Exercise Objective Questions

1. Which of the following animals live in groups? A Polar bears B Tiger C Zebra D Lizard 2. Which of the following are the reasons why some animals live in solitary? I. II. III. A B C D To avoid competition for food To avoid competition do air To avoid competition for space I and II only I and III only II and III only I, II and III

3. The pictures below show different types of animals in a habitat.

Which of the following animals will compete for food? A B C D P and Q P and R P and S P, Q and S

4. Why certain animals live alone? A B C D To avoid competition for sunlight To avoid competition for food To help the others look for food. To help others to look for mates during the mating season.

5. Diagram 1 shows a type of animal that lives solitarily.

Diagram 1 Which of the following statements are true about the animal? I. II. III. IV. A B C D It is a carnivore It is considered as a weak animal and it is hunted by stronger animals. It lives alone to hunt for its prey It works together with others of the same species to hunt for its prey.

I and II I and IV II and IV III and IV

(10 MARKS)

Subjective Questions 1. Diagram 2 shows the information gathered by a group of students about the population of organism Q from the year 1980 to the year 2010.
120000 100000 80000 Population of organism Q 60000 40000 20000 0 1980 1990 Year 2000 2010

Diagram 2 (a) What is the trend of change in the population of organism Q from the year 190 to the year 2010? ________________________________________________________________ (b) State two inferences based on your answer in 1(a). 1) ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 2) ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ (c) What is the aim of the investigation? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

(d) What is the hypothesis based on the diagram above? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

(e) What is the conclusion based on the investigation? ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________

(10 marks)

Answers Objective Questions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. C B B B B Subjective Questions Suggested Answers 1. (a) Decreases (b) 1) Deforestation activities lead to the destruction of natural habitat. 2) Q are hunted by human (c) To investigate the relationship between the year and the population of organism Q. (d) The longer the number of years, the lower the population of organism Q / As the number of year increases, the population of organism Q decreases. (or viceversa) (e) The longer the number of years, the lower the population of organism Q / As the number of year increases, the population of organism Q decreases. (or viceversa)