JAMB Biology questions: Nutrition

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1. Question 21· Nutrition· JAMB

   Cows digest cellulose with the help of

   • Apepsin
   • Bstrong teeth alone
   • Cbile
   • Dmicroorganisms in the rumen

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2. Question 22· Nutrition· JAMB

   Insectivorous plants such as the pitcher plant trap insects mainly to obtain

   • Awater
   • Bnitrogen
   • Ccarbohydrates
   • Doxygen

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3. Question 23· Nutrition· JAMB

   In photosynthesis, oxygen is released from the splitting of:

   • Acarbon dioxide
   • Bwater
   • Cglucose
   • Dchlorophyll

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4. Question 24· Nutrition· JAMB

   The vitamin needed for normal blood clotting is

   • Avitamin C
   • Bvitamin A
   • Cvitamin K
   • Dvitamin D

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5. Question 25· Nutrition· JAMB

   The mineral element that forms part of the chlorophyll molecule is

   • Amagnesium
   • Biron
   • Ccalcium
   • Dpotassium

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6. Question 26· Nutrition· JAMB

   The villi in the ileum increase absorption of digested food mainly by

   • Astoring food
   • Bproducing enzymes
   • Cincreasing the surface area
   • Dslowing down peristalsis

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7. Question 27· Nutrition· JAMB

   Kwashiorkor is caused by a lack of

   • Aiodine
   • Bvitamin C
   • Ciron
   • Dprotein

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8. Question 28· Nutrition· JAMB

   Bile is produced by the

   • Aliver
   • Bgall bladder
   • Cpancreas
   • Dstomach

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9. Question 29· Nutrition· JAMB

   Which of the following feeds parasitically?

   • Amaize
   • Bmushroom
   • Ctapeworm
   • Dgoat

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10. Question 30· Nutrition· JAMB

    Which set of conditions is necessary for photosynthesis?

    • Alight, carbon(IV) oxide, water and chlorophyll
    • Blight, oxygen and glucose
    • Cdarkness, water and chlorophyll
    • Dcarbon(IV) oxide, oxygen and starch

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11. Question 31· Nutrition· JAMB

    Goitre is caused by a shortage of

    • Airon
    • Biodine
    • Ccalcium
    • Dvitamin A

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12. Question 32· Nutrition· JAMB

    Rickets in children is caused by lack of

    • Avitamin D or calcium
    • Bvitamin C
    • Ciodine
    • Diron

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13. Question 33· Nutrition· JAMB

    A deficiency of vitamin C causes:

    • Arickets
    • Bberiberi
    • Cscurvy
    • Dnight blindness

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14. Question 34· Nutrition· JAMB

    Holozoic nutrition involves

    • Aabsorbing food from dead matter
    • Bmaking food by photosynthesis
    • Ctaking in complex food and digesting it internally
    • Dliving on a host

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