BIOLOGY TEST

1. A cow looks different from a human being. Moreover, it can also be seen that humans also
do not look similar to each other and they have their own characteristic features.

(a) Is the above statement true? If so, why is there a difference?

(b) It can be seen that there are differences in appearance between human beings too. Why so?

(c) What are characteristic features?

(2+2+1 = 5 Marks)

2. This is a food chain from an area of a farmland:

CABBAGE LEAVES ------> CATERPILLARS -----> BLACK BIRDS -----> HAWKS

(a) Where does all the energy of this food chain come from originally?

(b) Which organism in this food chain is the producer?

(c) Which organism in this food chain is the top carnivore?

(1+1+1=3 Marks)

3. The energy used to power a steam train comes from coal, a fossil fuel.
(a) Explain what is meant by a fossil fuel?

(b) Name two other fossil fuels.

1.

2.

(c) Which energy transfer takes place from the boiler of the steam train

__________ energy ------------> ______________ energy

(d) How is coal formed?

(1+2+1+1 = 5 marks)

4. Very few animal characteristics are totally unaffected by environment.

(a) Is the above statement true?

(b)If the above statement is true, name the characteristics which are unaffected by the
environment.

(c) Why are these characteristics unaffected by the environment?

(1+2+2 = 5 marks)

5. We inherit our characteristics from our parents.

(a) How are the characteristics being inherited from the parents?

(b) What are genes made up of?

(c) How many chromosomes are seen in a human cell?

 (1+1+1 = 3 marks)

6. The cat has the following features:

Sharp teeth, sensitive whiskers, striped furs, sharp claws.

(a) How is each of this feature help in its adaptation?

(b) Cats eat meat. What general name is given to animals that eat meat?

(4+1 = 5 marks)

7. Draw lines to connect the pictures of the animals below with their correct group

(a) Crab Amphibian

(b)Beetle Crustacean

(c) Frog Insect

(d) Lizard Mammal

(e)Snail Reptile

(f) Rat Mollusc

(6 marks)

8. Answer whether the following statements are true or false

(a) Animals are more affected by environmental variation than plants (TRUE/FALSE)

(b) The blood group of an animal is not affected by the environmental variation (TRUE/FALSE)

(c) Monocotyledons are examples of non flowering plants. (TRUE/FALSE)

(d) Fishes have vertebrae. (TRUE/FALSE)

(e) The nitrogen from the air is converted into nitrates in soil by the nitrifying bacteria.
(TRUE/FALSE)
(f) The organisms which feed on the producers are known as herbivores. (TRUE/FALSE)

(g) Many food chains are interlinked to form a food web. (TRUE/FALSE)

(h) Mushrooms are examples for monera. (TRUE/FALSE)

(8 Marks)

9. Consider the following food chain in a lake.

Pond weed -----> Insect larvae ------> Small fish -----> Large fish

(a) A toxic substance is present in the lake as a pollutant. Which of the following will have the
maximum amount of the toxic substance? Explain your answer.

(b) What is this phenomenon of accumulation of toxic substance known as?

(c) A pyramid showing the amount of toxic substance in this food chain will appear inverted.
(TRUE/FALSE)

(4+1+1 = 6 marks)

10. Consider the following food chain

Leaves -----> small insects------> Large insects-----> Birds

(a) Scientists found that in a particular region, the number of small insects was decreasing over a
period of time. What could be the reasons?

(b) When the birds die, their bodies are decomposed in the soil by a group of organisms. Name
that group of organisms.

(3+1 = 4 Marks)
11.Match the following animals with their adaptations

(a) Polar bear Hump

(b) Camel Long roots

(c) Cactus White fur

(3 marks)

12. The camels live in hot deserts. List out its adaptations.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(4 marks)

13. Some birds move to different warmer place for winter.

(a) What is this phenomenon known as?

(b) Is this adaptation a yearly change?

(c) Why do these birds move to warmer places?

(3 marks)

14. Match the following processes happening in the carbon cycle.

(a) Carbon dioxide is taken up by plants Respiration

(b) Carbon from dead animals go to soil Combustion

(c) Carbon dioxide to air from fossil fuels Feeding

(d) Carbon from plants to animals Decomposition

(e)Carbon dioxide from animals to air Photosynthesis

(5 marks)