Jamb 1978 Biology Questions
Question 16:
In which of the following groups of organisms do all the members have asexual method of reproduction?
- A A geen filament algae, a flowering plant and a bird
- B A toad (or frog) , ameoba and mucor ( penicillium)
- C A flowering plant, tape worm (or ascaris) and a green filamentous algae
- D Mucor (or penicillium), a bird and a toad (or frog)
- E Ameoba, mucor (or penicillium ) and a green filamentous algae
Question 17:
The hormone which tones up the muscles of a person in time of danger is from the
- A Thyroid gland
- B Pancreas
- C Adrenal gland
- D Liver
- E Spleen
Question 18:
The study of organism and the environment of an abandoned farmland is the ecology of?
- A A community
- B A population
- C A specie
- D A habitat
- E An ecosystem
Question 19:
A potometer with a leafy shoot weighed 18.9g initially and weighed 17.9g after one hour. From this it follow that
- A The shoot absorbed 1g of water per hour
- B 1g of water per hour evaporates from the potometer
- C The shoot lost 1g of water per hour
- D The potometer water receded at the rate of 1g per hour
- E The shoot was respiring and lost weight at rate of 1g per hour
Question 20:
At fertilization
- A One chromosome from the male joins another from the female
- B One gene from the male combines with another from the female
- C The male nucleus fuses with the female nucleus
- D One set of chromosome combines with another set from the female
- E One cell from the male fuses with another from the female