GHS BIOLOGY REVISION EXERCISE S.3

Which one of the following pairs of insects undergoes incomplete metamorphosis
1. Honey bee and moth
2. Butterfly and cockroach
3. Cockroach and grasshopper
4. Housefly and mosquito
Which one of the following is the best description of respiration?
1. Release of energy in the cell
2. Gaseous exchange
3. Absorption of oxygen in the alveoli.
4. Breathing in oxygen and breathing our carbon dioxide.
A healthy person normally has a concentration of 6000 leucocyte per cm3 of blood. A person who has just recovered from an illness would be expected to have
1. 3000 leucocyte per cm3
2. 6000 leucocyte per cm3
3. 12,000 leucocyte per cm3
4. 2000 leucocyte per cm3
Which of the following conditions increase the rate of transpiration?
1. Low temperatures, windy conditions and high humidity.
2. High temperatures, windy conditions and high humidity.
3. High temperatures, low humidity and windy conditions.
4. Low temperatures, low humidity and still air.
Which of the following processes need energy?
1. Active transport
2. Plasmolysis
3. Osmosis
4. Diffusion
Which one of the following characteristics may be used to determine whether leaves are compound?
1. Nature of margin.
2. Presence of leaflets
3. Number of leaflets
4. Type of venation.
By which one of the following processes does carbon dioxide leave the blood capillaries into the alveoli?
1. Diffusion
2. Osmosis
3. Active transport
4. Capillary
Which one of the following food substances are not changed by the gut enzymes?
1. disaccharides.
2. Lipids and proteins
3. Minerals and vitamins
4. Lipids and lactose.
Addition of humus to a sandy soil would
1. Improve the water retention capacity of the soil.
2. Decrease mineral content of the soil.
3. Increase the aeration of the soil.
4. Decrease mineral content of the soil.
Which of the following are not social insects?
1. Bees
2. Decrease mineral content of the soil.
3. Increase the aeration of the soil.
4. Decrease mineral content of the soil.
Internal respiration may be defined as
1. getting rid of carbon dioxide which would accumulate in the tissues
2. the building up of complex substances
3. Breathing in and releasing of oxygen in the tissues
4. the oxidation of food substances to release energy
Which one of the following is a function of thyroxin?
1. Controls basic metabolic rate in vertebrates.
2. Regulates activities of other endocrine glands.
3. Controls water reabsorption in the body.
4. Controls the functioning of the thyroid glands.
Which one of the following occurs during exhalation in a mammal?
1. The diaphragm relaxes.
2. The volume of the chest cavity increases.
3. The ribs move upwards and outwards.
4. The inter-costal muscles contract.
Which of the following farming practices would control soil erosion?
1. Terracing
2. Application of artificial fertilizers.
3. Addition of compost manure
4. Mixed farming.
mango fruit is a
1. Drupe
2. Achene
3. Berry
4. Caryopsis
Which of the following is the gas exchange side in the respiratory system of mammals?
1. diaphragm
2. Trachea
3. bronchioles
4. alveolus
Which one of the following secretions does not play a digestive role in the
alimentary canal?
1. Rennin
2. Pepsin
3. Trypsin
4. Lipase.
Which one of the following shows the correct order of cell organization?
1. Organism system organ
2. Tissue organ organism
3. Tissue organ system
4. Organ tissue organism
Which one of the following organisms has the largest surface area to volume ratio?
1. Frog
2. Amoeba
3. Cockroach
4. Dog
Antigens stimulate the production of
1. antitoxins
2. Antibodies
3. lysins
4. leucocytes
Which one of the following groups of animals possesses an open circulatory system?
1. Amphibians
2. Mammals
3. Insects
4. Fish
Which one of these diseases is caused by hormonal deficiency?
1. Rickets
2. Scurvy
3. Poliomyelitis
4. Diabetes
What would result if secretion of gastric juice were inhibited in an individual who has just had a meal of posho and beans?
1. Digestion would not take place.
2. The person would suffer from constipation.
3. Digestion of certain food types would be delayed.
4. The person would suffer from heartburn.
Which one of the following structures represents the respiratory surface of a fish?
1. Gill bars.
2. Gill rakers.
3. Gill chamber.
4. Gill filaments
Phagocytosis is a process where by
1. white blood cells cause the bacteria to stick together.
2. antibodies fight antigens
3. red blood cells dissolve the outer coats of invading bacteria and so destroying them.
4. white blood cells ingest and destroy bacteria.
The best explanation for panting of an athlete immediately after a race is to
1. take in more oxygen.
2. allow fast blood flow to the lungs.
3. restore the used up energy.
4. allow fast blood flow from the muscles.
An athlete has just finished a race. The phrase “oxygen debt” refer to
1. The total amount of oxygen taken in during panting after the race.
2. The amount of oxygen needed by the lungs after the race for combustion of glucose.
3. the amount of oxygen originally present in the muscles of the athletes before the race.
4. The amount of oxygen taken in after the race and used to complete the combustion of some of the lactic acid.
At which of the following levels of classification can organisms interbreed and produce fertile offspring?
1. Species
2. Class
3. Phylum
4. Kingdom
In which one of the following associations do both organisms benefit?
1. A fungal parasite and plant.
2. Nitrogen fixing bacteria and leguminous plant.
3. Malarial parasite and human.
4. Tapeworm and human.
Which one of the following is a likely effect of a decrease in the number of platelets in the blood?
1. The blood may not be able to carry enough oxygen.
2. The body may not be able to fight disease.
3. There may be prolonged bleeding in case of an injury.
4. The body may not be able to distribute heat efficiently.

GHS BIOLOGY REVISION EXERCISE S.3

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