no scales. A. B. C. D. Animal R and S Animal S and T Animal T and U Animal U and R Page 5

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26. Which of these animals may be grouped as animal U? A. B. C. D. 27. Salamander Crocodile Salmon Beaver

What do an eagle and a rat have in common? A. B. C. D. Both have fur Both are without backbones Both reproduce by laying eggs Both breathe with lungs

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Which of these is a warm-blooded vertebrate? A. B. C. D. Penguin Monitor lizard Shark Tree frog

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We can help to maintain biodiversity by I. maintaining forest reserves II. setting up animal sanctuaries III. deforestation A. B. C. D. I, II and III I and II only II and III only I only

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Which of the following is not the habitat of rats? A. B. C. D. Pond Paddy field Palm oil plantation Bushes

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A ________________ is made up of many different populations living together in the same area. A. B. C. D. habitat species community ecosystem

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32. A system in which organisms interact with the non-living part of their environment is called the A. ecosystem B. habitat C. community D. population What is ecology? A. The study of relationship between living things and their environment. B. The environment that is made up lots of different ecosystem. C. The whole populations in an ecosystem. D. The variety of different species in an ecosystem.

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Figure 5 Which of the following statement about the tropical rain forest ecosystem is incorrect? A. Tropical rain forests are found in the tropics, close to the equator. B. Tropical rain forests have year-round warm temperatures, strong sunlight and abundant rainfall. C. Tropical rain forests contain the greatest diversity of living organisms. D. The floors of the rain forest are bright and cover by herbs. 35. A predator A. makes it own food B. obtains food from a living host C. feeds on dead living things D. kills and eats other organisms Organisms that recycle minerals back into the ecosystem are A. producers B. decomposers C. consumers D. competitors

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37. Which of the following words best describes the relationship between the remora and shark? A. Competition B. Commensalisms C. Mutualism D. Parasitism The diagram shows some stages in photosynthesis.
Substance X absorbed from atmosphere Substance W manufactured in leaf

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Substance Y absorbed from soil

Substance V released to atmosphere

What are substance X, Y, W and V? X Carbon dioxide Water Y Water W Glucose Glucose Water Glucose V Oxygen Oxygen Carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide

A B C D 39.

Carbon dioxide Oxygen Glucose Oxygen Water

Which level of the pyramid of numbers has the most available energy? A. First B. Second C. Third D. Fourth

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A rabbit can be classified as a A. B. C. D. Producer Decomposer Primary consumer Tertiary consumer

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