Remidial Mock Test Type A

Subject: Biology Term: Semester 2

Level: SL/HL

Grade: Grade 10

Submission date: Total marks:

09:00 AM, 19th Nov 2024 / 20

Student’s name:

Class: Date:

Instructions

Please do this remidial test properly.

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Section A [20]

Q1. Which level(s) of ecological complexity involve(s) biotic factors but not abiotic factors? [1]
I. Community
II. Ecosystem
III. Population

a) I only

b) II only

c) I and II only

d) I and III only

Q2. Which of the following interspecies interactions is an example of parasitism? [1]

a) African lion killing a kudo (a Savannah herbivore)

b) A fungus causing the death of the evergreen robber frog

c) Rhizobium bacteria living in the root nodules of a legume plant

d) The roundworm living in the gut of raccoon and absorbing foods that have been
digested by the raccoon.

Q3. The secondary production is the accumulation of carbon compounds in biomass by [1]
heterotrophs.

a) True

b) False

Q4. Which of the following statements about the removal of carbon from the atmosphere are [1]
correct?
I. Atmospheric carbon is converted into carbohydrates during photosynthesis.
II. Carbon enters the cells of aquatic plants by diffusing directly from the surrounding
water.
III. Carbon combines with water to form carbonic acid, which dissociates to form
hydrogen carbonate ions, raising the pH of water.

a) I only

b) I and II only

c) I and III only

d) I, II, and III

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Q5. Plankton are major producers in marine ecosystems. Only a small proportion of the [1]
energy harvested by plankton is passed to the primary consumers. Which process in
phytoplankton results in the largest loss of energy that could otherwise be utilized by
consumers?

a) Reproduction

b) Homeostasis

c) Excretion

d) Respiration

Q6. Look at the graph below. [1]

This is shown in the figure, which features two types of single-celled microorganisms,
Paramecium aurelia and Paramecium caudatum. When grown individually in the lab, both
species thrive. But when they are grown in the same test tube (habitat) with a fixed
amount of nutrients, both grow more poorly. The results suggest the interaction is best
described as ... .

a) Mutualistic

b) Predatory

c) Competitive

d) Parasitic

Q7. Niche is the role and position a species has in its environment. [1]

a) True

b) False

Q8. A fungus that digests its food internally and absorbs the products of digestion is called as [1]
saprotroph.

a) True

b) False

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Q9. Directional selection occurs when particular environmental conditions favor the extremes [1]
of a phenotypic range.

a) True

b) False

Q10. Research was carried out on beak size in the island-living finch species Geospiza fortis. G. [1]
fortis feeds on seeds, which are plentiful, small, and soft in the years when the weather
is normal, but which become larger and tougher in drought years. Some of the research
results are shown in the graph below.

Which of the following statements explains the results in the graph?

a) Finches adapt to drought years by developing larger beaks, passing on the

characteristic to their offspring, and leading to an increase in average beak size.
b) Finches with larger beaks have an advantage when competing for food in drought
years, and are therefore more likely to survive and pass on their alleles, leading to
an increase in average beak size.
c) Average beak size increased from 9.5 mm in 1976 to 9.9 mm in 1977, before slowly
decreasing to 9.7 mm by 1979.
d) Average finch beak size increases during years of drought and decreases during
wet years.

Q11. Speciation is the process of separating organisms into species groups. [1]

a) True

b) False

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Q12. Which of the following are required for stability in ecosystems? [1]
I. Supply of energy
II. Recycling of nutrients
III. Genetic diversity

a) I only

b) I and II

c) I, II, and III

d) II and III

Q13. Which of the following are impacts of global warming? [1]

I. Increased UV radiation reaching earth due to depletion of ozone gas in the
atmosphere
II. Ocean acidification
III. An increase in the number of extreme weather events

a) I and II

b) II and III

c) III only

d) All of above

Q14. The Caribbean monk seal (Neomonachus tropicalis) is an example of the loss of a marine [1]
species due to human activities. Which of the following factors most significantly
contributed to their extinction?

a) Natural diseases that decimated the seal population.

b) Over fishing and hunting for their oil and skin.

c) Accidental by catch in commercial fishing operations.

d) Volcanic eruptions that destroyed their breeding grounds.

Q15. Which of the following is an example of exsitu conservation of biodiversity, except... . [1]

a) Creating seed banks

b) Zoo breeding programmes

c) Minimising pollution

d) Rewilding

Q16. The presence or absence of two species of scallop (King scallop / P. maximus and Queen [3]
Scallop / A. opercularis was recorded in 200 quadrats (1m2) on a rocky sea shore. The

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 following distribution pattern was observed:
• 48quadrats = both species
• 57 quadrats = king scallop only
• 60 quadrats = queen scallop only
• 35quadrats = neither species
Calculate the expected number in the table below.

Queen scallop Queen scallop

Total
Present Absent

King scallop
Present

King scallop
Absent

Total

Q17. Ecologists studied the distribution of five species of insectivorous wood warblers of the [2]
genus Dendorica living on different parts of coniferous trees in mature forests.

a. Distinguish between the distribution of D. tigrina and that of D. coronate

b. The diagram shows the realized niches of the five species of warbler. Suggest how
the fundamental niche of D. castanea might differ from its realized niche.

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