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Biology Past Questions and Answers

Topic: Animalia

Jamb Biology Questions - Animalia

Question 206:
The possession of scales, laying of eggs with shells and bony structure of the head are characteristics shared by
  • A Birds and reptiles
  • B Fishes and birds
  • C Reptiles and fishes
  • D Birds and molluscs
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Question 207:
The lungs of the lung fish is an adaptation for respiration _______?
  • A To complement gills while in water
  • B To complement gills while on land
  • C While on land
  • D While in water
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Question 208:
The key event in the transition of the amphibians from water to land is the ________
  • A Replacement of the gills with lungs
  • B Possession of webbed limbs
  • C Limbs
  • D Possession of tympanic membrane
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Question 209:
A beaker of pond water containing few specimens of Euglena was placed in a dark room for two weeks. At the end of this period, the specimens of Euglena were still alive because they were
  • A Able to carry out holozoic nutrition
  • B Able to carry out photosynthesis using carbon dioxide in the pond water
  • C Better adapted to life in darkness than to life in light
  • D Not overcrowded
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Question 210:
The graph below shows the results of a laboratory investigation which measured the body temperatures of a lizard and a bird under changing artificial conditions. Use it to answer the question.
Which of the statements below is valid?
  • A The bird's blood was always warmer than that of the lizard
  • B The body temperature of the bird varied less than that of the lizard during changes in environmental temperature
  • C The body temperature of the bird remained constant despite changes in environmental temperature
  • D The body temperature of the lizard was always close to that of the environmental temperature
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