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Subject biology
I. Choose the correct answer for the following questions.
1. Which of the following is not a property of life?

A. Populations of organisms rarely change over time.

B. Living things exhibit complex but ordered organization.
C. Organisms take in energy and use it to perform all of life’s activities.
D. Organisms reproduce their own kind.

2. Which of the following is the correct procedure of scientific method?

a. Experiment conclusion application Question observation

b. Question observation experiment analysis prediction result
c. Observation question hypothesis prediction, experiment results conclusion
d. Observation question opinion conclusion hypothesis

3. Hypothesis in biology is best described as...

a. possible explanation of an observation.

b. an observation that supports a theory.
c. a general principle that explains some aspect of life.
d. an unchanging statement that correctly predicts some aspect of life.

4. Which of the following is not the correct method of handling chemicals?

a. wearing a disposable respirator mask when handling chemicals that are toxic
b. never allow laboratory chemicals to contact your bare skin
c. never put chemicals open
d. return and pour the unused (left over) chemicals to its original container

II. Write short answer for the following questions

1. Write the main difference between light and Electron microscope.

2. Why does a microscope have several objective lenses?
3. What will happen to the field of view in a microscope as you close the diaphragm?
Explain your answer.
4. Why should you always focus a microscope by moving the objective lens away
from the specimen?
5. Explain the importance of adding oil immersion when using high power objective?
How?
6. List at least three field tools used by biologists.
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Part One: Say true if the statement is correct or false if the statement is wrong.
1. Archaea have very different cell walls from bacteria.
2. Classification is the process of grouping things based on their similarities.
3. Ethiopia is a primary centre for Eragrostis tefand Guizotia abyssinica.
4. Gymnosperm are seed plant that does not make flowers or fruits
5. Linnaeus’ developed a four Kingdom system of classification.
6. Some autotrophic bacteria make their own food the way plants do and they are
chemosynthetic.
7. The Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-322 BC) developed the first widely accepted biological
classification systems.
8. Fungi can reproduce either by vegetative, asexual reproduction through spores formation
And sexually.
9. Many animals have two types of specialized cells not seen in other multicellular organisms.
10. Unicellular algae are the basis of aquatic food chains and produce much of the oxygen in
11. Earth’s atmosphere.
Part Two: Choose the best answer among the given alternatives.
1. A process by which an organism produces offspring is called........................
A. reproduction B. homeostasis C. development D. inheritance
1. Bacteria that serve as decomposers are
A. photoautotrophs B. chemoautotrophs C. photoheterotrophs D. chemoheterotrophs
2. All fungi..........................................
A. are multicelled B. are heterotrophs C. form flagellated spores D. all of the above
3. Most fungi obtain nutrients from ................................................
A. nonliving organic matter B. living animals C. living plants D. photosynthesis
4. Fungal infections are most common in ......................................................
A. plants B. mammals C. insects D. birds
7. .............................................. is the transmission of DNA to offspring.
A. reproduction B. homeostasis C. development D. inheritance
8. Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya are three .............................................
A. famalies B. kingdom C. class’s D. domain
9. Organisms require............... and ................to maintain themselves, grow, and reproduce.
A. DNA; energy B. nutrients; energy C. food; sunlight D. DNA; cells
Part Three: Think critically and answer the following questions.
1. How do viruses affect human health?
2. What are the major groups of vertebrates?
3. What ecological roles do bacteria play?
4. What ecological roles do fungi play?
5. Write the ecological and economic importance of insects
6. What structural and functional features do bacteria and archaea share?
7. How are plants important?
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i. Match the following organelles under column ‘B’ with their functions under
column ‘A’
A B
1. Protein export a. Mitochondria
2. Control cellular activity b. Golgi apparatus
3. Digestion c. Nucleus
4. Powerhouse of the cell d. Lysosome
5. Photosynthesis e. Chloroplast

