Yabelo secondary special boarding school
biology Grade 9th second semester worksheet
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A. CO2, energy & lactic acid
B. CO2, H2O & ethyl alcohol
C. CO2, energy & ethanol
D. CO2, ethanol & lactic acid
2. Controlling of micro-organisms through heated to either
71.6 °C for at least 15 seconds or 62.9 °C for 30 minute
is called?
A. Pasteurization
B. Autoclaving
C. Dry heat sterilization
D. Ultra high temperature
3. Immunity passed from mother to foetus by way of the
placenta is described as:
A. natural active
A. natural active
B. Artificial active
C. Natural passive
D. Artificial passive
4. Which of the following animal is the vector for malaria?
A. Aedes aegypti mosquito
B. housefly
C. Anopheles mosquito
D. Plasmodium falciparum
5. Which of the following statement is not true of
microorganisms?
A. All are harmful and cause disease
B. Some of them have useful aspects in ecosystem
C. All are parasites
D. A&C are not true
7. All of the following are useful effects of growing of micro-
organisms in laboratories. Except:
A. To know how to killed them
B. To develop biological weapon
C. To identify their useful & harmful aspects
D. To develop vaccines
8. Which of the following disease is only caused by bacteria?
A. Malaria
B. Bilharzia
C. gastro enteritis
D. cholera
9. The chemical approach to controlling micro-organisms
that are applied to living tissue to kill micro-organisms
are:
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10. A solid nutrient medium which is extracted from red algae
& used for growing of microorganisms on Petridish is
A. Agar
B. Broth
C. Crystal violet
D. Iodine
11. Artificial passive immunity:
A. It involves giving specific antibodies in the form of infection
B. It can be passes from mother to child though breast feeding
C. It has long-lasting effect on the body
D. It can damage all types of pathogenic antigen
12. Which of the following method is used prevent the disease
which is caused by tape worm?
A. Avoid work in overcrowded conditions
B. Taking effective antibiotic
D. Use insecticide-treated mosquito nets
13. One of the following is not characteristics of viruses
A. They are obligate intracellular parasites
B. They have either DNA or RNA as genetic material
C. They can reproduce without host cells
D. They do not carry out of the functions of normal living
organisms
14. Which of the following bacteria doesn’t cause intestinal
infection & result in diarrhea?
A. Salmonella typhi
. B. Escheria coli
C. Mycobacterium tuberculosis [Link] cholera
15. Controlling the Anopheles mosquitoes which are vector
of causative agent of malaria can be done by the
following. Except :
C. insecticide-treated mosquito nets
D. Minimize any opportunities for the mosquitoes to breed
16. Among the Sexually transmitted disease, which is not caused by
bacteria?
A. Syphilis B. GonorrheaC. Chancroid D. HIV/AIDS
17. At which stage of syphilis, symptoms of illness in the skin, bones,
central nervous system and heart developed?
A. Primary stage B. Secondary stage
C. Tertiary stage D. Quaternary stage
18. Which of the following sexually transmitted disease affects males
than females?
A. Chancroid B. Syphilis C. Gonorrhea D. HIV/AIDS
19. Which of the following are the most serious cases that affects
people living with HIV/AIDS?
A. Care & supportB. Guidance and counseling
C. Stigma and discriminationD. Developing positive attitude
21. Which of the following cells of immunity are attacked by
Human Immuno deficiency viruses?
A. T- cells
B. Red blood cells
C. B-cells
D. Plasma cells
22. All of the following practice have to be applied while you
using modern medicine. Except:
A. Stop using the medicines if you are in good health
condition.
B. Follow the instruction given by physician.
C. Do not take more than you are prescribed.
D. Do not take less than you are given.
23. Choose the alternative contains the disease caused by
what is known as droplet infection?
A. Typhoid fever
C. Eating contaminated food
D. Sexual contact
25. All of the following are practices that increase risk of
HIV/AIDS. Except:
A. Having sex with an infected person
B. Sharing knives for female genital mutilation
C. Receive infected blood
D. Having positive attitude with an infected individual
26. Which of the following of the following human body
system does HIV attacks?
A. Circulatory system B. Immune system
C. Digestive systemD. Breathing system
27. What is the huge role played by micro-organisms such
as bacteria and fungi in the ecosystem?
A. Producing organic substancesB. Antibiotic production
28. Which of the following is true about antibodies:
A. Are substances that destroy the cells of sick person
B. Antibodies against one disease can be used for curing any
other infection.
C. Antibodies function the same way as antibiotics
D. Antibodies will give protection to the person against
reinfection
29. Different biologists used different criteria to classify living
things into different categories. What is the need for
the classification?
A. To simplify their study.
B. To bring order out of chaos or confusion
C. To try to understand how life originated
D. All are the reason for need of classification
20. Which of the following is not true of subkingdom algae
A. All are microscopic
B. They are photosynthetic & eukaryotic
C. They live either in aquatic habitat or on land
D. They have undifferentiated body called thallus
31. Liverwort is from which of the division of plant
kingdom?
