The branch of Biology that deals with the principles of classification of organisms is known as
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(C)
taxonomy
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Which of the following structures is a tissue
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(B)
Blood
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Which of the following cells are not regarded as specialized?
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(D)
somatic cells
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Which of the following pairs of cells carry out the same function?
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(B)
Spermatozoan and ovum
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If Amoeba is placed in a salt solution. the contractile vacuoles would
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(C)
be formed less frequently
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In which of the following habitats is Paramecium no found
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(B)
Aquarium
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The following processes are involved in water movement in the endodermis except
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(D)
active transport
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Cells that utilise a lot of energy are characterized by the presence of a large number of
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(B)
mitochondria
9
The part labelled II in the diagram is
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(C)
chromatid
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The part labelled I is called the
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(D)
spindle
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Secondary growth is brought about by the activities of the
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(D)
vascular cambium and phellogen
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A monocot root IS different from a dicot root by having
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(C)
wide pith
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Which of the following statements best describes haemoglobin? It is
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(C)
an oxygen carrying pigment
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Inhaled air is made warm and moist in the
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(B)
nasal cavity
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Which of the following structures is not involve in respiration?
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(C)
Stomach
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Filtrate in the Bowman’s capsule contains vitamins because
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(C)
they have low molecular weight
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ore sweat is produced during muscular exercise because
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(C)
the temperature of the body rises
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Which of the following neurons may not have myelin sheath?
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(B)
Intermediate neurons
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Which of the following is not an effector organ?
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(C)
Nose bridge
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During sexual reproduction in Paramecium, how many times does the zygote divide to produce eight nuclei?
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(C)
3
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The testes in male mammals descend into the scrotal sac because
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(D)
they require a relatively low temperature
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Some animals return to water bodies to reproduce because
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(D)
the temperature on land is not suitable for the development of their embryos
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Which of the following methods is appropriate for the cultivation of cassava?
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(D)
Stem cutting
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What will be the chromosome number of the hybrid of two varieties of a plant with 36 chromosomes in the endosperm cell?
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(C)
35
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Kreb’s cycle occurs in the
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(A)
mitochondria
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The process whereby electrons are emitted from chlorophyll and returned to it unchanged is known as?
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(D)
cyclic photophorylatlion
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Which of the following statements about photosynthesis is not true?
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(A)
Plants can photosynthesize without an increase in dry weight
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The removal of all the phloem tissues of the stem of a plant close to the root system for a long period of time is likely to
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(D)
cause the p ant to wither and die
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Which of the following groups of substances are not six-carbon compounds?
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(D)
Pyruvate and cellulose
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The conversion of glucose to starch in the leaf during the day principally
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(C)
enables the leaf to store the starch
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A purple colour was obtained when sodium hydroxide solution and a drop of copper sulphate solution were added to a food substance. The food substance is likely to be a
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(C)
protein
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Which of the following enzymes is active in the duodenum?
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(C)
Trypsin
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The following organisms are producers except
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(B)
Mushroom
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Which of the following structures produces the greatest variety of digestive enzymes?
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(B)
Pancreas
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The following are abiotic components of an ecosystem except
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(C)
bacteria
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Use the information on capture-recapture method to calculate the total number of organisms in a habitat.
First capture = 200
Second capture = 120
Number of organisms with mark in second capture = 40
The total number of organisms therefore is
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(C)
600
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Ecological investigation in a habitat includes the following procedures except
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(C)
determining the genetic makeup of specimens
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Which of the following substances when lost from the body of a mammal will not be returned to the ecosystem?
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(C)
Heat energy
39
The rate of decomposition of organisms is faster in the tropical rain forest than in other biomes because
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(C)
of abundance of water
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A xerophyte conserves water by possession of the following features except
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(C)
broad leaves
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The falling off of leaves of deciduous trees is helpful to the plant because it
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(A)
reduces the rate of transpiration
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A sample of wet garden soil of known weigh was heated to constant weight. The loss of weight is due to loss of
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(C)
water and organic matter
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Assuming that a period of stable population size is followed by a period when natality increases by ten (1O) per cent and immigration increases by twenty (20) percent of population size. The population size will
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(C)
begin to increase
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Which of the following methods does not make water fit for drinking?
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(C)
Distillation
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Vaccination results in
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(B)
production of antibodies which destroy toxins of germs
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Leguminous crops are incorporated into crop rotation in order to
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(B)
promote nitrogen fixation
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Which of the following practices improves crop yield in a clayey soil? Addition of
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(B)
lime and humus
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Which of the following activities promotes forest conservation?
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(C)
Afforestation
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Which of the following statements is not true about continuous variation? It
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(D)
is usually controlled by one or two pair(s) of genes
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Acquired characters are
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(C)
caused by the environment
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Differences in characteristics observed between individuals of the same species is known as
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(D)
variation
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Which of the following statements best describes protein synthesis?
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(A)
DNA is directly involved in translation
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If a person has two alleles of the sickle cell anaemia gene, the person
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(C)
has the disease
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What is the probability? of a man of blood group AB married to a woman of blood group O producing a child of blood group O?
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(A)
0%
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A man with blood group It IA IA is married to a woman with blood group IA IO. The blood group of their son is likely to be
