WAEC - Biology (2006)

  • 1
    The following life processes are common to both
    plants and animals except
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    (D)
    photosynthesis
  • 2
    Which of these organelles is common to both plant
    and animal cells?
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    (C)
    Mitochondrion
  • 3
    The epidermis of the mammalian skin is an example
    of a tissue because the cells
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    (B)
    have a similar structure and function
  • 4
    Which of the following statements is correct about
    organs?
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    (B)
    They perform a certain overall function
  • 5
    The structure used for movement in Amoeba is
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    (B)
    pseudopodia
  • 6
    Which of the following parts of a cell is not an organelle?
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    (C)
    Cell wall
  • 7
    The folded portion of mitochondrion is called
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    (A)
    cristae
  • 8
    The physical process which occurs when a red blood
    cell is placed in distilled water causing it to burst and
    break down is known as
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    (D)
    haemolysis
  • 9
    During the process of osmosis a semi-permeable
    membrane allows
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    (C)
    only solvent molecules to pass through it
  • 10
    Which of the following environmental conditions is ideal
    for plant cells to remain turgid?
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    (D)
    Cool, humid weather
  • 11
    Which of the following processes does not contribute
    towards growth?
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    (D)
    Cell plasmolysis
  • 12
    The aspects of growth in living organisms include all
    the following processes except
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    (B)
    reversible increase in size
  • 13
    Support in young herbaceous plants is provided by
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    (C)
    turgidity
  • 14
    Which of the following heart structures is best adapted
    to cope with double circulation?
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    (D)
    Two auricles and two ventricles
  • 15
    Which of these factors does not contribute towards
    the ascent of water in plants?
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    (D)
    Turgor pressure
  • 16
    Gaseous exchange occurs through the following structures in some organisms except
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    (D)
    chloroplast and plastids
  • 17
    Which of the following organs in mammals is not excretory in function?
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    (C)
    Pancreas
  • 18
    The ventricles of the mammalian heart have thicker
    muscular walls than the auricles because the
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    (C)
    ventricles pump blood to longer distances
  • 19
    Which of the following substances is not an excretory product in mammals?
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    (C)
    Faeces
  • 20
    An organism which maintains a constant temperature irrespective of environmental temperature fluctuation is
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    (B)
    a mammal
  • 21
    Which of the following conditions is responsible for the presence of sugar in the blood of diabetic patients?
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    (B)
    Low production of insulin
  • 22
    The central nervous system in humans is made up of the
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    (D)
    brain and spinal cord
  • 23
    The part of the ear in mammals responsible for the detection of sound is the
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    (C)
    cochlea
  • 24
    Which of the following statements best describes pollination? The transfer of pollen grain from
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    (A)
    anther to stigmas
  • 25
    Which of the following vertebrae provide articulating surfaces for the ribs?
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    (A)
    Thoracic
  • 26
    Which of the following is not a component of the appendicular skeleton?
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    (B)
    Atlas
  • 27
    If the mucus in the air track of mammals dry up and the hairs in the nostrils are removed
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    (A)
    impure air would be breathed into their lungs
  • 28
    A one-seeded fruit in which the pericarp has fused with the seed coat is classified as
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    (B)
    a caryopsis
  • 29
    Study the following list of deficiency symptoms in animals; use it to answer the questions below
    I. Loss of appetite and weight; II. Delayed healing of wounds; III. Rickets; IV Sterility in animals
    V Failure of blood to clot; VI. Night blindness


    Which of the following deficiencies is caused by lack of vitamin A

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    (D)
    VI
  • 30
    Study the following list of deficiency symptoms in animals; use it to answer the questions below
    I. Loss of appetite and weight; II. Delayed healing of wounds; III. Rickets; IV Sterility in animals
    V Failure of blood to clot; VI. Night blindness

    Which of the following vitamins would correct the deficiency numbered V?

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    (A)
    Vitamin K
  • 31
    Study the following list of deficiency symptoms in animals; use it to answer the questions below
    I. Loss of appetite and weight; II. Delayed healing of wounds; III. Rickets; IV Sterility in animals
    V Failure of blood to clot; VI. Night blindness
    Which of the following combination of food substances would correct the deficiency numbered II?
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    (D)
    Green vegetables, butter and meat
  • 32
    Which of the following food substances would produce a translucent mark when rubbed on a white paper?
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    (D)
    Groundnut
  • 33
    If an enzyme works best in an acid medium, in which of the following parts of the human gut is the pH best for
    enzyme activities? In the
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    (B)
    stomach, pH 2.0
  • 34
    Which of the following organisms is not considered as a parasitic plant?
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    (B)
    Rhizopus
  • 35
    The examples of autotrophic organisms include the following except
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    (C)
    Hydra
  • 36
    Which of the following organisms feeds both autotrophically and heterotrophically?
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    (D)
    Euglena
  • 37
    Siphons and gills are structures in aquatic organisms used for
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    (A)
    gaseous exchange
  • 38
    The first step in carrying out ecological studies in a terrestrial habitat is
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    (B)
    mapping the area
  • 39
    Which of the following components of an ecosystem does not contribute to the biomass of the system?
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    (D)
    Habitat
  • 40
    The group of several populations that interact and share a habitat, form
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    (B)
    a community
  • 41
    The physical and chemical factors which affect the life of organisms in an environment are described as
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    (C)
    abiotic
  • 42
    Which of these factors are common to both aquatic and terrestrial habitats?
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    (C)
    Light, rainfall and temperature
  • 43
    Organisms that feed essentially on plants within any ecosystem may be referred to as
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    (B)
    herbivores
  • 44
    Which of the following statements about feeding relationships is correct?
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    (B)
    In a food chain on land, green plant is the producer
  • 45
    Which of these diseases cannot be spread by an insect?
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    (D)
    Measles
  • 46
    Air pollution can be reduced by the following methods except?
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    (A)
    building tall factory chimneys
  • 47
    An effective management of natural resources to ensure their continued yield from generation to generation may involve all the following except
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    (D)
    disposal of raw sewage into the sea
  • 48
    Which of the following orders correctly represents the trend in eutrophication?
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    (B)
    Excess nitrates and phosphates → Massive algal growth → Lack of oxygen → Death of aquatic organisms
  • 49
    The following practices can contribute towards the conservation of natural resources except
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    (B)
    deforestation
  • 50
    Variation is a factor which
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    (A)
    differentiates between individuals of the same species
  • 51
    Which of the following trait in humans is not a morphological variation?
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    (D)
    Ability to roll the tongue
  • 52
    The blood group in humans referred to as a universal recipient is
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    (D)
    AB
  • 53
    If a heterozygous red flowered plant, (Rr) was self-fertilized, the offspring would be expected to be
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    (C)
    red flowered, white flowered plants
  • 54
    The contrasting pair of genes affecting a trait and located at the same position on homologous chromosomes is
    referred to as
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    (C)
    alleles
  • 55
    The haploid number of chromosomes in humans is
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    (D)
    23
  • 56
    a pure breeding white cat (homozygous dominant) mates with a pure breeding black cat (recessive), what would be the fur colour of F1 generation
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    (C)
    Heterozygous white
  • 57
    Courtship behaviour in animals may include all of the following except
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    (D)
    basking in the sun by a lizard
  • 58
    Honey-Bee workers carry out the following functions except
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    (A)
    laying eggs
  • 59
    The long necks and legs of the present day giraffes were some of the basis of
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    (C)
    Lamarck’s theory of evolution
  • 60
    Which of the following vertebrae provide articulating surfaces for the ribs?
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    (A)
    Thoracic