Jamb Biology Questions - Living organisms
Question 16:
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
Question 17:
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
Question 18:
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 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:
A spirogyra cell placed was placed in solution X after 1 minute the cell has been plasmolysed, solution X was
- A Tap water
- B A very strong sugar solution
- C A weak sugar solution
- D A very weak salt solution
- E Distilled water