HEROES REMEDIAL AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
MOCK EXAMINATIONS 2026
REMEDIAL SESSION
INTEGRATED SCIENCE
PAPER 2 [ESSAY]
[80 marks]
Duration: 1 hr: 30 mins
Answer four questions only from this section.
Credit will be given for clarity of expression and orderly presentation of material.
All questions carry equal marks.
1. (a) State one way in which each of the following materials is of importance in poultry:
(i) perches;
(ii) litter;
(iii) hover;
(iv) footbath;
(v) glowing bulb.
[5 marks]
(b) (i) Differentiate between tissue respiration and gaseous respiration.
[3 marks]
(ii) State three ways in which tissue respiration is important to organisms.
[2 marks]
(c) (i) Define the term pressure.
[2 marks]
(ii) A man dives into a pool of water to a depth of 15 m below the surface. If the
density of water is 1000 kg m⁻³, calculate the pressure exerted by the water on
the diver. [g = 10 m s⁻²]
[3 marks]
(d) (i) What is atmospheric pollutant?
[2 marks]
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(ii) State three diseases that could be caused by pollutants.
[3 marks]
2. (a) (i) State the stages involved in the water cycle.
[2 marks]
(ii) State three ways in which the water cycle is important to humans.
[3 marks]
(b) (i) Define the term power.
[2 marks]
(ii) A machine pumps 1000 kg of water up a storey building 20 m tall in 30 s.
Determine the power of the machine. [g = 10 m s⁻²]
[4 marks]
(c) (i) Differentiate between metals and non-metals by their appearance.
[2 marks]
(ii) State two uses of semi-metals.
[2 marks]
(d) (i) What is a crop variety?
[2 marks]
(ii) State three factors to consider when selecting a suitable crop variety for
cultivation.
[3 marks]
3. (a) (i) State the law of conservation of energy.
[2 marks]
(ii) A cement block of mass 25 kg is placed at a height of 10 m above the ground
and pushed to fall. Calculate the velocity of the block just before it hits the
ground. [g = 10 m s⁻²]
[3 marks]
(b) Compare organic and inorganic compounds in terms of the following
properties:
(i) melting point;
(ii) boiling point;
(iii) solubility in water;
(iv) conductivity;
(v) biodegradability.
[5 marks]
(c) Explain each of the following terms in ruminants:
(i) Gestation period;
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(ii) Heat period;
(iii) Parturition.
[6 marks]
(d) (i) What is a recessive trait?
[2 marks]
(ii) State the genotypes of each of the following individuals:
(α) sickle cell carrier;
(β) a person with Blood Group B.
[2 marks]
4. (a) A compound W reacts with compound X in the presence of an acid Y to
produce a sweet‑smelling compound Z.
(i) Name the groups to which each of the compounds W, X and Z belong.
[3 marks]
(ii) Name one acid that can be represented by Y.
[1 mark]
(iii) What is the function of Y in this reaction?
[1 mark]
(b) State five causes of mortality during brooding of day‑old chicks.
[5 marks]
(c) (i) What are decomposers in an ecosystem?
[2 marks]
(ii) Give four examples of decomposers in a forest ecosystem.
[4 marks]
(d) State the function of each of the following parts of the mammalian ear:
(i) pinna;
(ii) cochlea;
(iii) Eustachian tube;
(iv) semi‑circular canal.
[4 marks]
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5. (a) (i) What is demagnetization of a magnet?
[2 marks]
(ii) State three ways by which a magnet could be demagnetized.
[3 marks]
(b) (i) What is a hazardous substance?
[2 marks]
(ii) Name one:
(α) corrosive household substance;
(β) inflammable laboratory substance;
(γ) toxic laboratory substance.
[3 marks]
(c) (i) Explain the following breeding systems of farm animals:
(α) Hand mating;
(β) Pasture mating.
[4 marks]
(d). (i) State three ways of minimizing the destruction of water bodies in Ghana.
[3 marks]
(ii) State three effects of illegal mining on the environment.
[3 marks]
6. (a) Explain how each of the following practices results in nutrient loss from the soil:
(i) Overgrazing;
(ii) Crop removal;
(iii) Burning.
[6 marks]
(b) (i) Explain the term derived quantity.
[2 marks]
(ii) State the SI unit of each of the following derived quantities:
(α) weight;
(β) momentum;
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(γ) pressure.
[3 marks]
(c) (i) Name three scientists associated with classification of living and
non‑living things.
[3 marks]
(ii) State one contribution each of two of the scientists named in 6.(c)(i).
