AVILA COLLEGE AJUONA OBUKPA

FIRST TERM EXAMINATION 2022/2023 ACADEMIC SESSION

SUBJECT: BASIC SCIENCE CLASS JSS1 TIME: 11/2HOURS
Objectives (answer all)

1. Those things around us that have live inside them are called ____? (a)
Animals (b) Plants (c) Living things (d) Death
2. All these are characteristics of living things except? (a) Death (b) Nutrition
(c) Malnutrition (d) Respiration
3. ____ is a diet that contains the nutrients required by the body in the right
proportion? (a) Nutritious diet (b) Balanced diet (c) Good diet (d) sweet diet
4. The vitamin used for blood clothing is ____? (a) Vitamin A (b) Vitamin B
(c) Vitamin K (d) Vitamin E
5. The scientist that discovered cell is called ____? (a) Nnamdi Azukiwe (b)
Sir Isaac Newton (c) Robert Hook (d) Obafemi Awolowo
6. The process of keeping oneself or part of the body in a healthy condition at
all times is called ____? (a) Cleanliness (b) Personal Cleanliness (c) Family
Health (d) Balanced diet
7. All these except one are not the similarity between plant and animal cell? (a)
Chloroplast (b) Mitochondria (c) Cell membrane (d) Nucleus
8. Which of the following contain protein? (a) Yam (b) Maize (c) Egg (d)
Vegetable
9. Which of the following is not a way of contracting HIV/AIDs (a) Mosquito
(b) Sexual intercourse (c) Blood transfusion (d) Sharing of sharp objects
10.The artificial preventive method used to induce resistance into the body
against a particular disease is called ____? (a) Purification (b) Immunization
(c) Injection (d) Administration
11.A disease caused by germs is cured using certain drug called ____? (a)
Drugs (b) Vaccines (c) Immunization (d) Antibiotics
12. The vector for transmission of Lassa fever is ____? (a) Mosquitoes (b) Rat
(c) Cow (d) Tse-tse fly
 13.Deviation from the normal state of the body of animal or plant caused by
germs, bacteria or viruses is called ____? (a) Disease (b) Damage (c) Drug
(d) Danger
14.Plants produce their food by the process of ____? (a) Feeding (b) Nutrition
(c) Photosynthesis (d) Parasite
15.All these are sources of water except ____? (a) Ponds (b) Rain water(c) Zinc
water (d) Spring water
16.Mineral salts regulates the metabolism of the body (True)/(False)
17.All these are the examples of non-locomotive movements except ____? (a)
Stretching (b) Bending (c) Crawling (d) Turning
18.____ and ____ are examples of STIs/STDs? (a) typhoid and Syphilis (b)
Malaria and HIV (c) Headache and Gonorrhea (d) Gonorrhea and Syphilis
19.The methods employed in the purification of water are the following except.
(a) Boling (b) Heating of Chlorine (c) Sieving (d) Addition of Alum
20.Deficiency of protein causes ____? (a) Malaria (b) Headache (c)
Kwashiorkor (d) Typhoid

Section 2 Theory (answer 4 questions)

1. What is living thing? (ii) List six characteristics of living things

2. Mention three methods of keeping personal cleanliness? (ii) List three
methods of keeping the environment clean (iii) State two consequences of
poor hygiene (iv) Mention two importance of cleanliness?
3. Define Food? (ii) List four class of food you know and give one example of
each
4. What is balance Diet? (b) The deficiency of what causes (i) Scurvy (ii)
Rickets (iii) Goiter (iv) Kwashiorkor (v) Beriberi (vi) Night blindness (c)
mention two importance of balanced diet
5. What is disease? (b) List the two classification of diseases (c) What is the
vector organism of sleeping sickness? (d) Mention three ways of preventing
diseases
6. Define drug abuse. (b) Mention two STIs/STDs diseases that you know (c)
What is the full meaning of the following (i) HIV (ii) NDLEA
AVILA COLLEGE AJUONA OBUKPA
FIRST TERM EXAMINATION 2022/2023 ACADEMIC SESSION
SUBJECT: BASIC SCIENCE CLASS JSS2 TIME: 11/2HOURS
Objectives (answer all)

1. The uniqueness of man is attributed to His ____. (a) Complex body (b) Body
structure (c) Large brain (d) Long legs
2. The irreversible increase in the number of cells in the body of an organism is
called ____? (a) Development (b) Maturity (c) Growth (d) Adulthood
3. ____ refers to a person’s emotional attitude, beliefs and perception of their own
body. (a) Self-esteem (b) Body image (c) Habits (d) Reflection
4. All except one is not an example of chemical change. (a) Cooking (b) Boiling
(c) Rusting of Iron (d) Burning of wood
5. The change of state from solid to gas without passing through the liquid is
called ____? (a)Melting (b) Evaporation (c) Sublimation (d) Condensation
6. The leaves of aquatic plants have large air space that helps them to ____? (a)
Swim (b) Flow (c) Float (d) Large
7. Cholera is an example of ____ type of disease? (a) Non-communicable (b)
Communicable (c) Dangerous (d) Manageable
8. Lack of Iodine in the body causes ____. (a) Goiter (b) Osteoporosis (c) Scurvy
(d) Night blindness
9. Animal found in the desert habitat is ____? (a) Goat (b) Lion (c) Camel (d)
Human beings
10.The first developmental changes observe red in the infant stage of development
is ____? (a) The baby sits down (b) The baby turns on the bed (c) The baby
starts crawling (d) The baby starts walking
11.The following are the ways of abusing drugs except? (a) Taking overdose or
under dose (b) Not taking drugs at the stipulated time (c) Taking drugs
according to doctors directives (d) Taking drug to induce sleep
12.These are all stages of growth except. (a) Ageing (b) Death (c) Adolescence (d)
Embryonic growth
13.____ involves providing or seeking assistance or support in order to find a
remedy to a problem. (a) Refuge (b) Modeling (c) Finding help (d) Finding
problems
14.The three types of media are news media, web media and ____? (a) Social
media (b) Games media (c) Video media (d) website
15.In the educational sector, the Educational counselors provide help. True / False
16. One of these is not a disease that can be caused as of one’s lifestyle. (a)
Obesity (b) Cancer of the lungs (c) Liver problem (d) Albinism
17.Development of acne and pimples is an example of temporary change. True /
False
18.The large brain is made of many ____ to fit into the skull. (a) Spaces (b)
Structures (c) Layers (d) Folds
19.Cholera is spread by the vector ____? (a) Housefly (b) Butterfly (c) Black fly
(d) Tsetse fly
20.It is believed that the more the number of fold of the brain, the more intelligent
a person is True /False

