WAEC - Biology (2005)

  • 1
    Which of the following groups embraces the rest?
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    (B)
    Kingdom
  • 2
    The group mollusca is characterized by the presence of
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    (D)
    Soft, non-segmented
  • 3
    A virus can sometimes be regarded as a living organism because it
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    (C)
    reproduces in living cells
  • 4
    A mayor difference between plants and animals is that
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    (A)
    there is free movement in animals while this is limited in plants
  • 5
    Which of the following adaptation is no found in fruits and seeds dispersed by the win '?
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    (B)
    Spongy coats
  • 6
    The main similarity between unicellular and multicellular organisms is that both
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    (A)
    perform all life activities
  • 7
    One important characteristic of green plants is that they
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    (C)
    are autotrophic
  • 8
    A serious disadvantage of complexity in higher organisms is
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    (A)
    a high demand for food and energy
  • 9
    Which of these organs can be considered vestigial in humans but functional in other mammals? The
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    (B)
    appendix
  • 10
    Which of the following pairs of organisms are photosynthetic?
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    (C)
    Chlamydomonas and Euglena
  • 11
    Which of the following pairs of organisms exist as colonies?
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    (B)
    Pandorina and Volvox
  • 12
    Which of the following Best explains why It is difficult to see clearly in dim light?
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    (C)
    Too little light reaches the retina and so the cones may not be stimulated at all
  • 13
    In active transport, molecules move against a concentration gradient, therefore
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    (A)
    molecules move from a region of low concentration to a region of high concentration
  • 14
    Which of the following substance pass through the root cell membrane by osmosis?
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    (D)
    water
  • 15
    Which of the following statements defines plasmolysis?
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    (C)
    Shrinking away of the cytoplasm from the plant cell wall
  • 16
    Raw materials required by green plants to manufacture their food are
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    (B)
    inorganic substances
  • 17
    The role of ATP include all the following activities except
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    (D)
    producing water during aerobic respiration
  • 18
    The basis of growth involves the following processes except
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    (A)
    cell reduction
  • 19
    Which of the following statements is true about movement of the forearm? In
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    (B)
    bending the arm, the biceps contract and the triceps relax
  • 20
    Only specially adapted micro-organisms are found in
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    (A)
    salty water
  • 21
    Which of the following organisms causes syphilis?
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    (C)
    Treponema pallidlum
  • 22
    In plant respiration occurs in
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    (D)
    all living cells
  • 23
    A faster colour change of a dry cobalt chloride paper affixed to the lower surface of a leaf than the upper one, indicates that
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    (B)
    the lower surface of the leaf has more stomata
  • 24
    Which of the following takes place when a person’s body temperature rises above 37oC
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    (C)
    Sweating and vasodilation
  • 25
    Which of the following glands secretes a substance into the blood stream of a frightened person?
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    (A)
    Adrenal glands
  • 26
    Reading the verdict of a case by a judge or magistrate is an example of
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    (D)
    a voluntary action
  • 27
    Which of the following describes an example of fertilization in higher organisms?
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    (A)
    Fusion of sperm and egg nuclei
  • 28
    When both ovaries of the human female ovulate simultaneously and both ova are fertilized, then
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    (B)
    fraternal twins are produced
  • 29
    Which of the following statements is not true of the light stage of photosynthesis?
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    (C)
    Carbon (IV) oxide is reduced by hydrogen atoms in NADPH2
  • 30
    Which of the following elements is required in large amounts by plants
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    (D)
    Phosphorus
  • 31
    Which of the following substances has the highest amount of energy in joules per unit weight?
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    (C)
    Fats
  • 32
    Which of the following elements is required in large amounts by plants
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    (D)
    Phosphorus
  • 33
    Which of the following juices contains the enzyme ptyalin?
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    (D)
    Saliva
  • 34
    Trees in savannah habitats usually have heavy thick bark which mainly
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    (A)
    reduces the rate of transpiration
  • 35
    In the marine food web, the source of energy to the producer comes from
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    (C)
    sun
  • 36
    A population is best described as
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    (A)
    a group of the same species of organisms living together
  • 37
    Possession of strong adhesives is a feature of animals living in/on
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    (B)
    rocky shores
  • 38
    A stable self-sustaining environment produced by an interaction between the biotic and abiotic components is best described as
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    (C)
    an ecosystem
  • 39
    Which of the following factors is not associated with aquatic habitats?
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    (D)
    Edaphic
  • 40
    Which of the following instruments is used to measure the speed of a stream?
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    (A)
    Simple float
  • 41
    In an ecosystem the organism which changes light energy into stored chemical energy is the
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    (C)
    producer
  • 42
    Which of the following processes does not contribute to the maintenance of the nitrogen content of the soil?
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    (B)
    Denitrification
  • 43
    Which of the following organisms is well adapted for fluid feeding?
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    (B)
    Mosquito
  • 44
    The density-dependent factors that operate to regulate a population size may include the following except
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    (B)
    fire outbreak
  • 45
    Which of the following infections is unlikely to respond to antibiotic treatment?
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    (C)
    Measles
  • 46
    Algal bloom depletes oxygen content of bodies of water polluted by
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    (C)
    raw sewage disposal
  • 47
    Conservation of wild life is necessary mainly because
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    (D)
    it helps to prevent extinction of species
  • 48
    Which of the following is not a means of conservation?
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    (D)
    Burning of vegetation before cropping
  • 49
    Which of the following statements about mutation is true?
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    (B)
    The genotype is affected
  • 50
    Variation which exhibits a wide range from one extreme to the other with very little difference between the intermediates is described as
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    (C)
    continuous
  • 51
    Which of the following is an example of physiological variation?
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    (A)
    Blood groups
  • 52
    A person with blood group B can only donate blood to individuals with blood groups
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    (B)
    B and AB
  • 53
    If the pink colour of a petal is dominant over white what would be the colour of the flower of the F generation when a pure pink flowered plant is crossed with a white flowered plant?
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    (B)
    Pink
  • 54
    If two parents are sickle cell carriers then their genotypes would be
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    (C)
    HbA HbS and HbA HbS
  • 55
    Which disease is sex-linked and mainly afflicts male offspring?
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    (B)
    Haemophilia
  • 56
    In a living cell, factors which are responsible for inheritance are located
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    (C)
    on the chromosomes
  • 57
    Which of the following is not a correct base pairing on the DNA strand?
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    (D)
    Uracil, Thymine
  • 58
    Which of the following organisms is a social insect?
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    (B)
    Honey bee
  • 59
    Territoriality is a phenomenon among
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    (C)
    male animals with a group of females
  • 60
    A honey bee worker communicates with others on locating a source of food by
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    (A)
    dancing