[2 marks]
(d) Draw the structure of each of the following compounds:
(i) alkene with three carbon atoms;
(ii) alkanoate with two carbon atoms;
(iii) alkanol with two carbon atoms;
(iv) alkanoic acid with two carbon atoms.
[4 marks]
END OF PAPER
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PAPER 1 [OBJECTIVES]
[50 marks]
Duration: 1 hr
Answer all the questions.
Each question is followed by four options lettered A to D. Find the correct option for each
question and shade in pencil on your answer sheet, the answer space which bears the same
letter as the option you have chosen
.
4. Thrombocytes are produced in the
1. Mercury has a relative density of A. bone marrow.
13.6. Determine the density of
B. blood plasma.
mercury. [Density of water = 1.0 ×
10³ kg m⁻³] C. lymph nodes.
A. 13600 kg m⁻³
D. blood cells.
B. 1000.136 kg m⁻³
C. 0.0136 kg m⁻³
D. 999.136 kg m⁻³
5. The systematic name of the
compound SO₃ is
2. An example of a plant with runners
is A. Sulphur trioxide.
A. cana lily.
B. Sulphur(VI) oxide.
B. sweet potato.
C. banana. C. Trioxide sulphur(V).
D. cocoyam.
D. Sulphur(VI) trioxide.
3. Which of the following
instrument(s) is/are classified as
6. Which of the following statements
percussion instruments?
about pests and parasites are
I. Cymbals correct?
II. Violin I. Pests are always found in crops
and animals.
III. Gong gong
II. All parasites are not pests.
A. I only
III. Parasites attack only animals.
B. I and III only
A. I and II only
C. I and II only
B. II and III only
D. I, II and III
C. I and III only
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D. I, II and III D. checking erosion.
11. Which of the following structures is
found in the middle ear of humans?
7. A ball of mass 250 g is placed at a
height of 12 m above the ground. A. Tympanic membrane
Determine its potential energy at
B. Semi-circular canal
this height. [g = 10 m s⁻²]
C. Cochlea
A. 3000 J
D. Malleus
B. 30 J
C. 300 J
12. One effect of acid rain on humans is
D. 3 J
that it
A. causes skin cancer.
8. Which of the following practices is
B. can cause respiratory diseases.
not used for identifying farm
animals? C. damages the immune system.
A. Branding D. causes damage to the respiratory
system.
B. Ear-tagging
C. Culling
13. Which of the following statements
D. Tattooing
about small scale industry is
correct? It
9. The layer of the atmosphere in A. makes use of advanced
which air moves in a horizontal technology.
direction is
B. is always in rural areas.
A. Troposphere.
C. is always capital intensive.
B. Stratosphere.
D. operates with minimum input of
C. Biosphere. materials.
D. Mesosphere.
14. When the p-n junction diode is
forward-biased, then
10. The most important role of legumes
in soil conservation is I. the positive terminal of a cell is
connected to the p-type of the diode.
A. adding humus to the soil.
II. the junction becomes narrower.
B. promotion of run-off.
C. fixing nitrogen in the soil.
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III. electric current flows across the 18. The following alloys contain copper
junction. except
A. I and II only A. steel.
B. I and III only B. bronze.
C. II and III only C. duralumin.
D. I, II and III D. brass.
15. The following activities lead to 19. Which of the following organisms
global warming except converts ammonium compounds
into nitrites?
A. deforestation.
A. Azotobacter
B. breeding of cattle.
B. Nitrosomonas
C. afforestation.
C. Nitrobacter
D. cooking of food.
D. Rhizobium
16. The product of mass and velocity of
a body is known as its 20. The pressure at the point in water is
560 kPa. If the density of water is
A. moment.
1000 kg m⁻³, determine the depth of
B. newton. the point below the surface. [g = 10
m s⁻²]
C. momentum.
A. 56.0 m
D. inertia.
B. 1785.0 m
C. 560.0 m
17. The term supplying as used in crop
production means D. 0.0178 m
A. application of fertilizer to crops.
B. re-planting of ungerminated 21. Which of the following organs
stands. removes bile pigments from the
blood in humans?
C. watering the crop during the dry
season. A. Gall bladder
D. distributing bagged maize to B. Lungs
wholesalers.
C. Liver
D. Kidneys
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22. Which of the following items is/are 25. The expressed characteristics of an
recommended to extinguish small organism is referred to as
fires?