ii. Choose the best answer for the following questions

1. Which one of the following structures is found in animal cells, but not in plant cells?
A . cell surface membrane B. centriole C. chloroplast D. Golgi body
2. When the cell or the surrounding environment contains a relatively high concentration of water, we
call it:
A. isotonic B. hypertonic C. hypotonic D. Osmotic
3. Which structure is found in plant cells but not in animal cells?
A. Cell membrane B. Mitochondrion C. Cell wall D. Nucleus
4. In which direction does the transport of water occur when a cell containing 1% sodium chloride is
placed in seawater that contains 10 % sodium chloride?
A. From the cell to seawater B. From seawater to cell
5. If you look into a microscope and view an unknown cell. What structure might you see that would tell
you that the cell is eukaryotic?
A. DNA B. nucleoid region
C. a plasma membrane D. membrane-enclosed structures called organelles.
iii. Fill in the blank space with appropriate words
1. A structure that supports and strengthen plant cell is
2. A structure that breaks down a captured bacterium and damaged organelle in the cell is .
3. The sac-like structure used to transport protein is .
4. A structure made up of a group of tissues, working together to perform a specific Function is
5. When the osmotic pressure is the same on both sides of a semipermeable membrane, each solution is
said to be .
iv. Answer the following questions.
1. What would happen to a person’s red blood cells if the person is given an injection of pure water
(0% saline)?
2. Name two structures that may be found in animal cells but not in plant cells
3. Name three structures in plant cells that animal cells lack.
4. List the structural features that prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells have in common. Briefly explain
why each of the structures you have listed is essential.
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Subject: Chemistry
Part I: Basic Level Questions.
Identify each of the following statements as ‘True’ or ‘False’. Give your reason(s) for
false statements.
1. Chemistry is a science that deals with the study of the way living things behave.
2. Every substance in the universe, in which we live, has its own properties by which we can
distinguish it from other substances.
3. [Link] Ethiopian No 1 Educational Website Chemistry and its Importance
4. The transformation of a substance is a marked change in form, nature, or appearance.
5. The study of chemistry involves only microscopic information.
6. Organic chemistry is the study of chemicals that are not based on carbon.
Part II: Intermediary Level Questions. Fill in the blank spaces.
1. The property of a substance is its ___________ , ___________ or ____________.
2. ___________ is the nature of something’s ingredients or
constituents; the way in which a whole or mixture is made up.
3. The arrangement of and relations between the parts or elements of something
4. complex is known as its ___________.
5. ___________ is a power derived from the utilization of physical or chemical
6. resources, especially to provide light and heat.
7. ___________ is the study of macroscopic properties, atomic properties, and phenomena in
chemical systems.
8. ___________ is the study of the composition of matter.
Part III: Challenge Level Questions.
Provide appropriate answers to the following questions.
9. Define the terms industry, chemical industry, and chemical products.
10. What are the roles chemistry played in production and society?
11. How does chemistry play a role in increasing comfort, pleasure, and luxuries?
12. Mention at least 10 chemical industries found in Ethiopia and their chemical products.
13. Which branch of chemistry has the highest scope? Why?
14. What are the five fields of chemistry?
15. What will be the future efforts of chemistry?
16. What jobs can you do with chemistry?
Part I: Basic Level Questions.
Indicate True or False for the following Statements.
1. There is always a degree of uncertainty involved with every measurement.
2. Multiplication of 36,000 and 52.00 give the significant value 1872.000.
3. There are four significant numbers in 70.03.
4. While adding or subtracting a quantity, the answer contain no more decimal places than the
least accurate measurement.
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Subject Economics
Part I: Write ‘True’ if the statement is correct or ‘False’ if it is not correct for
each of the following statements.
1. Microeconomics deals with the determination of prices in individual markets.
2. Macroeconomics deals with the behaviour and decisions of individual economic units.
3. Microeconomics is also known as the theory of income and employment.
4. Microeconomics studies the decisions of individual people and firms, while
macroeconomics studies the entire national economy.
5. The deductive method entails reasoning from certain principles to the analysis of facts.
6. Normative economics offers recommendations based on value judgments.
7. A household can be one person or more people who live under one roof but make separate
financial decisions.
8. Businesses take the initiative to combine resources in order to produce goods & services.
Part II: Choose the correct answer among the alternatives for the following
questions
1. Microeconomics concerns itself with all of the following topics except:
A. Economic activities of individual firms, households, and other organizations.
B. Forces of supply and demand in a particular market.
C. Consumer behaviour and firms’ output decisions.
D. The behaviour and operation of the economy as a whole.
2. Which of the following is a normative statement?
A. Falling prices are good for consumers.
B. Falling prices encourage consumer spending.
C. The falling price of housing affects real income.
D. Rising prices encourage production.
3. Which of the following would best be described as a positive statement about
economics?
A. Free markets are inherently unfair institutions.
B. Countries normally experience higher unemployment during recessions.
C. Business profit should be redistributed through taxes to benefit more of society.
D. Increasing taxes is positively wrong.
4. Which of the following is a normative statement?
A . Not all resources experience price rises.
B . Poverty is something society should reduce.
C . An increase in house prices is likely to cause a reduction in demand
D . Some of the earth’s scarce resources are non-renewable.
5. Which of the following is the basic decision making unit of an economy?
A . Households C. Business firms
B . Government D. All of the above
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6. Households spend an enormous portion of their income in purchasing goods and services
from the
A . producers B . government C. other consumers D. none of the above
7. Which of the following statements would best describe firms?
A . They are the main buyers of factors of production
B . Th ey ar e th e lead in g p r o d u cer s o f co mmo d ities .
[Link] consist of both private and government enterprises.
D . All of the above
8. General government gets its income mainly from taxes levied on
A . households and business firms in the form of direct and indirect taxes
B . goods and services it provides to the producers
C . factor services it provides to households.
D . none of the above
Part III: Answer the following questions briefly and to the point.
1. Define economics from the perspective of wealth, welfare, and scarcity. Which definition
better suits economics? Why?
2. Study and knowledge of economics are extremely useful and important.” Explain.
3. Why do we study economics? Have you gained anything from this unit? Discuss them.
4. Explain the distinction between microeconomics and macroeconomics.
5. What do you understand by “positive economics” and “normative economics”?
6. Explain why economics deals with the allocation and efficient utilisation of scarce
resources only.
7. In recent years, especially around big cities, there is the problem of air pollution and the
likelihood of poisoning is high. Given this scenario, do you think that air is a free resource?
Justify your answer.
8. Explain the main features of the various decision-making units of an economy.

