WAEC - Biology (2009)

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    A group of closely related organisms capable of interbreeding to produce fertile offspring are known as members of a
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    (D)
    species
  • 2
    Viruses are economically important because they?
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    (C)
    cause diseases in plants and animals
  • 3
    A beaker of pond water containing few specimens of Euglena was placed in a dark room for two weeks. At the end of this period, the specimens of Euglena were still alive because they were
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    (A)
    able to carry out holozoic nutrition.
  • 4
    The cytoplasm of the cell is considered a very important component because it
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    (B)
    suspends all cell organelles.
  • 5
    After an hour, the level of water in the thistle funnel will
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    (A)
    rise
  • 6
    The experiment above is used to demonstrate the process of
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    (D)
    osmosis
  • 7
    In plant cells the role of the membrane is played by the
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    (B)
    cell wall
  • 8
    Red blood cells were found to have burst open after being placed in distilled water for an hour. This phenomenon is known as
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    (C)
    haemolysis
  • 9
    The curvature movement of plants in response to the stimulus of water is called
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    (A)
    hydrotropism
  • 10
    Two organelles directly involved in mitotic cell division are
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    (D)
    nucleus and centriole
  • 11
    The following statements about mitotic cell division are correct except that
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    (A)
    it occurs only in young cells
  • 12
    The longest bone in the body is the
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    (B)
    femur
  • 13
    Which of the following structures is not a skeletal material?
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    (D)
    Muscle
  • 14
    The reason why the flow of blood through the capillaries is very slow is
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    (D)
    to allow adequate time for exchange of materials.
  • 15
    Which of the following features is not characteristic of arteries? Arteries
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    (A)
    possess valves at intervals throughout their length
  • 16
    A group of rats placed in an air-tight box for some hours died because they
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    (D)
    used up the available oxygen
  • 17
    Which of the following organisms have kidney as their excretory organ?
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    (A)
    Fishes, amphibians, birds, man.
  • 18

    Which of the statements below is valid?

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    (C)
    The body temperature of the bird remained constant despite changes in environmental temperature
  • 19
    What physiological term can he used to
    describe the regulation of the body
    temperature of the lizard? '
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    (C)
    Poikilothermy
  • 20
    The reason why hospitals use saline solutions as drip instead of water is
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    (C)
    to maintain the composition of the body fluids
  • 21
    The part of the ear which contains nerve cells sensitive to sound vibrations is the
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    (A)
    cochlea
  • 22
    Spectacles with convex lenses correct long-sightedness by
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    (A)
    converging the light rays before they enter the eye.
  • 23
    A seed of a flowering plant can best be described as
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    (B)
    the developed ovule
  • 24
    Which of the following processes removes carbon from the atmosphere?
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    (B)
    Photosynthesis
  • 25
    Which of the following cycles involves the process of precipitation and transpiration?
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    (A)
    Water cycle
  • 26
    The mesophyll layer of a leaf consists of
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    (D)
    photosynthetic parenchyma cells.
  • 27
    Which of the following treatments would increase the rate of transpiration in a potted plant?
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    (B)
    Placing it under a fan in a room
  • 28
    Pepsin is secreted as an inactive precursor called pepsinogen because
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    (C)
    pepsin is a proteolytic enzyme and might attack the stomach tissues
  • 29
    An organism whose source of carbon is inorganic is likely to be a/an
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    (B)
    autotrophic organism
  • 30
    Which of the following organisms is an endoparasite?
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    (C)
    Ascaris
  • 31
    Which of the following statements about ecosystems is false?
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    (A)
    All the energy entering the ecosystem is passed on to decomposers
  • 32
    What is the critical limiting factor for plants below the photic zone is an aquatic ecosystem?
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    (C)
    Intensity of light
  • 33
    Which of the following instruments is used to estimate the number of plants in a habitat?
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    (C)
    Quadrat
  • 34
    Which of the following statements is true about sandy soil? It
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    (B)
    is light and easy to dig
  • 35
    Which of the following organisms is a primary consumer?
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    (B)
    Sheep
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    P → Q → R → S → T


    he organism designated P in the food chain above is normally sustained by energy from
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    (A)
    sunlight
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    P → Q → R → S → T


    Which of the following statements best describes the organism designated R? It
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    (D)
    is a secondary consumer
  • 38
    Food chains are relatively short because
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    (C)
    of energy loss at each trophic level
  • 39
    which of the following organisms does not show colour adaptation to its environment?
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    (B)
    Earthworm
  • 40
    Most tropical plants shed their leaves during dry weather conditions in order to
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    (B)
    conserve water
  • 41
    Which of the following features is not an adaptation of plants to aquatic habitat?
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    (D)
    Hairy structures on the leaves to reduce water loss
  • 42
    The following habitats can be used in the study of succession except
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    (D)
    a well cultivated land
  • 43
    Population growth rate may be defined as the
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    (D)
    net rate of natality and mortality in the habitat over a period.
  • 44
    In ecological succession, since Iichens grow on bare rock, they are considered to be
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    (B)
    pioneer organisms
  • 45
    Which of the following factors will most likely lead to overcrowding within a population?
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    (A)
    Absence of predators
  • 46
    A species whose populations has become so small that it may become extinct if not protected is a/an
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    (C)
    endangered species
  • 47
    Which of the following practices does not contribute to the preservation and improvement of the environment?
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    (D)
    Overgrazing
  • 48
    Variation is important in human life and can be used for the following activities except
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    (B)
    population distribution
  • 49
    An example of continuous variation is
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    (D)
    body size
  • 50
    The outward appearance or an organism is referred to as
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    (A)
    phenotype
  • 51
    The allele responsible for sickle-cell anaemia first appeared in the tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, the Middle
    East and Africa. It entered the United States of America when individuals were forcibly brought over from Africa. In micro-
    evolutionary terms this is an example of
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    (B)
    gene flow
  • 52
    Which of the following diseases is not hereditary?
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    (B)
    Scabies
  • 53
    The immediate product of meiosis in flowering plants is the
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    (D)
    pollen grain
  • 54
    DNA in eukaryotic cells is contained in the
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    (B)
    nucleus
  • 55
    A man who is heterozygous for the disease haemophilia marries a woman who is double recessive for haemophilia. What percentage of their offspring would have the disease?
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    (C)
    50%