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Biology2007

WASSCE · 60 questions · Answers included

60 questions

1

A change in the environment of an organism is termed

2

Organisms that interbreed to produce fertile offspring belong to the same

3

The transfer of ripe pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of the same flower is termed

4

The hereditary material in a living organism is located inside the

5

Respiration is an essential life process providing the living cells with

6

The organelle involved in the transport of substances within a cell is?

7

Which of the following processes takes place when a plant cell is put in a hypotonic solution?

8

The dominant stage in the life cycle of a fern is the

9

Yeast is added to the dough during the preparation of bread because it produces

10

Growth includes the following processes except

11

Which of the following processes is a form of sexual reproduction?

12

The fine adjustment of the light microscope is used to

13

Which of these statements about white blood cells is true? They

14

Which of the following blood vessels have valves?

15

The malplghian body of the mammalian kidney is made up of

16

The persistent Presence of glucose in a person’s urine indicates malfunctioning of the

17

The endocrine gland which co-ordinates the action of other glands and is also associated with the nervous system is the

18

Insulin is produced by the

19

Which of the following statements about nerve cells is not correct?

20

The smallest branches on the cell body of a neurone are called

21

A neurone that transmits impulses directly from sensory cells is called

22

Protection of the body cells of mammals against ultra-violet rays of the sun is brought about by

23

In which of the following organisms is parental care manifested?

24

The site for production of a ATP in a cell is

25

In testing for starch in a leaf, the leaf is boiled in alcohol to

26

The mode of nutrition common to green plants is

27

Micronutrients essential for the synthesis of chlorophyll include

28

Biuret’s test is carried out on a food substance to indicate the presence of

29

In a test for non-reducing sugars like sucrose, what is the significance of adding dilute hydrochloric acid to the original sugar solution? To

30

'The colour that is associated with a positive iodine test is

31

Enzymes can be inactivated by certain chemical substances in the body called

32

Use the following equations to answer the question below I - Boiled saliva + starch → X II - Fresh saliva + starch → Y What substances do X and Y represent?

33

Which of the following enzymes is not one of the main classes of enzymes?

34

Which of the following enzymes does not belong to proteases?

35

Which of the following protozoans feeds parasitically

36

Which of the following features of the tadpole indicates that the animal is herbivorous? Possession of

37

The term community is defined as

38

Which of the following organisms are the producers in an aquatic habitat?

39

Wind speed is measured with

40

The amount of energy passed from one trophic level to the next decreases because

41

Which of these values in kj/m2 likely represents the energy content of the producers in a habitat?

42

The major pollutant around airport residential areas is

43

The effect of chlorofluorocarbon is

44

The order of primary succession by plants in a very dry habitat is?

45

A population which exceeds its carrying capacity and then collapses is represented graphically as a?

46

Which of the following infections would not respond to an antibiotic treatment?

47

The vector of the sleeping sickness disease parasite is the

48

Which of the following bacteria lives in the root nodules of leguminous plants?

49

Endangered species are organisms that ought to be

50

Which of the following substances is not a conservable natural resource?

51

Which of the following actions do not reflect the objectives of conservation of natural resources?

52

Which of the following forms of variation will give a normal distribution?

53

Two tall plants were crossed; some of their offsprings were tall and others short the possible genotypes of the parent plants were

54

The character that is manifested in an organism in the presence of a contrasting character is known as

55

What is the probability of producing a child of blood group O by a woman of blood group O and a man of blood group A?

56

An albino man marries a normal woman (homozygous for skin pigmentation). What is the probability that the people could have an albino child?

57

If a cross between a red-flowered plant and a white-flowered plant produced red-flowered plants, the result can be described as an example of

58

Which of the following inherited conditions usually shows incomplete dominance?

59

The theory of survival of the fittest was propounded by

60

A termite with a relatively large head and powerful jaws is likely to be a