Section 2: Theory (answer 4 questions only)

1. Define Growth. (ii) Define Development. (iii) Mention the four growth
stages in man (IV) mention one non-communicable disease that you know?
2. What is habitat? (ii) Mention the two types of habitat and give two examples
each of the types.
3. State the four stages of development in man. (ii) List four factors that affect
growth and development. (iii) Mention one example of temporary change?
4. What is disease? (ii) Mention two deficiency diseases. (iii) Mention two
ways of preventing diseases. (iv) List two hereditary diseases.
5. Define body image? (ii) List three factors that determine body image. (iii)
Define drug abuse. (iv) Mention the various type of terrestrial habitat.
6. What is physical change? (ii) Mention three examples of chemical change.
(iii) Mention four factors that affect growth and development. (iv) What is
the cause of Kwashiorkor?
AVILA COLLEGE AJUONA OBUKPA
FIRST TERM EXAMINATION 2022/2023 ACADEMIC SESSION
SUBJECT: BASIC SCIENCE CLASS JSS3 TIME: 11/2HOURS
Objectives (answer all)

1. The central nervous system consists of the following except the ____? (a)
Brain (b) Heart (c) Spinal cord (d) Nerves
2. The following drugs are more likely to give adverse effects except? (a)
Cocaine (b) Heroine (c) Panadol (d) Indian hemp
3. Ozone is composed of ____? (a) One atom of oxygen (b) Two atoms of
oxygen (c) Three atoms of oxygen (d) Four atoms of oxygen
4. The following cause soil erosion except. (a) Building of houses (b) Growth
of town (c) Mulching (d) Road construction
5. Which part of Nigeria is prone to desertification? (a) Southwest (b) Northern
Nigeria (c) Southeast (d) South-south
6. Deforestation is caused by all these except. (a) Felling of trees for industrial
use (b) Passage of new roads through forest (c) Expansion of towns and
village (d) Planting of trees
7. Which of these is not an effect of bush burning? (a) Loss of forest reserve
(b) Loss of wildlife (c) Loss of property (d) Building of houses
8. The following are the layers of the atmosphere except ____? (a) Ionosphere
(b) Mesosphere (c) Troposphere (d) Stratosphere
9. Which of these statements is not correct about family traits? (a) Family traits
could be dominant or recessive (b) Family traits are passed from one sibling
to another (c) Family traits can be used to trace siblings (d) Family traits are
passed from parents to children
10.Sensory cells are also known as ____? (a) Receptor (b) Effectors (c) Motor
neurons (d) Sensory neurons
11.Which of these is not a mechanism of food metabolism in the body? (a)
absorption (b) Egestion (c) Injection (d) Ingestion
12.The Ozone is located on ____ layer of the atmosphere. (a) Troposphere (b)
Stratosphere (c) Mesosphere (d) Thermosphere
 13. ____ is the father of genetics? (a) Sir Isaac Newton (b) Sir Gregor Mendel
(c) Sir Luther Dave (d) Prof. Robert Hook
14.The beneficial effect of flooding is ____? (a) Change in habitat (b)
Destruction of property (c) Production of fine particle of soil called silt (d)
Loss of lives
15.The agency that regulation of bush burning in Enugu state is the ____? (a)
LASEPA (b) ENSEPA (c) EBSEPA (d) ENSAPA
16.The three bones of the ear are collectively called. (a) Osis (b) Hammers (c)
Ossicles (d) Incus
17.The ozone is located in the atmosphere _____ from the ground. (a) 0 to 9km
(b) 10km to 80km (c) 80km to 150km (d) 150 to 250km
18.All these are green house gases except. (a) CH4 (b) CO2 (c) NO2 (d)SO3
19.The external part of the ear is made of cartilaginous membrane that receives
sound waves and direct them to the middle ear is called ___? (a) Pinna (b)
Eardrum (c) Ossicles (d) Cochlea
20.The human being reproductive cells produce how many numbers of
chromosomes each during reproduction? (a) 23 (b) 46 (c) 30 (d) 15

Section 2: Theory (answer 4 questions only)

1. Using equation explain how the ozone layer is depleted by

fluorochlorocarbon. (ii) Mention one benefit of the ozone layer.
2. Differentiate between dominant and recessive traits. (ii) State two uses of
family trait. (iii) Mention two way of preventing flooding.
3. State three harmful effects of flooding. (ii) State two agencies that make
regulations against bush burning. (iii) Define resource. (iv) List three
resources gotten from animals.
4. Define reflex action and give three examples. (b) Use a flow chart to
illustrate how impulses are transmitted in the body.
5. How do green house gases cause global warming?
6. What are the roles of NDLEA and NAFDAC in controlling drugs? (ii)
Mention four family traits you know.