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Biology Past Questions and Answers

Topic: Living organisms

Jamb Biology Questions - Living organisms

Question 171:
Euglena may be classified as a plant because it
  • A Has chloroplast
  • B Has a gullet
  • C Lives in a pond
  • D Possesses a flagellum
  • E Has pellicle
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Question 172:
Which of the following is a characteristic of animal cell?
  • A Presence of chloroplast
  • B Possession of cellulose cell-wall
  • C Absence of large vacuoles
  • D Presence of large vacuoles
  • E Presence of chromosome
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Question 173:
In the life history of schistosoma (Bilharzia), one of the following is intermediate host
  • A Man
  • B Snail
  • C Mosquito larva
  • D Crayfish
  • E Fish
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Question 174:
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
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Question 175:
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
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