The scientist who introduced binomial nomenclature in the classification of organisms was
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Carolus Linnaeus
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Which of the following statements is true about arthropods?
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Prothorax bears only legs
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What level of organization is Spirogyra?
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Cell
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The streaming movement of cytoplasm within the Paramecium is known as
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Cyclosis
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Which of the following organelles is found only in plant cells?
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Plastids
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Active transport differs from diffusion in that active transport
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allows the movement of substances against concentration gradient
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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
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The conclusion drawn from the experiment in the diagram above is that
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roots of plants are positively hydrotropic
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The odontoid process is found on the
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(A)
axis vetebra
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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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diffusion of colored substances
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Which of the following structures would carry out cellular respiration? A
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germinating seed
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Which of the following is NOT an excretory product of animals?
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oxygen
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An example of homeostasis in living organisms is
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the release of phosphorus into the phloem of a plant growing in a phosphorus-deficient soil
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Ultrafiltration in the kidney takes place in the
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Bowman's Capsule
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The thyroid gland is found at the base of the
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Neck
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Which of the following statements about the response of neurones to stimulus is correct?
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Intensity of stimulus must reach a threshold value before the neurons can be excited
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Which of the following practices may lead to infection of the eye? Use of
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(A)
contact lenses
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The structures for gaseous exchange in breathing roots are
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lenticels
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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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Butterfly
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In the diagram above, the larva is also known as
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Caterpillar
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The source of energy required by plants during food production is
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Sunlight
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One major difference between plant and animals nutrition is the ability of plants to synthesize
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Food for plants and animals
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By what process is starch converted into maltose?
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Hydrolysis
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The ascent of water in tall trees is mainly due to
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(B)
transpiration pull
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The duodenum of a person was surgically removed. Which of the following substances would have their digestion affected?
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starch, protein and lipids
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Which of the following dental formulae represents the dentition in rabbits?
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
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Which of the following statements would be a correct observation at the end of the experiment? Water moves
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highest in clayey soil
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The most important factor(s) that influence(s) the ecological niche of an organism is/ are the
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competition for food and space
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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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light energy
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Which of the following instruments is used to determine the turbidity of water?
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secchi disc
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In an ecosystem, the least efficient energy transfer link is from the
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secondary consumers to decomposers
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Xerophytes have the following characteristics aimed at conserving water except
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(B)
broad leaf surfaces
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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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parasitism
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When large numbers of organisms share limited space and resources, the immediate result is
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competition
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Which of the following disease ic caused by a bacterium?
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syphilis
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Conservation of wildlife is necessary mainly because
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it prevents extinction of species
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Patients X and Y were likely transferred with blood of genotype
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BO
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What should the hospital have done to prevent X from showing the symptom described above? Patient X should have
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undergone an agglutination test
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The greatest contribution to genetic studies was made by
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Gregor Mendel
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The exchange of genes between homologous chromosomes is called
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(A)
crossing over
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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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S
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Genes that remain linked are those
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close to each other on the chromosomes
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A plant cell has 14 chromosomes prior to mitosis. What is the number of chromosomes in the daughter cells?
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14
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The chemical bond that holds the bases of the two strands of DNA together is