A. phenotype.
I. Fire blanket
B. allele.
II. Sand bucket
C. genotype.
III. Carbon(IV) oxide
D. variation.
A. I and II only
26. One of the gases responsible for
B. I and III only global warming is
C. II and III only A. oxygen.
D. I, II and III B. water vapour.
C. nitrogen.
23. A hydrocarbon CH₄ is an example D. carbon dioxide.
of
A. alkane.
27. The branch of the posterior vena
B. alkyne. cava into the kidney is called
C. alkene. A. renal vein.
D. alkanoate. B. hepatic vein.
C. renal artery.
24. The mode of heat transfer which D. hepatic portal vein.
does not need a material medium is
I. convection.
28. One advantage of soft water is its
II. conduction.
A. source of essential minerals such
III. radiation. as calcium.
B. abundance in nature.
A. I only C. ease with which it lathers with
soap.
B. II and III only
D. difficulty to lather with soap.
C. III only
D. I, II and III
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29. Which of the following parasites D. electrical to chemical.
could be controlled by drenching?
A. Flukes
33. The chemical formula of iron(II)
B. Fleas trioxosulphate (IV) is
C. Ticks A. Fe₂(SO₁)₃
D. Lice B. Fe₂(SO₃)₃
C. Fe₂(SO₃)₂
30. The earth wire D. FeSO₂
I. is coloured red.
II. carries charges to earth. 34. In the human skeleton the humerus
is joined posteriorly to the
III. is buried in the earth in the
home. A. radius.
B. ulna.
A. I and II only C. scapula.
B. I and III only D. clavicle.
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III 35. Which of the following pairs of
elements form an ionic compound?
A. Carbon and hydrogen
31. Isotopes of carbon have proton
number B. Sodium and lithium
A. 6. C. Fluorine and magnesium
B. 12. D. Boron and silicon
C. 8.
D. 14. 36. Which of the following activities
are benefits of radioisotopes in
agriculture?
32. The energy transformation that
I. Food preservation
takes place when batteries are
operating is II. Plant breeding
A. chemical to light. III. Pest control
B. electrical to light. IV. Sterilization
C. chemical to electrical.
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A. I and II only D. applying creams inside the
vagina before sexual intercourse to
B. I, III and IV only
kill sperm.
C. II and IV only
D. I, II, III and IV
40. Dumping-off is a common disease
of
37. Which force is mainly reduced A. groundnut.
when a lubricant is applied to the
B. seedlings.
moving parts of an engine?
C. maize grains.
A. Gravitational force
D. yam sett.
B. Magnetic force
C. Frictional force
41. The best instrument to be used to
D. Centripetal force
measure the internal diameter of a
pipe is the
38. Coronary thrombosis is a blood A. micrometer screw gauge.
circulatory disorder that occurs
B. mathematical set rule.
when
C. metre rule.
A. a blood clot blocks the arteries
supplying blood to the heart. D. vernier calipers.
B. low blood pressure reduces
cardiac output.
42. Generation of electrical power is
C. an artery bursts in the brain under possible using
high pressure.
A. biogas.
D. systolic blood pressure is higher
B. recycling of waste materials.
than diastolic blood pressure.
C. incineration.
D. compost preparation.
39. The term coitus interruptus, used in
family planning means
A. cutting of the sperm ducts and 43. Which of the following feedstuffs
tying them through surgical are main sources of energy for
operation. poultry?
B. avoiding sexual intercourse. I. Barley
C. withdrawing the penis from the II. Copra cake
vagina just before ejaculation.
III. Wheat bran
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47. Canned food containers are
prevented from rusting by coating
A. I and II only
with
B. II and III only
A. steel.
C. I and III only
B. copper.
D. I, II and III
C. zinc.
D. tin.
44. Which of the following functions is
not associated with soil water?
48. A mass of 8 g NaOH was dissolved
A. Dissolving soil nutrients
in 250 cm³ of its solution.
B. Source of water for soil Determine the molar concentration
organisms of the solution. [NaOH = 40]
C. Reducing soil temperature A. 0.4 M
D. Decomposition of organic matter B. 0.8 M
C. 0.6 M
45. One difference between arteries and D. 8.0 M
veins is that arteries generally
A. have large lumen and veins have
49. Ammonia gas produced in the
smaller lumen.
laboratory cannot be collected over
B. carry blood under high pressure water because the gas is
and veins carry blood under low
A. highly combustible.
pressure.
B. lighter than air.
C. carry blood to the heart and veins
carry blood away from the heart. C. denser than air.
D. have valves and veins do not D. extremely soluble in water.
have valves.
50. Which of the following structures is
46. A blue shirt viewed under red light not part of the embryo sac in a
will appear flowering plant?
A. white. A. Polar nuclei
B. black. B. Pollen tube
C. yellow. C. Egg nucleus
D. cyan. D. Synergid
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