JAMB Biology questions: Variety of organisms

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1. Question 21· Variety of organisms· JAMB

   Organisms whose cell walls are made of chitin belong to the kingdom

   • APlantae
   • BFungi
   • CMonera
   • DAnimalia

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2. Question 22· Variety of organisms· JAMB

   Which of the following organisms is a prokaryote?

   • ASpirogyra
   • Bamoeba
   • Cyeast
   • Dbacterium

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3. Question 23· Variety of organisms· JAMB

   A characteristic feature of monocotyledonous plants is

   • Atwo seed leaves
   • Bnet venation
   • Cparallel leaf venation
   • Da tap root system

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4. Question 24· Variety of organisms· JAMB

   Gymnosperms differ from angiosperms in that gymnosperms

   • Areproduce only by spores
   • Bproduce flowers
   • Chave no vascular tissue
   • Dhave seeds that are not enclosed in an ovary

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5. Question 25· Variety of organisms· JAMB

   Fungi are placed in a separate kingdom from plants because they:

   • Aare unicellular
   • Black chlorophyll and feed saprophytically
   • Creproduce by seeds
   • Dhave true roots

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6. Question 26· Variety of organisms· JAMB

   Euglena is said to show both plant and animal features mainly because it

   • Amakes its own food in light but can feed heterotrophically in darkness
   • Bhas a cell wall and a nucleus
   • Cmoves with cilia
   • Dreproduces by spores

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7. Question 27· Variety of organisms· JAMB

   Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of living things?

   • Acrystallisation
   • Birritability
   • Crespiration
   • Dexcretion

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8. Question 28· Variety of organisms· JAMB

   Hydra belongs to the phylum

   • AMollusca
   • BAnnelida
   • CArthropoda
   • DCnidaria (Coelenterata)

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9. Question 29· Variety of organisms· JAMB

   Dicotyledonous plants usually have

   • Afibrous roots only
   • Bparallel-veined leaves
   • Cnet-veined leaves
   • Dscattered vascular bundles

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10. Question 30· Variety of organisms· JAMB

    The malaria parasite, Plasmodium, belongs to the group

    • AProtozoa (Protista)
    • BBacteria
    • CFungi
    • DInsecta

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11. Question 31· Variety of organisms· JAMB

    Animals with dry scaly skin that lay shelled eggs on land are

    • Amammals
    • Bamphibians
    • Cfishes
    • Dreptiles

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12. Question 32· Variety of organisms· JAMB

    Ferns differ from mosses because ferns

    • Aproduce seeds
    • Bhave vascular tissue
    • Cproduce flowers
    • Dlack true leaves

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