Part I: Write ‘True’ if the statement is correct or ‘False’ if it is not correct for
each of the following statements.
1. Economics is best described as the study of how people, businesses, governments, and
societies make choices to cope with scarcity.
2. Although a resource exists in unlimited supply, it can be considered as scarce.
3. Opportunity cost is the cost of a decision expressed in terms of the next best
alternative.
4. Points lying outside the production possibility frontier represent combinations of two
goods that correspond to the maximum possible output.
5. Economic growth can be achieved only through technological advancement.
6. Asymmetric growth occurs when an economy can grow due to an increase in productivity
in one sector of the economy
7. A command economy allows economic freedom for consumers and producers.
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8. A capitalist economy is one in which resources are jointly allocated through the price
mechanism and the government.
9. Societies with traditional economies depend on agriculture, fishing, hunting, gathering,
or some combination of them.
10. Most traditional economies produce surplus product which necessitates trade.
Part II: Choose the correct answer among the alternatives for the following
question
1. The concept of opportunity cost is based upon the principle of
A . peoples need B . consumption C. scarcity D. profit
2. The concept of choice would become irrelevant if
A . a very simple economy is considered C. capital was eliminated
B . poverty were eliminated D. scarcity was eliminated
3. Which of the following statements best describes the economic problem?
A. The fact that economies often go into decline.
B. The presence of high level of unemployment.
C. Matching endless wants with limited resources.
D. The problem that high exchange rates discourage exports.
4. The production possibility frontier can be considered as a measure of
A . potential output B . Real output C. nominal output D. total output
5. Any point lying on a production possibility curve indicates:
A . inefficient utilisation of resources C. full utilisation of resources
B . unattainable goods to be produced D. none of the above
6. A production possibility curve is:
A . a horizontal straight line C. an upward sloping curve
B . a vertical straight line D. a downward sloping curve
7. Which of the following is not a feature of a capitalist economy?
A . right to private property C. collective ownership
B . inequality of income D. None of the above
8. Which of the following is a feature of a command economy?
A . maximum social welfare C. central economic planning
B . collective ownership D. All of the above
9. Which of the following features persist in a mixed economy?
A . All resources are allocated through the price mechanism.
B . Resources are allocated through the price mechanism and the government.
C . There is a big income inequality between the rich and the poor.
D . The government commands how all resources are used.
10. Which of the following best captures the three basic economic questions of every
society?
A . What, when, and why? C. How much, how often, and for whom?
B . What, how, and for whom? D. When, where, and why?
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Subject Mathmatics
1. Express following sets using the listing method.
a. is the set of positive factors of 18
b. is the set of positive even numbers below or equal to 30
c. = {2𝑛 | 𝑛 = 0, 1, 2, 3, … }
d. = {𝑥 | 𝑥2= 9}
2. Express following sets using the set-builder method.
a. {2, 4, 6, … . . }
b. {1, 3, 5, … , 99}
c. {1, 4, 9, … , 81}
3. Find all the subsets of the following sets.
a. {3, 4, 5} b. {𝑏, 𝑐}
4. Find 𝐵 ⋃ 𝐶 and ⋂ 𝐶 of the following.
a. = {2, 3, 5, 7, 11} and 𝐶 = {1, 3, 5, 8, 11}
b. = {𝑥 | 𝑥 is the factor of 12} and 𝐶 = {𝑥 | 𝑥 is the factor of 18}
c. = {3𝑥 | 𝑥 ∈ ℕ, 𝑥 ≤ 20 } and 𝐶 = {4𝑥 | 𝑥 ∈ ℕ, 𝑥 ≤ 15}
5. If 𝐶 ⊆ 𝐵, 𝐵 ∩ 𝐶′ = {1, 4, 5}, and ∪ 𝐶 = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, then find set 𝐶.
6. Let 𝐵 = {2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9}, 𝐶 = {1, 3, 5, 6, 10} and
𝐷 = {𝑥 | ∈ ℤ, 3𝑥 + 6 = 0 or 2𝑥 + 6 = 0}.
Find a) 𝐵 ∪ 𝐶
b) Is ( ∪ 𝐶) ∪ 𝐷 = 𝐵 ∪ (𝐶 ∪ 𝐷
7. In a survey of 200 students in Motta Secondary School, 90 students are members of
Nature club, 31 students are members of Mini-media club, 21 Students are members of both
clubs. Answer the following questions.

a. How many students are members of either of the clubs?

b. How many students are not members of either of the clubs?
c. How many students are only in Nature club?

8. A survey was conducted in a class of 100 children and it was found out that 45 of them like
Mathematics whereas only 35 like Science and 10 students like both subjects. How many like
neither of the subjects?

A) 70 B) 30 C) 100 D) 40
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Subject Physics
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Say true is the statement is correct , and say false if the statement is incorrect
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