WAEC - Biology (2018)

  • 1
    The scientist who introduced binomial nomenclature in the classification of organisms was
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    (B)
    Carolus Linnaeus
  • 2
    Which of the following statements is true about arthropods?
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    (A)
    Prothorax bears only legs
  • 3
    What level of organization is Spirogyra?
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    (C)
    Cell
  • 4
    The streaming movement of cytoplasm within the Paramecium is known as
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    (C)
    Cyclosis
  • 5
    Which of the following organelles is found only in plant cells?
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    (D)
    Plastids
  • 6
    Active transport differs from diffusion in that active transport 
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    (B)
    allows the movement of substances against concentration gradient
  • 7

    The diagrams above are illustrations of an experimental set-up to demonstrate a type of tropic response in plants. The type of response demonstrated is

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    (C)
    hydrotropism
  • 8

    The conclusion drawn from the experiment in the diagram above is that

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    (D)
    roots of plants are positively hydrotropic
  • 9
    The odontoid process is found on the
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    (A)
    axis vetebra
  • 10
    A seedling was made to stand in a solution of red ink for three hours and a transverse section of the stem was examined under the microscope. The process being investigated was
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    (C)
    diffusion of colored substances
  • 11
    Which of the following structures would carry out cellular respiration? A
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    (A)
    germinating seed
  • 12
    Which of the following is NOT an excretory product of animals?
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    (D)
    oxygen
  • 13
    An example of homeostasis in living organisms is
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    (D)
    the release of phosphorus into the phloem of a plant growing in a phosphorus-deficient soil
  • 14
    Ultrafiltration in the kidney takes place in the
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    (D)
    Bowman's Capsule
  • 15
    The thyroid gland is found at the base of the
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    (C)
    Neck
  • 16
    Which of the following statements about the response of neurones to stimulus is correct?
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    (D)
    Intensity of stimulus must reach a threshold value before the neurons can be excited
  • 17
    Which of the following practices may lead to infection of the eye? Use of
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    (A)
    contact lenses
  • 18
    The structures for gaseous exchange in breathing roots are
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    (B)
    lenticels
  • 19

    The diagram above is an illustration of the life cycle of an insect. The adult fly in this cycle is called

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    (B)
    Butterfly
  • 20

    In the diagram above, the larva is also known as

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    (B)
    Caterpillar
  • 21
    The source of energy required by plants during food production is
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    (C)
    Sunlight
  • 22
    One major difference between plant and animals nutrition is the ability of plants to synthesize
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    (A)
    Food for plants and animals
  • 23
    By what process is starch converted into maltose?
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    (A)
    Hydrolysis
  • 24
    The ascent of water in tall trees is mainly due to 
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    (B)
    transpiration pull
  • 25
    The duodenum of a person was surgically removed. Which of the following substances would have their digestion affected?
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    (D)
    starch, protein and lipids
  • 26
    Which of the following dental formulae represents the dentition in rabbits?
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    (A)
    \(I\frac{2}{1}\) \(C\frac{0}{0}\) \(P\frac{3}{2}\) \(M\frac{3}{3}\)
  • 27

    The diagram above is an illustration of an experimental set-up to demonstrate a property of soil. The property of soil demonstrated is

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    (B)
    capillarity
  • 28
    Which of the following statements would be a correct observation at the end of the experiment? Water moves
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    (D)
    highest in clayey soil
  • 29
    The most important factor(s) that influence(s) the ecological niche of an organism is/ are the
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    (D)
    competition for food and space
  • 30

    The diagram above is an illustration of organisms in an air-tight aquarium.The most important factor needed by the organisms is

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    (A)
    light energy
  • 31
    Which of the following instruments is used to determine the turbidity of water?
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    (C)
    secchi disc
  • 32
    In an ecosystem, the least efficient energy transfer link is from the
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    (A)
    secondary consumers to decomposers
  • 33
    Xerophytes have the following characteristics aimed at conserving water except
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    (B)
    broad leaf surfaces
  • 34
    An association between living organisms in which one lives on and feeds at the expense of the other is known as
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    (C)
    parasitism
  • 35
    When large numbers of organisms share limited space and resources, the immediate result is
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    (C)
    competition
  • 36
    Which of the following disease ic caused by a bacterium?
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    (C)
    syphilis
  • 37
    Conservation of wildlife is necessary mainly because 
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    (C)
    it prevents extinction of species
  • 38
    Patients X and Y were likely transferred with blood of genotype
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    (C)
    BO
  • 39
    What should the hospital have done to prevent X from showing the symptom described above? Patient X should have
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    (A)
    undergone an agglutination test
  • 40
    The greatest contribution to genetic studies was made by 
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    (A)
    Gregor Mendel
  • 41
    The exchange of genes between homologous chromosomes is called
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    (A)
    crossing over
  • 42

    The diagrams above are illustrations of the inheritance of coat colour in mice. J, K, L, M and N are parents. The cross between two parent mice gave rise to offspring P, Q, R and S. Which of the offspring are all homozygous?

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    (C)
    S
  • 43
    Genes that remain linked are those
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    (A)
    close to each other on the chromosomes
  • 44
    A plant cell has 14 chromosomes prior to mitosis. What is the number of chromosomes in the daughter cells?
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    (A)
    14
  • 45
    The chemical bond that holds the bases of the two strands of DNA together is
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    (B)
    hydrogen bond