A. Bryophyta
B. Pteridophyta
C. Spermatophyta
D. Seed bearing plant
32. The scientific name of dog is:
A. Musca domestica
B. Canis familiaris
C. Felis domesticus
D. Panthera leo
33. Large prominent leaves of ferns are:
B. The leaves are often relatively broad.
C. The stem contains a ring of vascular tissue.
D. The leaves contain have a network of veins
35. Which of the following is not feature of Phylum Porifera?
A. They have hollow filter feeders
B. They are the simplest invertebrates
C. The body cavity is connected to its external environment by
pores
D. They have stinging cells on their tentacles for poisoning
36. Segmented body is the character of phylum:
A. AnnelidaB. MolluscaC. Nematoda D. Platyhelminthes
37. Which of the following phylum of animal kingdom move
using tube feet?
A. Nematoda B. PlatyhelminthesC. Echinodermata
D. Annelida
38. Lobsters and crabs are member of class:
A. CrustaceaB. ArachnidaC . InsectaD. Chilopoda
39. Which of the following character of Centipedes makes it
different from millipedes?
A. flattened bodiesB. Presence more segments
C. two pairs of limbs per segment
D. presence of claws for biting plant material
40. All of the following are features of Bony fish (teleosts).
Except:
A. Presence of bony skeleton B. Round-shaped scales
C. Homocercal tailsD. Absence of opercula
41. Which of the following may have an external exoskeleton
made of chitin that prevents excessive water loss?
A. Ants ,earthworm & protozoa
B. Molluscs ,Echinodermata & Annelida
C. Echinoderms & molluscs D. Arthropods
42. A group of plants characterized by the possession of a
mass of spore bearing structures on the underside of their
leaves are:
A. Algae B. Gymnosperms C. Ferns D. Angiosperms
43. In the scientific name Podocarpus falcatus ; the word
Podocarpus stands for the:
A. Genus nameB. Species nameC. Family nameD. Order
44. The following two are members of phylum Annelida
A. Trematoda & Ascaris B. Leeches & earthworm
C. Plannaria & earth worm D. Leeches & flukes
45. Which of the following phylum is mismatched with their
appearance
A. Annelida -round worms
B. Mollusca -soft-bodied animals
C. Echinodermata- spiny-skinned animals
D. Arthropoda--joint-footed animals
46. Which of the following groups of animals has the largest
number of species?
A. VertebratesB. Earthworm C. ArachnidD. Mollusca
47. The features of lichens include:
A. Have no true root, stem & leavesB. Have very simple
organization C. Are non-photosynthetic
D. Are seed bearing plants
The next four questions are based on the following groups of
organisms.
I. Molluscs II. Birds III. Angiosperm IV. FishesV. Ferns
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48. Which of the above groups belong to the animal
kingdom?
A. I,II,III& VIIB. I,III,IV&VIIC. I,II,IV&VIII D. I,II,IV&VII
49. The best category for classifying monocotyledons is :
A. Group VIII
B. Group V
C. Group III
D. Group IV
50. The biological field that studies about the groups listed
under III,V,VI&VIII is:
A. Zoology
B. Microbiology
C. Botany
D. Entomology
51. True roots, stem and leaves are found in :
A. III,V&VI
B. III, IV& VI
C. III, V&VII
D. They contain a pair of limb
54. The snail can be best classified in the group of
A. Arthropoda
B. Chordata
C. Molluscs
D. Echinoderms
55. Which of the following is not true about insects? they
possess:
A. Three segmented body parts B. A pair of antennae
C. Two pairs of legsD. One or Two pairs of wings
56. Which class of the vertebrata has scaly skin on the legs,
lays eggs and can regulate its own body temperature?
A. BirdsB. FishC. MammalsD. Reptiles
57. Mammals are the best known of all animals, then which of
the following is not feature of mammals make them different
from other vertebrate groups?
C. They have two pairs of pentadactyl limbs
D. They are poikilothermi88. Which major group of the plant
kingdom is best characterized by having needle shaped leaves
and production of
seeds in structures called cones?
A. MonocotyledonsB. FernsC. AngiospermsD. Conifers
89. Which one of the following is not closely related to the
others?
A. FrogB. TurtleC. CrocodileD. Snake
90. In which of the following features are eukaryotic cells
differ from prokaryotic cells?
A. They have cell membrane
B. They have distinctive nucleus
C. They have no ribosome D. They have cytoplasm
91. Which of the following is not true of protozoa?
A. They represent both plants and animals
B. They are microscopic organisms
C. They have no chloroplastD. They are prokaryotes
92. In which kingdom of life are the unicellular prokaryotes
grouped?
A. Monera
B. Fungi
C. Protista
D. Plantae
93. Which of the following has a unidirectional flow in an
ecosystem?
A. Carbon
B. Energy
C. Nitrogen
D. Water
94. In a given ecosystem, members of which one of the