WAEC - Biology (2008)

  • 1
    In the binomial system of naming organisms, the second name is called the
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    (D)
    specific name
  • 2
    Which of the following features does not necessarily place paramecium as a higher level of organisation over Amoeba?
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    (A)
    Presence of cilia
  • 3
    The living materials of the cell consist of
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    (A)
    nucleus and cytoplasm
  • 4

    A pupil accidentally "watered" a potted plant with concentrated salt solution after sometime the plant began to wilt.


    The wilting of the plant is due to the fact that
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    (C)
    the salt solution has caused water lost from the plant cell leading to loss of turgor
  • 5

    A pupil accidentally "watered" a potted plant with a concentrated salt solution. After sometime the plant began to wilt.

    Which of the following activities would revive the plant?

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    (D)
    Adding more water to the soil
  • 6
    Primary growth in plants is brought about by the activity of the
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    (A)
    meristem
  • 7
    To form a ball and socket joint, the structure labeled I fits into another structure in the scapula
    called the
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    (B)
    glenoid cavity
  • 8

    The structure labelled II is called

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    (C)
    shaft
  • 9
    Which of the following parts of the skeleton does not have a protective function?
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    (B)
    Carpals
  • 10
    Carbon dioxide is carried in the plasma?
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    (A)
    in combination with haemoglobin
  • 11
    In the adult frog gaseous exchange takes place in the 
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    (A)
    buccal cavity, skin and lungs
  • 12
    The process of regulating the amount of water and solutes in the body fluids is called
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    (C)
    osmoregulation
  • 13
    The presence of glucose in the urine of a patent is an indication of malfunctioning of the
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    (A)
    pancreas
  • 14
    Which of the following statements is not true about hormones?
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    (D)
    Once the effects of hormones are over, they are inactivated and excreted from the body
  • 15
    Which of the following actions is note function of adrenaline? It increases
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    (B)
    muscular power and resistance to fatigue
  • 16
    Plant hormones include the following except
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    (A)
    insulin
  • 17
    The passage of nerve impulse across a synapse is facilitated by the secretion of
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    (A)
    acetylcholine
  • 18
    The part of the brain which controls and coordinates body posture is the
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    (A)
    cerebellum
  • 19
    Which of the following processes is not an example of a reflex ac ion?
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    (B)
    Reading
  • 20
    The eyes can properly focus images of objects of various distances on the retina by a process called
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    (C)
    accommodation
  • 21
    The process by which flowers produce fruit without the process of fertilization is called
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    (B)
    parthenocarpy
  • 22
    The part of the young root that pushes its way through the soil is the
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    (C)
    root cap
  • 23
    An example of a dehiscent fruit is
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    (A)
    crotolaria
  • 24
    Which of the following food substances gives the least amount of calories?
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    (C)
    cabbage
  • 25
    Analysis of the gut content of an animal showed that it contained small pieces of bone, seeds. roughages and insects. The animal is likely to be a/an.
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    (D)
    omnivore
  • 26
    Filaments of Spirogyra placed in a beaker of water in a dark cupboard died because
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    (A)
    the filaments could not photosynthesize
  • 27
    The impedance of the concentration of chloroplast in the palisade layer of the leaf is for maximum exposure to
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    (B)
    light
  • 28
    A community is best described as
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    (C)
    populations of different species living together and interacting with each other in one habitat
  • 29
    Which of the following physical actors is likely to affect the distribution of plants in a pond?
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    (A)
    light
  • 30
    Which of the following instruments is used to measure wind speed?
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    (D)
    Anemometer
  • 31

    Tertiary consumers within the web are

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    (A)
    cat and lion only
  • 32
    What would be the effect of taking the lion out of the web?
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    (B)
    Man would occupy the apex of the web
  • 33
    Which of the following statements about the transfer of energy in the ecosystem is correct?
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    (D)
    Energy is lost at each trophic level
  • 34
    Pond weeds normally lack thick layers of cuticle because
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    (B)
    there is no danger of becoming desiccated
  • 35
    Shrubs do not survive on newly weathered soils because
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    (A)
    the top soil is shallow
  • 36
    The speed of the flow of water in a river is faster in the middle than along the banks due to
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    (D)
    resistance offered by the wall of the banks.
  • 37
    The effects of environmental degradation caused by human activities can be controlled by the following measures except
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    (C)
    resettling indigenous inhabitants
  • 38
    The following observations concerning succession are true except that the
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    (C)
    max community has the greatest number of species
  • 39
    A vaccine is introduced into a person‘s body to
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    (B)
    stimulate the body to produce antibodies
  • 40
    Which of the following activities constitutes biological control?
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    (C)
    Tilapia feeding on the larvae and pupae of mosquito
  • 41
    Many diseases caused by bacteria can be treated and cured by using
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    (B)
    antibiotics
  • 42
    To avoid over fishing in a lake, the following measures may be helpful except
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    (C)
    fishing throughout the year
  • 43
    Conservation may be promote by
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    (A)
    encouraging tree planting
  • 44
    Which of the following substances is not recycled in an ecosystem?
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    (B)
    Energy
  • 45
    Which of the following statements about phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) is not correct?
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    (D)
    Ability to taste the chemical is hot inheritable
  • 46
    Which of the following characters is not an example of discontinuous variation?
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    (A)
    Skin color
  • 47
    Which of the following human traits in a class of school children may give an approximate normal distribution curve when the variation is plotted?
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    (D)
    Heights
  • 48
    The observable characteristics of an individual usually resulting from the interaction between the gene composition and the environment is referred to as
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    (C)
    phenotype
  • 49
    The sudden change in a gene structure or chromosome number in an organism likely to cause an inheritable change in the phenotype is known as
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    (B)
    mutation
  • 50
    The effective cells involved in sickle-cell anaemia disease are
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    (C)
    erythrocytes
  • 51
    What does the chemical composition of the genetic material of all living organisms consist of?
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    (A)
    Deoxyribonucleic acid
  • 52
    What of the following occurrences is not a feature of meiosis?
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    (D)
    Formation of two diploid cell
  • 53
    Which of the following diseases is commonly observed in human males and is sex-linked?
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    (D)
    colour blindness
  • 54
    The resemblance of a palatable insect to a poisonous insect is an example of
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    (C)
    an escape from the predator by mimicry
  • 55
    If red is dominant to white and homozygous red pea-plants are crossed with homozygous white pea-plants, the first filial generation will have
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    (B)
    4 red flowers